Nova Scotia Provincial Court (Historical)

This page was last substantively updated or reviewed October 2023. (Rev. # 96686)

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

Previous Judges

Name	Location	Duration	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Gregory E. Lenehan [1]	Halifax	October 19, 2010 (Judge) October 2024 (ret)	Dexter / Landry (NDP)	NS Public Prosecution Service (1989 to 2010)	Published criminal decisions (~4) (as of December 2022) complaint 2018
D. Shane Russell	Sydney	December 2021 (Judge ) Oct 2024 (Appointed to NSSC)	Houston / Brad Johns (PC)	Crown Attorney U of Man grad (2003)	Published criminal decisions (~2) (as of the end of December 2022)
Jill Barrington	Sydney	February 3, 2023 (Judge) Nov 2024 (appointed to NSSC)	Houston / Brad Johns (PC)	Sheldon Nathanson Law Office Called to bar (2011)	Published criminal decisions
William Dyer	Bridgewater				Published criminal decisions (~0)
John D. Comeau	Dartmouth	1981 [2]			Published criminal decisions (~0)
Warren Zimmer	Truro	April 12, 2011 (Judge), 2017 (Sup.)	NDP	Private Practice (1984 to 2011) Crown Attorney (1978 to 1984) Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~0) (as of the end of December 2021)
William Digby [3] [4]	Halifax	June 10, 1997 (Judge), 2017 (Supernumerary)	Liberal	NS Legal Aid Director (1994 to 1997) NS Legal Aid (1973 to 1997) Called to bar (1972)	Published criminal decisions (~3) (as of the end of December 2022)
Flora I. Buchan	Dartmouth	1996 (judge), 2017 (Sup)	Liberal	private practice Called to bar (~1981)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Aleta Cromwell [5]	Halifax	July 9, 2020 (Judge) 2022 (Appointed to NSSC)	McNeil / Furey (Lib)	DOJ Called to bar (1999)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Samuel Moreau	Amherst	March 31, 2017 to 2020 Appointed to NSSC (Family Division)	Liberal	NS Legal Aid (1999 to 2017)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Michelle Christenson [6]	Yarmouth	December 11, 2013 to March 2020 Appointed to NSSC (Family Division)	NDP	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Richard J. MacKinnon [7]	Antigonish	November 10, 2009	Dexter / Landry (NDP)	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Jean M. Dewolfe [8]	Kentville	November 10, 2009	Dexter / Landry (NDP)	Muttart Tufts Dewolfe and Coyle (family) (1990 to 2009) Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Pierre Muise	Yarmouth	2009 - 2010 (appointed to NSSC) (1 year)	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service (1996 to 2009)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Frank P. Hoskins [9]	Dartmouth	September 5, 2008[10] August 2021	MacDonald / Clarke (PC)	NS Public Prosecution Service (1991 to 1995, 1996 to 2008) Private practice (1995 to 1996) Called to bar (1990)	Published criminal decisions (~27)
Anne S. Derrick [11]	Halifax	September 2, 2005[12] - 2017 (Appointed to NSCA) (12 years)	PC Hamm	Beaton Derrick Called to bar (1981)	Appointed to NSCA (2017) Published criminal decisions (~173)
Jamie S. Campbell [13]	Halifax (Youth)	September 2, 2005[14] - ?? (appointed to NSSC)		Cox Hanson O'Reilly Matheson Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~34)
Brian D. Williston	Sydney	1995 (Judge) December 2018 (ret)	Liberal	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions (~8) (as of December 2019)
S. Raymond Morse	Amherst	April 12, 2011 (Judge) November 10, 2015 (Assoc. Chief)	NDP	Private practice Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~0) Appointed to NSSC (Family Division)
Anne E. Crawford		2000? to 2009?			Published criminal decisions
David J. Ryan		1997 to March 4, 2020			Published criminal decisions (~3)
D. William MacDonald [15]		1997 (Judge)		Deputy Minister to Premier (1993 to 1995) Deputy Attorney General (1987 to 1993, 1995 to 1996) Legislative Counsel Office (1975) Crown Attorney Hart and Davis (1968 to ??) Called to bar (1968)
Castor H Williams	Halifax			Crown Attorney Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~55)
Albert E. Bremner		August 15, 1991 [16]
R. Brian Gibson [17]	Dartmouth	1990 - ?	PC	Private Practice (1973 to 1990) Called to bar (1973)	Published criminal decisions (~19)
Robert M. Prince					Published criminal decisions (~0)
John Grant MacDougall	Otterbrook	June 1, 1988		Burchell MacDougall and Gruchy (1975 to 1988) Called to bar (1975) Dal law grad (1975)
Frances Kent Potts	Dartmouth	January 7, 1988		Crown attorney (1979 to 1988) David English (1976 to 1978) Called to bar (1975) Dal law grad (1974)
Jean-Louis Marie Gonzaque Batiot	Bridgewater	September 15, 1987 (appoint) Feb 18, 1997 (ACJ)[18] Dec 18, 1997 (CJ)[19]		Sole practitioner (1977 to 1987) Called to bar (1977) Dal law grad (1976)	Published criminal decisions (~22)
