14 Facts About Malcolm Rowe

Malcolm H Rowe was born on June 27,1953 and is a Canadian lawyer who is serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2016.

Malcolm Rowe was born on June 27,1953 in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, to parents who grew up in the province's small fishing communities.

Malcolm Rowe attended Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he earned a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts in political science.

Malcolm Rowe was called to the bar by the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1978 and The Law Society of Upper Canada in 1986.

Malcolm Rowe started his own private practice in Ottawa that focused on Canadian constitutional law, foreign affairs, and arbitration over maritime boundaries.

Malcolm Rowe was an adviser for Progressive Conservative cabinet minister John Crosbie and Liberal cabinet minister Brian Tobin, and served as secretary to Newfoundland and Labrador's cabinet after Tobin returned as premier.

Malcolm Rowe was appointed to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1999.

Malcolm Rowe was elevated to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2001, where he served for 16 years.

Malcolm Rowe taught public and constitutional law as a lecturer at the University of Ottawa for two years.

Malcolm Rowe was nominated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in October 2016 to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada, succeeding Justice Thomas Cromwell who retired that September.

Malcolm Rowe is the first judge from Newfoundland and Labrador to sit on the Supreme Court.

Malcolm Rowe's appointment was the result of a process newly instituted by Trudeau in which any jurist in Canada was invited to apply to a seven-member committee headed by former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Kim Campbell.

Malcolm Rowe concluded that the federal government's carbon price law was unconstitutional because it interfered with areas of exclusive provincial jurisdiction.

Malcolm Rowe was married to Moya Greene, with whom he has a grown daughter.