11 Facts About Paul Cosgrove

Paul Cosgrove was defeated in that run, as well as in the 1979 election.

Paul Cosgrove was reassigned in a 1982 cabinet shuffle to the position of Minister of State for Finance.

Paul Cosgrove was dropped from the Cabinet in August 1983 but remained an MP until the dissolution of parliament the next year.

Paul Cosgrove was defeated in the 1984 Canadian federal election.

Paul Cosgrove retired from the House of Commons to accept an appointment by John Turner to the bench of the Ontario Superior Court on July 9,1984, shortly after Parliament was dissolved for the 1984 election.

In 1999, Judge Paul Cosgrove stayed charges of murder against Julia Elliott after a 22-month trial.

Paul Cosgrove ruled that the Crown attorney, police and a deputy attorney general had committed 150 constitutional violations, findings that were unanimously rejected by the Ontario Court of Appeal in the fall of 2003 with the Court ordering a new trial.

Paul Cosgrove complained to the Canadian Judicial Council that the scheduled hearing was unconstitutional and damaging to judicial independence.

Paul Cosgrove's lawyer claimed that Bryant's action created a situation in which the Attorney-General could punish judges for making controversial decisions, since a complaint by an Attorney-General automatically would result in suspension pending a hearing.

In October, 2005, the trial division of the Federal Court of Canada ruled in favor of Judge Paul Cosgrove and stripped the attorney-general of the power to force the Canadian Judicial Council to conduct hearings that could remove judges from the bench.

The federal court ruling temporarily halted the proceedings against Judge Paul Cosgrove who had been on a paid leave of absence since Bryant's April 2004 request for a disciplinary hearing.