the proposed patriation constitutional amendments. Although in dissent on the legal issue, Martland and Ritchie were in the majority on the second issue in the Reference, the existence of a constitutional convention which required a significant degree of provincial support for major constitutional amendments. Later life and death He served on the Court until his retirement in 1984. He retired due to poor health at age 74, a year before the mandatory retirement age of 75. In 1985 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. From 1974 to 1988, he was the Chancellor of the University of King's College. References External links Supreme Court of Canada biography Order of Canada Citation Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada Canadian university and college chancellors University of King's College alumni Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Lawyers in Nova Scotia Canadian Army officers Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery personnel Companions of the Order of Canada People from Halifax, Nova Scotia Canadian Anglicans Canadian people of Scottish descent 1910 births 1988 deaths Canadian Army personnel of World War II