Daphne Dumont, Q.C., of Charlottetown, CBA President in 2000-2001, has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.
CBA President Trinda L. Ernst, Q.C., of Kentville, NS, has been a friend and colleague of Daphne Dumont’s for many years. Trinda Ernst offered her personal congratulations, along with those of the CBA, to Daphne Dumont. “Your priorities as CBA President more than a decade ago have had a ripple effect, resulting in incremental improvements to legal aid in various Canadian jurisdictions, and more recently an awakening to the need for a new system-wide focus on access to justice in Canada,” noted Trinda Ernst.
“Your contributions not only benefit all Canadians, but specifically women in the legal profession. You have become our role model ‘par excellence’,” added Trinda Ernst.
In 2009, Daphne Dumont received the Governor General’s Award in commemoration of the Persons Case. She earned her law degree at Oxford University in 1976, where she was the first woman admitted to study law at Wadham College. The third woman president of the CBA, she was the first from Prince Edward Island. Daphne Dumont was President of the PEI Branch (1986-1987) and was a member of the National Task Force on Gender Equality in the Legal Profession (1991-1993), which produced the landmark report on Gender Equality in the Legal Profession. She was named Queen's Counsel in 1995 and was a founding member of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF).
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