Ontario Court of Justice (Historical)
| This page was last substantively updated or reviewed March 2021. (Rev. # 92590) |
- (~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of October 2018, unless otherwise indicated.
Previous Justices
| Name | District | Duration | Appointed by | Previous Position(s) | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter J. DeFreitas [1] | N/A | June 5, 2015 (ACJ) 2008 (Judge) |
Wynne/Meilleur (Lib) (2015) |
Federal Prosecutor (1994 to 2008) | Published criminal decisions (~0) (as of December 2021) |
| Faith M. Finnestad (also Co-ordinator of Justices of the Peace) [2] | N/A Toronto (prev) |
1 May 1995 (Judge) |
Published criminal decisions (~14) (as of December 2019) | ||
| Lise Maisonneuve [3] | N/A Ottawa (prev.) |
December 3, 2003 (Judge) August 26, 2011 (Snr. Reg.) May 31, 2023 (ret) |
McGuinty/Bryant (Lib) (2003) | Carroll, Wallace & Maisonneuve | Published criminal decisions (~0) (as of December 2021) |
| David A. Fairgrieve [4] | Brampton | December 21, 1990 | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~59) | |
| Justice Stephen J. Hunter | Belleville Ottawa (prev) |
June 1, 1991 (Judge) September 29, 2021 (Ret) |
NDP | Published criminal decisions (~1) [5] | |
| John Alexander (Alex) Finlayson [6] [7] [8] | Toronto | August 9, 2017 to March 2021 | private practice (family) Called to bar (2002) Osgoode grad (2001) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) appointed to ONSC (Fam Div) | |
| Justice John D. D. Evans | March 12, 1984 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | ||
| Justice Robert T. Weseloh | Published criminal decisions (~0) | ||||
| Justice Petra E. Newton [9] | College Park | December 31, 1989 May 1, 2019 (ret) |
Liberal | Legal Aid counsel Crown Attorney (ON) Called to bar (ON) (1979) Crown Attorney (MB) Called to bar (MB) (1976) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| Justice Nathalie Gregson [10] | Sault Ste. Marie | December 3, 2008 | Liberal | Sole practitioner (family) (1994 to 2008) Called to bar (1994) |
Published criminal decisions (~3) Appointed to ONSC (2019) |
| Justice Jack M. Grossman | Metro North | April 28, 1999 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~13) | |
| Justice William A. Gorewich | Newmarket Barrie (prev) |
October 14, 1997 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
| Justice William R. Wolski | College Park Barrie (prev) |
January 20, 1997 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
| Justice Dino DiGiuseppe [11] | Thunder Bay | November 15, 2000 (Judge) | PC | Published criminal decisions (~38) | |
| Justice Ronald Dennis Joseph Boivin | Old City Hall | June 25, 2003 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Justice Gerald S. Lapkin | Metro West | November 30, 1988 | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Justice Colin R. Westman | Kitchener | 1 June 1990 | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Justice Jeff Casey |
Toronto | December 21, 1992 | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
| Justice Wendy Malcolm (Senior Advisory Family Judge) | N/A | November 29, 2006 | Liberal | Ontario Court of Justice (2006 to 2019) | Published criminal decisions (~3) (as of December 2019) Apppoimted ONSC (2019) |
| Justice Russell J. Otter [12] | Metro East | July 5, 1993 | NDP | Called to Bar (~1971) | Published criminal decisions (~3) |
| Justice Anne London-Weinstein [13] [14] | Toronto | December 2017 | Liberal | Ontario Court of Justice (2017) Weinstein Law Firm (criminal) (2002 to 2017) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) Appointed to ONSC (2017) |
| Justice J. Rhys Morgan | Peterborough | August 15, 1990 | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Justice Ian B. Cowan | Toronto | 20 January 1997 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~12) | |
| Justice Peter A. J. Harris | Old City Hall Brampton (prev) |
February 13, 1995 | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~62) | |
| Justice G. Normand Glaude | Sudbury Elliot Lake (prev) |
April 17, 1990 | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Justice Elinore A. Ready | Brampton | 21 December 1990 (Judge) ~2018 (ret) | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Justice Timothy Clifford Whetung [15] | Peterborough | December 1, 1991 | NDP | Grant, Whetung & Wilcox | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Justice Peter Andras Schreck [16] | Brampton | August 27, 2014 (Judge) to June 2017 | Liberal | Schreck Presser LLP (criminal) Schreck & Greene, Pinkofsky Lockyer Sole practitioner Called to bar (1996) |
Published criminal decisions (~49) Appointed to ONSC (June 2017) |