Corrine Etta Sparks [20] [21]	Dartmouth	March 30, 1987 - Dec 31, 2021	PC (Buchanan/?)	Ruck and Mitchell (1982 to 1987) In-house counsel (1981) Called to bar (1980) City of Halifax (1979 to 1980) Dal law grad (1979)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Robert Allan Stroud	Stellarton	December 16, 1986
Ross Baxter Archibald	Amherst	June 1, 1985
James Donald Reardon	Yarmouth	April 1, 1985
Robert MacDonald	Westville	June 14, 1984
Henry Walter How	Wolfville	November 14, 1983			Published criminal decisions
Ronald Angus MacDonald	Antigonish	September 1, 1981
Patrick H. Curran [22]	Halifax, Bedford	August 1, 1981 - 2003 (Judge) January 31, 2003[23] to 2013 (Chief Judge) 2013 - 2019 (39 years)	PC Buchanan	NS Legal Aid Patterson, Smith, Matthews Innes, Matheson, Curran Halifax City (1970) Called to bar (1970) Dal law grad (1970)	Published criminal decisions (~7)
William John Carruthers Atton	Halifax	June 30, 1980 (appoint.) Jnue 1, 1991 (ret)		Crown Prosecutor (1963 to 1980) Registrar of Probate (1966 to 1980) Sole practitioner (1962 to 1966) Called to bar (1962) Dal law grad (1962)
Donald Lewis Matheson	Sydney	April 15, 1980
Elmer Joseph MacDonald	Halifax	February 15, 1980
Harvey Alfred Veniot	Pictou	January 1, 1979
Joseph Phillip Kennedy	Bridgewater	September 18, 1978
Stanley David Campbell [24]	Sydney	1997 (ret) October 1, 1978 (Judge)		Crown Attorney (1974) Burchell, Sullivan, Smith and Campbell Dal law grad
Robert Jardine McCleave	Halifax	December 19, 1977
David Edgar Cole	Amherst	March 15, 1977
Reginald Byron Kimball	Dartmouth	March 15, 1977
John Alexander MacLellan	Kentville	November 8, 1976
Kenneth Lee Crowell [25]	Middleton	Sept 2, 1975		Crowell, Durland & Gillis Called to bar (1954) Dal grad
George "Hughes" Randall [26]	Halifax	July 1, 1974 to 2002 (Judge) 2002 to 2012 (sup)		Hospital Commission Randall, McNeil and Church(1974) Paton, Paton and Randall(1969) Pace and MacIntosh (1962) Called to bar (1961) Dalhousie grad (1960)
Phillip Raymond Woolaver	Digby	November 15, 1972
John Richard Nichols	Halifax	July 1, 1974
George Roland LeVatte	Sydney	March 28, 1972
Michael Leo McIntyre	Glace Bay	December 2, 1971
Sandra Ellen Oxner	Halifax	May 28, 1971 - 1996?	Liberal Regan	City of Halifax (1966 to 1971) Called to bar (1966)	Published criminal decisions (~0) Appointed at age 29 [27]
Charles Witter Archibald	Truro	May 13, 1971
John Charles O'Connell	Sydney	March 24, 1971
Howard Russell MacEwan	New Glasgow	January 18, 1971 (appoint.) June 1, 1991 (per diem)[28][29]
Herbert Forbes Grant	New Glasgow	December 1, 1968
Roy Edward "Bud" Kimball [30] [31]	Windsor and Kentville	May 4, 1967 to 1995 (18 years)	PC	Private Practice (1960 to 1967)	Published criminal decisions
Thomas Augustine Giles	Amherst	march 1, 1967
Hiram Joseph Carver	New Germany	August 1, 1963
Eric David Murray	Halifax	March 14, 1962
Charles Thomas LeBrun	Bridgetown	March 1, 1960
William Alexander Douglas Gunn	Sydney Halifax	October 12, 1960
Nathan Green	Halifax	September 14, 1959
Ronald Joseph Macdonald	North Sydney	June 1, 1959
Martin D. Haley	Halifax	March 21, 1956
Duncan John Chisholm	Antigonish	Oct 1, 1953 to February, 1980			Published criminal decisions
Joseph Francis MacManus	Halifax	Sept 13, 1953 to 1961			Published criminal decisions
John Ferguson MacDonald	Sydney	September 1, 1953 to 1978			Published criminal decisions
William Ackley Richardson	New Glasgow, Stellarton, Pictou, and Tatamagouche	November 6, 1951 to November 30, 1968 (16 years)			Published criminal decisions
John Donald MacIntyre	Sydney	January 25, 1951 to 1956			Published criminal decisions
Parker Thomas Hickey	Halifax	July 14, 1950
Clinson Roger Rand	Shelburne and Yarmouth	January 3, 1946 to June 30, 1976			Published criminal decisions
John Smith MacIvor	Sydney	May 1, 1942 (appt) September 19, 1945 (resign) March 29, 1957 (appt) June 12, 1957 (died)		MacIvor and Ross Dal law grad (1937)
Royal Verne Read	Liverpool/Sydney	April 17, 1942 1953 (retired)		Deputy Police Magistrate (1941) Pearson, Rutledge and Donald Called to bar (1940) Dal law grad (1939)
William Daniel Outhit	Halifax	Sept 16, 1940		Daley, Phinney and Outhit (1928 to 1940) Called to Bar (1928) Dal law grad (1928)
Richard Jeffrey Flinn	Halifax	Sept. 16, 1940 1953 (retired)		private practice (1934 to 1939) Called to Bar (1925) Dal law grad (1924)
John Logan Crowe	Truro	September 16, 1940 March 1, 1971 (retired)		Called to Bar (1933) Dal law grad (1933)
Robert Ebenezer Inglis	Halifax	November 15, 1939 September 13, 1959 (sup.) 1982(retired)		Murray, MacKinnon and Inglis (1920 to 1939) Called to Bar (1920) Dal law grad (1920)
Horace Blair Dickey	Kentville	December 8, 1938 (Judge) February 28,1961 (retired)		Illsley and Dickey (~1925 to 1938) Called to bar (1925) Dal grad
Bernard Wallace Russell	Halifax	November 3, 1938 (Judge) November 2, 1939 (resigned)		Russell and Fielding (~1911 to 1938) Dal grad (1911)

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