Provincial Secretary of Prince Edward Island v Egan

Provincial Secretary of Prince Edward Island v. Egan
Supreme Court of Canada
Hearing: February 26-27, 1941
Judgment: April 22, 1941
Citations[1941] SCR 396, 1941 CanLII 1 (SCC)
Court membership
Chief Justice: Lyman Duff
Puisne Justices: Thibaudeau Rinfret, Oswald Smith Crocket, Henry Hague Davis, Patrick Kerwin, Albert Hudson, Robert Taschereau
Reasons given

Provincial Secretary of Prince Edward Island v Egan, [1941] S.C.R. 396 is a famous constitutional decision of the Supreme Court of Canada.The Court upheld a provincial Act, which provided that anyone who was convicted of an impaired driving offence under the Criminal Code will have their licence suspended, on the basis that the law was in relation to the regulation of highway safety which is a valid provincial subject.

The case later became central to another key constitutional decision of O'Grady v. Sparling, [1960] S.C.R. 804.

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