| Justice Jill Miriam Copeland [17] | Brampton | August 27, 2014 to 2017 | Liberal | Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP (criminal) executive legal officer at the Supreme Court of Canada legal counsel for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Called to bar (1995) |
Published criminal decisions (~28) Appointed to ONSC |
| Justice Donald A. Ebbs | Published criminal decisions (~0) | ||||
| Justice James P. Nevins | Published criminal decisions (~0) | ||||
| Justice James Stribopoulos [18] | Brampton | October 2, 2013 to November 2, 2018 | Liberal | Osgoode Law School (prof, dean) (2006 to 2013) Kapoor & Stribopoulos Barristers (criminal) Fleming, Breen Barristers (criminal) Called to bar (1996) |
Appointed to ONSC Published criminal decisions (~63) |
| Justice Ann Jane Watson [19] [20] | St. Catharines | August 4, 2005 - Sept 2018 | Liberal | Crown Attorney (2001 to 2005) private practice Called to bar (1982) |
Published criminal decisions (~14) |
| Justice Barry M Tobin [21] | Windsor | September 30, 2009 - August 31, 2018 | Liberal | Brown Beattie O’Donovan Marcus Tobin Called to bar (1979) |
Appointed to ONSC (2018) Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| David Michael Paciocco [22] | Ottawa | 2011 to 2017 | Liberal | University Ottawa Law (1982 to 2011) Called to bar (1983) |
Appointed to ONCA (2017) Published criminal decisions (~48) |
| Jonathon C. George [23] | February 24, 2012 - June 2016 | Liberal | Robbins, Henderson and Davis Called to bar (2001) |
Appointed to ONSC (2016) Published criminal decisions (~25) | |
| Louise L. Gauthier | Northeast Region | 15 August 1992 to 23 January 2009 | NDP | Appointed to ONSC (2009) Published criminal decisions | |
| Yvon Renaud [24] | Sudbury | 15 November 2000 to ~2010 | PC | Called to bar (1982) | Published criminal decisions |
| Gary Thomas Trotter | Toronto | 14 December 2005 to 2008 | Liberal | University Queen's (prof) (2000 to 2005) Crown attorney (CLO) (1988 to 2000) Beard, Winter Called to bar (1987) |
Appointed to ONSC (2008) and ONCA (2016) Published criminal decisions |
| Mary Jane Hatton [25] | Toronto | 2 April 1990 to 1999 | Liberal | Appointed to ONSC (1999) Published criminal decisions | |
| David Roger Timms | Oshawa | 1 March 1991 to 1999 | NDP | Appointed to ONSC (1999) Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Lynn D. Ratushny | Ottawa | 1 March 1991 to 2 July 1999 | NDP | Appointed to ONSC (1999) Published criminal decisions (~3) | |
| Jennifer A. Blishen | Ottawa | 15 January 1993 to 1999 | NDP | Appointed to ONSC (1999) Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Margaret A.C. Scott | Oshawa | 17 January 1994 to 1999 | NDP | Appointed to ONSC (1999) Published criminal decisions | |
| Justice Patrick W. Dunn | Brampton | August 18, 1980 - ? | PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| M. Wendy Robson | Peterborough | 4 July 1989 to ? | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Maria T. Linhares de Sousa | Ottawa | 4 July 1989 to ? | Liberal | Appointed to ONSC (?) Published criminal decisions | |
| Edward E. Ormston | Toronto | 31 December 1989 to ? | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Deborah K. Livingstone | London | 31 December 1989 to ? | Liberal | Published criminal decisions | |
| Roderick J. Flaherty | Dryden | 2 April 1990 to ? | Liberal | Published criminal decisions | |
| Bruce E. MacPhee | Brampton | 2 April 1990 to ? | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Dianne Petitt Baig | Fort Frances | 2 April 1990 to ? | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~9) | |
| Sidney B. Linden | Toronto | 25 April 1990 to ? | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Eric S. Lindsay | Toronto | 1 September 1990 to ? | Liberal | Published criminal decisions | |
| Janet M. Simmonsι | Brampton | 21 December 1990 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Mary F. Dunbar | Brampton | 1 February 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Marion E. Lane | Brampton | 1 February 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~17) | |
| Inger Hansen | Kitchener | 1 February 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Diane Terry Vyse | Cambridge | 1 March 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Harvey M. Salem | Scarborough | 1 March 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Ronald B. Lester | Thunder Bay | 1 March 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Patrick A. Sheppard | Newmarket | 1 June 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Dianne M. Nicholas | Ottawa | 1 June 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Karen E. Johnston | Oshawa | 1 July 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Raymond P. Taillon | Oshawa | 1 July 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| W. Brian Stead | Simcoe | 1 July 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Mary E. Marshman | Windsor | 15 July 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Sherrill M. Rogers | Newmarket | 15 July 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Geraldine Waldman | Brampton | 15 November 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Bruno Cavion | Brampton | 15 November 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
