Gonthier was appointed Commissioner of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada's national cryptologic agency. After his death in 2009, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal. Awards and accomplishments Appointed Queen's Counsel, 1971. Member of the Board of the Montréal Legal Aid Bureau, 1959–69. President of Junior Bar of Montréal, 1960–61. President of Junior Bar Section of the Canadian Bar Association, 1961–62. Member of the Board of Montréal Bar, 1961–62. Secretary of the Quebec Division of the Canadian Bar Association, 1963–64. Member of the Committee on Building Contracts of the Quebec Civil Code Revision Office, 1969–72. Member of the Committee on Discipline of the Bar of Quebec, 1973–74. President of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, 1986–87. President of the Canadian Judges Conference, 1988–89. Chairman of the Commission for National Judges of the First World Conference on the Independence of Justice in Montréal, 1983. President of l'Association des anciens du Collège Stanislas, 1954–55. Secretary of the Montréal Branch of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1957–58. Chairman of the Board of Collège Stanislas, 1984–90. Honorary Secretary of the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, 1961–76. Member of the Board of Directors of the McCord Museum of Canadian History, 1976–89. Knight of l'Ordre des palmes académiques - France, 1988. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (hon.), 1996. Fellow, Canadian Bar Association, 2003. Lifetime member, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. Bar of Montreal Medal, 2003. Companion of the Order of Canada, 2007. See also Opinions of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Gonthier References Other sources Official Supreme Court of Canada biography External links Justice Gonthier Legacy Website Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada Lawyers from Montreal 1928 births 2009 deaths Communications Security Establishment people Companions of the Order of Canada Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Canadian King's Counsel