The Honourable Peter deCarteret Cory, B.A., LL.B., LL.D. (born October 25, 1925) was a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1989 to 1999.

Born in Windsor, Ontario, the son of Andrew and Mildred (Beresford Howe) Cory, he was educated at the University of Western Ontario (Assumption) receiving his B.A. in 1947 and at Osgoode Hall Law School receiving his LL.B. in 1950. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1950. As a pilot in the RCAF, he served overseas with 6th Bomber Group. He was appointed to the Queen's Council in 1963. He practised law with Holden, Murdoch and was elected a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1971.

He is past chairman of the Ontario Civil Liberties Section of the Canadian Bar Association, past president of the County of York Law Association, past National Director of the Canadian Bar Association, and past president of the Advocates' Society.

He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario High Court in 1974, the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1981, and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on February 1, 1989. He is an Hononourary Colonel of the 426 (T) Training Squadron. He retired from the Supreme Court on June 1, 1999. In 2004 he was named the 11th Chancellor of York University.

In 2002 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

He is married to Edith Nash and has three children: Christopher, Andrew, and Robert.

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• Supreme Court bio