| Vibert T. Rosemay | Brampton | 1 December 1991 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Paul Bentley | Toronto | 1 June 1992 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Minoo F. Khoorshed | Toronto | 1 June 1992 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Margaret F. Woolcott | Brampton | 4 January 1993 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Jane Kerrigan-Brownridge | Brampton | 15 January 1993 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Marvin G. Morten | Brampton Toronto |
5 July 1993 to 2008 | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Sally E. Marin | Toronto | 9 August 1993 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Timothy A. Culver | Kitchener | 16 May 1994 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Johanne Lafrance-Cardinal | Cornwall | 6 September 1994 to 1999 | NDP | Appointed to ONSC (1999) Published criminal decisions | |
| Stephen E. Foster | Newmarket | 7 November 1994 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Hugh J. Campbell | Oshawa | 7 November 1994 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Terrence G. O'Hara | Newmarket | 6 February 1995 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Peter R.W. Isaacs | Stratford | 13 February 1995 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| William P. Bassel | Toronto | 15 May 1995 to ? | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~7) | |
| Richard St. Jennis | Catharines | 20 May 1997 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
| Kerry Patrick Evans | Barrie | 2 October 1997 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions | |
| Juliet Baldock | Kitchener | 20 October 1997 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Judith Beaman | Toronto | 12 January 1998 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions (~4) | |
| Alphonse T. Lacavera | Welland | 2 March 1998 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Bruce Shilton | Newmarket | 6 July 1998 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
| Edward McGrath | St. Thomas | 4 January 1999 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
| Katherine Louise McLeod | Brampton | 15 February 1999 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions | |
| John Malcolm Ritchie | Old City Hall | 28 April 1999 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions (~12) | |
| Susan Gail Dobney | Toronto | 28 April 1999 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
| Bruce G. Thomas | Chatham | 4 May 1999 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions | |
| Ivan J. A. Fernandes | Toronto | 21 February 2000 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| John Getliffe | Lawrence Stratford | 6 December 2000 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| John D. G. Waugh | Pembroke | 30 May 2001 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
| Sydney Grant Radley-Walters | Pembroke | 20 February 2002 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions (~21) | |
| Anne-Marie Shaw | Newmarket | 16 September 2002 to ? | PC | Published criminal decisions | |
| Irving W. Andre | Brampton | 13 November 2002 to ? | PC | Appointed to ONSC (2012) Published criminal decisions (~5) | |
| Margaret A. McSorley | Kitchener/Guelph | 24 December 2003 to ? | Liberal | Appointed to ONSC (2015) Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
| Kofi Barnes [26] | Oshawa | February 6, 2004 to ? | Liberal | PPSC Crown (1998 to 2004) Called to bar (1993) |
Appointed to ONSC Published criminal decisions (~28) |
| Peter R Adams | Cornwall | 7 April 2004 to ? | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
| John Andrew Sutherland [27] | Toronto | 5 May 2004 to ? | Liberal | Director of SIU Crown attorney private practice Called to bar (1979) |
Published criminal decisions |
| Geoffrey Alan Beasley [28] | Pembroke | 5 May 2004 to ? | Liberal | Deputy Crown Attorney private practice Called to bar (1982) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| Robert F. McCreary [29] | Orillia | 18 May 2005 to ? | Liberal | Crown Attorney (1990 to 2005) private practice (1989 to 1990) Called to bar (1977) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Paul Belanger | 1978 (Judge) 2002 (ret) |