Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador

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

Current Judges

Name Location Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Judge Robin Fowler [1] Grand Falls-Windsor August 7, 2017 Liberal Crown Attorney (2000 to 2013)
Public Prosecution Service of Canada (2013 to 2017)
Published criminal decisions (~10)
(as of the end of December 2022)
Associate Chief Judge Jennifer Mercer July 16, 2021 Published criminal decisions
Kymil Howe Corner Brook March 11, 1993 Liberal Crown attorney
private practice
Published criminal decisions (~2)
David Orr St. John's August 25, 1994 Liberal Noonan, Oakley, Orr (criminal)
Queen’s grad (1980)
Published criminal decisions (~51)
Wayne Gorman [2] Corner Brook November 9, 2000 PC Director of Public Prosecutions
Crown counsel
Called to bar (1983)
Published criminal decisions (~250)
Harold Porter [3] Grand Bank October 12, 2001 Liberal Crown attorney (1988 to 2001) Published criminal decisions (~70)
Bruce Short [4] Habour Grace November 1, 2003 Liberal Legal aid Published criminal decisions (~0)
Wynne Anne Trahey [5] Wabush June 8, 2007 PC Crown attorney
Marshall, White, Ottenheimer & Green
Collins and Associates
Lewis, Day, Cook, Dawe & Eaton
Called to bar (1982)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
D. Mark Pike [6] St. John's November 17, 2008 PC Department of Justice
Benson Myles PLC
Published criminal decisions (~15)
Jacqueline Jenkins [7] Gander September 24, 2008 PC Private practice Published criminal decisions (~2)
Michael Madden [8] [9] [10] St. John's February 3, 2010(J)
2015 (ACJ)
PC Crown prosecutor Published criminal decisions (~0)
Jacqueline Brazil [11] [12] St. John's February 4, 2010 PC Crown Lawyer Published criminal decisions (~3)
Lois Skanes [13] St.John's February 15, 2010 PC Private practice
Called to bar (1985)
Published criminal decisions (~22)
Pamela Goulding [14] [15] St. John's January 30, 2012 (J)
September 28, 2015(CJ)
PC Director of Public Prosecutions Published criminal decisions (~25)
James G. Walsh [16] St.John's September 3, 2012 PC Private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (1985)
Published criminal decisions
Lori A. Marshall [17] St. John's August 13, 2012 PC Legal Aid (2008 to 2012)
sole practitioner
Called to bar (1991)
Published criminal decisions (~21)
Phyllis Harris [18] Happy Valley-Goose Bay June 10, 2014 PC Public Prosecutions Office (1999 to 2014) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Lynn E. Cole [19] [20] Stephenville March 13, 2014 PC Lawyer with Legal Aid
Called to bar (1991)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Mark T. Linehan [21] [22] Gander March 4, 2014 PC Crown prosecutor
Called to bar (1996)
Published criminal decisions (~14)
Paul Noble [23] Clarenville September 17, 2015 PC Dept of Justice
RCMP
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Kari Ann Pike [24] Happy Valley-Goose Bay August 7, 2017 Liberal Crown attorney Published criminal decisions (~0)
Rolf Pritchard [25] Happy Valley-Goose Bay June 13, 2019 Liberal provincial government (2001 to 2019)
private practice
Called to bar (1996)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Lloyd Strickland [26] January 4, 2023 Director of Public Prosecutions
Crown Attorney
Called to bar (1997)
Dalhousie grad (1996)
Andrew Wadden [27] January 4, 2023 Called to bar (2003)

Part time or Per Diem

Name Location Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Catherine Allen-Westby[28] Corner Brook October 28, 2002 Liberal Monaghan, Marshall, Allen-Westby, Murphy and Watton Published criminal decisions (~0)
Colin J. Flynn [29] St. John's April 30, 2001 Liberal Director of Public Prosecutions
Department of Justice (Criminal)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
Gregory O. Brown (Per Diem) February 28, 1992
April 30, 2013(per diem)
Liberal Published criminal decisions (~2)
William English [30] (Per Diem) November 9, 2000
May 2, 2014 (per diem)
Liberal Director of NL Legal Aid
Called to bar (1976)
Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge Patrick J.B. Kennedy [31] April 11, 2001
May 9, 2014 (per diem)
Liberal Private Practice Published criminal decisions (~32)

Previous Judges

Name Location Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Judge John Joy [32] August 1, 2006
July 28, 2017 (retired)
PC White, Ottenheimer and Baker Published criminal decisions (~6)
Laura A. Mennie [33] February 1, 2012 PC Published criminal decisions(~15)
David Peddle [34] December 1974 (Maj)
Dec 1979 (Judge)
Published criminal decisions
Appointed to NLSC (1988)

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