MONTREAL Retired Quebec Superior Court justice John Gomery, who presided over the sponsorship scandal inquiry, has died at the age of 88. Born in Montreal, Gomery was a graduate of McGill University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Civil Law. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1957, starting his career at Fasken, Martineau & Dumoulin. Among his many contributions to the law, Gomery was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court in 1982, serving as president of the Copyright Board of Canada from 1999 to 2005. Gomery was part of the Canadian Bar Association and the Chambre des notaires du Québec. He was president of the Comité Général des Juges de la Cour supérieure du Québec, president of the Family Law Committee from 1983 to 1993, and was a member of the Rules of Practice Committee.