Gender Bias in Family Law at the
Court of Appeal Ontario 2007
Apr 2006, Revised Sept 2007
D I = % Female Wins - % Male Wins
|
Rank |
Judge |
% Female Wins |
% Male .Wins |
Discrimination . Index |
Standard Deviations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Charron JA |
80.6 |
12.2 |
68.5 |
|
|
2 |
Abella JA |
66.7 |
10.2 |
56.5 |
|
|
3 |
Macpherson JA |
70.9 |
14.4 |
56.5 |
|
|
4 |
Weiler JA |
70.8 |
14.4 |
56.4 |
|
|
5 |
Feldman JA |
73.0 |
17.6 |
55.4 |
|
|
6 |
Blair JA |
64.0 |
13.9 |
50.1 |
|
|
7 |
Lang JA |
63.2 |
14.7 |
48.5 |
|
|
8 |
Goudge JA |
67.9 |
21.0 |
46.9 |
|
|
9 |
Moldaver JA |
59.7 |
14.0 |
45.7 |
|
|
10 |
Carthy JA |
63.5 |
18.6 |
44.9 |
|
|
11 |
Catzman JA |
71.4 |
28.5 |
42.9 |
|
|
12 |
Cronk JA |
61.3 |
18.9 |
42.4 |
|
|
13 |
Labrosse JA |
62.7 |
20.5 |
42.2 |
|
|
14 |
Gilese JA |
68.3 |
27.5 |
40.8 |
|
|
15 |
Rosenburg JA |
61.0 |
21.7 |
39.3 |
|
|
16 |
Doherty JA |
55.7 |
20.0 |
35.7 |
|
|
17 |
Juriasz JA |
58.3 |
23.2 |
35.1 |
|
|
18 |
Rouleau JA |
51.6 |
17.1 |
34.5 |
|
|
19 |
Sharpe JA |
53.0 |
18.7 |
34.3 |
|
|
20 |
Macfarland JA |
63.0 |
28.9 |
34.1 |
|
|
21 |
Borins JA |
55.4 |
22.0 |
33.4 |
|
|
22 |
O’Connor DCJO |
56.1 |
23.2 |
32.9 |
|
|
23 |
McMurtry ( CJO ) |
56.9 |
24.4 |
32.5 |
|
|
24 |
Armstrong JA |
52.3 |
27.6 |
24.7 |
|
|
25 |
Simmons JA |
45.8 |
24.7 |
21.1 |
|
|
26 |
Laskin JA |
42.2 |
31.1 |
11.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Median |
41.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Mean |
41.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Standard Deviation |
12.6 |
|
|
|
P = 0.41
95% confidence interval for actual Mean: 36.0 thru 46.0
Third Quartile = 48.9, First Quartile = 33.9
Appeal Issue Discrimination Indexes
D I = % Female Wins - % Male Wins
|
Rank |
Judge |
% Female Wins |
% Male .Wins |
Discrimination . Index |
Standard Deviations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Charron JA |
80.0 |
10.7 |
69.3 |
|
|
1 |
Abella JA |
72.2 |
8.9 |
63.3 |
|
|
2 |
Feldman JA |
77.8 |
23.5 |
54.3 |
|
|
3 |
Weiler JA |
76.9 |
23.8 |
53.1 |
|
|
4 |
Goudge JA |
81.5 |
29.3 |
52.2 |
|
|
5 |
Blair JA |
80.0 |
23.8 |
56.2 |
|
|
6 |
Lang JA |
64.7 |
17.5 |
47.2 |
|
|
7 |
O’Connor DCJO |
64.3 |
24.1 |
40.2 |
|
|
8 |
Labrosse JA |
63.6 |
25.0 |
38.6 |
|
|
9 |
Cronk JA |
62.5 |
14.3 |
38.6 |
|
|
10 |
Macpherson JA |
53.8 |
16.9 |
36.9 |
|
|
11 |
Carthy JA |
61.1 |
25.0 |
36.1 |
|
|
12 |
Rosenburg JA |
60.0 |
29.1 |
30.9 |
|
|
13 |
Juriansz JA |
58.8 |
28.0 |
30.1 |
|
|
14 |
Catzman JA |
73.9 |
44.2 |
29.7 |
|
|
15 |
Macfarland JA |
62.5 |
24.2 |
26.8 |
|
|
16 |
Gillese JA |
73.1 |
48.0 |
25.1 |
|
|
17 |
Moldaver JA |
44.1 |
20.0 |
24.1 |
|
|
18 |
Doherty JA |
48.1 |
25.6 |
22.5 |
|
|
19 |
Borin JA |
52.4 |
30.3 |
22.1 |
|
|
20 |
Rouleau JA |
33.3 |
12.5 |
20.8 |
|
|
21 |
Armstrong JA |
52.0 |
33.3 |
18.7 |
|
|
22 |
Sharpe JA |
39.2 |
21.4 |
17.8 |
|
|
23 |
McMurtry CJO |
47.6 |
30.6 |
17.0 |
|
|
24 |
Simmons JA |
45.0 |
34.6 |
10.4 |
|
|
25 |
Laskin JA |
46.9 |
37.2 |
9.7 |
|
|
26 |