New Brunswick Provincial Court

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(~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of Oct 2018, unless otherwise indicated.

Current Judges

(Full complement of 26)

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Chief Judge Jolène Richard [1]	Moncton	November 13, 2008 (Judge) June 2, 2017 (CJ)	Liberal	Stewart McKelvey	Published criminal decisions
Associate Chief Judge Mary Jane Richards [2]	Fredricton	June 3, 2005 (Judge) February 28, 2014 (ACJ)		assistant deputy minister of Court Services and Chief Sheriff (2001 to 2005) private practice Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions
Judge Irwin E. Lampert	Moncton	October 1, 1988			Published criminal decisions
Judge Henrik G. Tonning [3]	Saint John	July 29, 1999		sole practitioner (criminal) Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions
Judge Pierre F. Dubé [4]	Burton	December 11, 2003		Dubé & Dubé (1990 to 2003) Called to bar (1989)	Published criminal decisions
Judge W. Andrew LeMesurier [5]	Saint John	December 11, 2003		Clark, Drummie Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions
Judge Brigitte Sivret [6]	Bathurst	April 1, 2007	Liberal		Published criminal decisions
Judge Paul E. Duffie [7]	Moncton	June 20, 2008	Liberal	Provincial MLA (1987 to 1999) Mayor of Grand Falls	Published criminal decisions
Judge Julian A. G. Dickson [8]	Fredricton	October 1, 2009			Published criminal decisions
Judge Geri A. Mahoney [9]	Miramichi	October 1, 2009			Published criminal decisions
Judge Kenneth Oliver [10]	Burton	April 5, 2012	PC	Crown Prosecutor	Published criminal decisions
Judge Brigitte Volpé [11]	Edmundston	April 5, 2012	PC	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions
Judge D. Troy Sweet [12]	Moncton	April 5, 2012	PC	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions
Judge Marco Robert Cloutier [13]	Saint John	January 30, 2013	PC	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions
Judge Brian McLean [14]	Woodstock	March 24, 2014		Renouf McLean Called to bar (~1996)	Published criminal decisions
Judge Richard Andrew Palmer [15]	Saint John	November 7, 2014		Palmer & Palmer Called to bar (~1991)	Published criminal decisions
Judge Denise A. LeBlanc [16] [[17]]	Moncton	January 27, 2016		McInnes Cooper Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Éric P. Sonier [18] [[19]]	Tracadie-Sheila	January 27, 2016	Liberal	Sonier Duguay Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Suzanne C. Bernard [20]	Campbellton	January 27, 2016		Crown attorney Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Joanne Durette [21]	Bathurst	June 1, 2017			Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Johanne-Marguerite Landry [22]	Caraquet	June 1, 2017			Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Natalie H. LeBlanc[23]	Miramichi	June 1, 2017			Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Lucie N. Mathurin[24]	Moncton	June 1, 2017			Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Kelly Ann Winchester[25]	St. John	June 1, 2017			Published criminal decisions (~0)

Supernumerary

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Judge Ronald LeBlanc	Bathurst	April 2, 2002 April 3, 2017 (sup.)			Published criminal decisions
Judge Yvette Finn	Caraquet	August 5, 1999 (Judge) January 23, 2017 (sup.)			Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge R. Leslie Jackson	Woodstock	November 7, 1997 - 2014 (J) January 9, 2006 (ACJ) December 15, 2006 (CJ) January 1, 2014 (Sup.)	Liberal	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~49)
Judge Donald J. LeBlanc	Tracadie-Sheila	April 13, 2000 (Judge) April 30, 2015 (Sup.)			Published criminal decisions
Judge David C. Walker	Saint John	November 7, 1997 (Judge) November 7, 2014 (sup.)			Published criminal decisions (~5)
Judge Anne Jeffries (per diem)	Saint John	November 7, 1997 (Judge) September 30, 2012 (Per Diem)			Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge William McCarroll	Saint John	December 15, 1989 (Judge) October 3, 2011 (sup.)			Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Alfred H. Brien	Saint John	August 15, 1988 (Judge) November 24, 2010 (sup.)			Published criminal decisions (~58)
Judge Joseph C. Michaud	Moncton	July 27, 1990 (Judge) June 25, 2009 (sup.)			Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge J. Camille Vautour	Moncton	June 5, 1989 (Judge) June 5, 2014 (sup.)			Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Anne Dugas-Horsman	Moncton	August 22, 2001 (Judge) August 22, 2016 (sup.)	PC	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Jacques DesJardins		April 15, 1981 June 2008 (sup.)			Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Pierre W. Arseneault [26]	Moncton	October 1, 1988 December 15, 2006 (ACJ) January 17, 2014 (CJ) June 2, 2017 (Sup.)	Liberal	McIntyre & McIntyre (1980 to 1988) D. Paul Hayes (1979 to 1980)	Published criminal decisions (~22)
Judge James G. McNamee (per diem)	Saint John	November 1, 1974 (Judge) June 1, 1997 (ACJ) November 1, 2003 (sup.) April 30, 2011 (Per Diem)			Published criminal decisions (~0)

Previous Judges

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Judge Fred Ferguson					Published criminal decisions
Judge S.M. Hutchinson					Published criminal decisions
Judge P.L. Cumming					Published criminal decisions
Judge Murray F. Cain					Published criminal decisions
Judge Denis T. Lordon	Miramichi				Published criminal decisions
Judge Camille A. Dumas	Bathurst				Published criminal decisions
John Creaghan Friel [27]					Published criminal deicsions (~1)
Drew Stymiest				Convicted of fraud (2006) Published criminal decisions

External links

• Provincial Court of New Brunswick website
• Mental Health Court website
• List of Judges by Region (gnb.ca)
• government announcements

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