Mahmud Jamal

Mahmud Jamal
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Assumed office
July 1, 2021
Nominated byJustin Trudeau
Appointed byGovernor in Council
Preceded byRosalie Abella
Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
In office
June 24, 2019 – July 1, 2021
Nominated byJustin Trudeau
Appointed byJulie Payette
Preceded byGladys Pardu
Succeeded byJonathon George
Personal details
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Nairobi, Kenya
SpouseGoleta Samari
Children2
EducationLondon School of Economics
Trinity College, Toronto (BA)
McGill University (LLB, BCL)
Yale University (LLM)
OccupationLawyer, judge

Mahmud Jamal (born 1967) is a Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021. Jamal worked as a partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt and taught law at McGill University and Osgoode Hall Law School before he was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 2019. He was nominated to the Supreme Court on June 17, 2021, taking office on July 1 to succeed Rosalie Abella. Jamal was born in Kenya to a family of Indian origin, making him the first person from a visible minority group to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court.