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Glube, Constance R.
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Dates of existence
1931-2016
History
Constance Rachelle Glube was born in Ottawa, Ontario on November 23, 1931. She attended McGill University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1952. She was married to her husband Richard Glube, from Halifax, the same year (they had four children). She then went to Dalhousie Law School where she was one of two women in her law class, and graduated in 1955. After being admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1956, Constance struggled to find work as a lawyer, because many firms did not want to hire women. She eventually joined the law firm of Kitz, Matheson and later became a partner in the firm of Fitzgerald and Glube. Glube became a solicitor with the legal department of the City of Halifax in 1969, and in 1974 she was appointed Halifax’s city manager. Glube was the first woman to oversee the operations of a Canadian city. In 1977 she became the first woman on the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. In 1982 she was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, making her the first female Chief Justice in Canada. In 1998 she was appointed Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal. Constance Glube retired on December 31, 2004. In 2006 she was given the Order of Canada for her “part in serving the community as a legal trailblazer, including becoming the first female chief justice in Canada.” In 2009, the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Bar Association established the Contance R. Glube CBA Spirit Award to recognize achievement in law by Nova Scotian women lawyers. Constance Glube holds honourary degrees from Dalhousie University (1983), Mount Saint Vincent University, and Saint Mary’s University. Constance Glube died on February 15, 2016 in Halifax, NS.