Peter J. McIntyre is a justice who served on the
Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta from 29 November 1994 to 5 January 2016. He also served as a part-time judge on the
Supreme Court of Yukon
The Supreme Court of Yukon (SCY; french: Cour suprême du Yukon) is the superior court having general jurisdiction for the Canadian territory of Yukon. Civil and criminal cases are heard by the court, as well as appeals from the Yukon Territorial ...
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On 14 July 2004, as a justice on the Supreme Court of Yukon, McIntyre declared
same-sex marriages legal in Yukon, ordered the government to issue a marriage licence to a couple who had challenged the law. He changed the territory's common law definition of marriage from "a union between one man and one woman" to "the voluntary union for life of two persons to the exclusion of all others".
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Living people
Judges in Alberta
Year of birth missing (living people)
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