Joseph Armand DesRoches is a former Canadian judge of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island.
[1][2] In 2001, DesRoches became the first chief justice of Prince Edward Island with Acadian heritage.
DesRoches relocated to Ottawa in 1969 where he joined the military legal system and became deputy judge advocate general within the Courts-martial of Canada.
[4] DesRoches was appointed to the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island in July 1991.
[8] DesRoches delivered judgment in R. v Matheson in 1992, whose 1994 appeal has been cited in more than sixty subsequent cases.