Constance Glube, an award-winning lawyer who repeatedly made history as the first woman to hold several high-profile roles in the Nova Scotia judiciary, has died.
She was 84.
An obituary posted online by the Law Courts of Nova Scotia says Glube was called to the bar in 1956 after graduating from Dalhousie University in Halifax and spent 21 years as a lawyer before being appointed to the bench as the first woman on the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
The Ottawa-born Glube made history again in 1982 when she became the court’s chief justice and was also appointed chief justice of Nova Scotia and the Court of Appeal in 1998.
During her lifetime, Glube also served as Halifax’s city manager – the first woman to hold that position in a Canadian city.
Glube, known as “Connie” by colleagues and friends, was awarded the Frances Fish Women Lawyers Achievement Award in 1997, which was named after Nova Scotia’s first woman lawyer.
Province offers condolences
In a statement, Premier Stephen McNeil offered his condolences to the family and friends of Glube, calling her contributions to law and to the province of Nova Scotia “profound.”
“She maintained a lifelong commitment to gender, ethnic and religious equality and opportunity,” the statement reads.
With files from Global News.