Supreme Court of British Columbia (Historical)
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- (~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of Oct 2023, unless otherwise indicated.
Previous Justices
Justices From 1995
| Name | Jurisdiction | Duration | Nominated By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth N. Affleck [1] [2] | Vancouver | June 24, 2011 (judge) Nov 2019 (ret) [3] |
Harper / Nicholson (CPC) | Affleck Hira Burgoyne LLP Macaulay McColl (1982 to 2011) Drost Coultas and Stanfield (1974 to 1982) Called to bar (1974) UBC grad (1973) |
Published criminal decisions (~10) |
| Grace Choi [4] | Vancouver | May 29, 2015 (Judge) July 2022 (ret)[5] |
Harper / MacKay (CPC) | Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP Called to bar (1993) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Karen Horsman [6] | Vancouver | August 31, 2018 | J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) | Attorney General (civil) Called to bar (~1993) |
Published criminal decisions (~9) (as of the end of December 2022) Judicial Questionnaire |
| Justice Leonard Marchand Jr [7] | Kamloops | June 21, 2017 | J. Trudeau | Provincial Court Judge Fulton & Company LLP (civil) (1995 to 2013) U Vic Grad (1994) |
Published criminal decisions (~6) |
| Justice Peter G. Voith [8] | Vancouver | January 22, 2009 | Harper | Hunter Litigation Chambers Hunter Voith (2002 to 2005) Davis & Company (1984 to 2002) Ladner Downs (1980 to 1982) Called to bar (1981) |
Published criminal decisions (~32) Appointed to BCCA (2020) |
| Justice Grant D. Burnyeat [9] | Vancouver | December 19, 1996 (Judge) December 19, 2011 (Sup.) 2019 (Ret.) |
Chrétien | Davis & Company | Published criminal decisions (~9) |
| Justice Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten [10] | Vancouver | October 20, 2016 to May 6, 2019 | J. Trudeau | Assistant Deputy Attorney General (2012 to 2016) PPSC Crown (1994 to 2012) Called to bar (~1992) |
Published criminal decisions (~26) Appointed to BCCA (2019) |
| Justice Patrice Abrioux [11] | Vancouver | September 30, 2011 (Judge) | Harper | Quinlan Abrioux law firm Called to bar (1981) |
Published criminal decisions (~18) Appointed to BCCA (2019) |
| Justice G. Bruce Butler [12] | Vancouver | March 30, 2007 - August 31, 2018 (Appt'd to CA) | Harper | Harper Grey LLP Called to bar (1980) |
Published criminal decisions |
| Justice Paul J. Pearlman [13] | 2008 - May 7, 2018 | Harper | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Deborah Satanove [14] | 1996 - | Chretien | Ladner, Downs (1988 to 1996) Parks, Feller Called to bar (1982) |
Published criminal decisions | |
| Justice Elizabeth A. Arnold-Bailey [15] | April 15, 2005 - 2017 | Provincial Court (1990 to 2015) General Counsel Legal Aid General Counsel to the Ombudsman Called to bar (1979) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Sandra K. Ballance [16] | 2002 - 2016 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice G. M. Barrow [17] | 2001 - 2015 | Coffey Quinn and Barrow Called to bar (1981) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Robert J. Bauman [18] | 1996 - 2008 | Chretien | Bull, Housser & Tupper (1982) Wilson, Bauman (1977 to 1981) Wilson, King & Company Called to bar (1975) |
Published criminal decisions | |
| Justice Elizabeth A. Bennett [19] | 1997 - 2009 | Chretien | Called to bar (1982) | Appointed to BCCA (2009) Published criminal decisions | |
| Justice Linda Ann Loo [20] | 1996 - | Chretien | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice David J. Brine [21] [22] | 2004 - 2009 | McQuarrie Hunter | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice T. Richard Brooke [23] | 2000 - 2011 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Catherine J. Bruce | 2006 - 2016 | Published criminal decisions (~52) | |||
| Justice Eric G. Chamberlist [24] | 1998 - 2010 | Chretien | Hope, Meinrich Called to bar (1973) |
Published criminal decisions | |
| Justice Austin F. Cullen [25] | 2001 - 2011 | Assistant Deputy Attorney General (1999 to 2001) Crown Attorney Called to bar (1976) UBC grad (1975) |
Published criminal decisions (~112) | ||
| Justice W.H. Davies [26] | 1982 - 1999 1996 (sup) |
Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice M. DeWeerdt [27] | 1996 - 1997 | Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories (1981) General Counsel, Dept of Justice Weerdt, Seale & Finall Called to bar (1956) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Risa Evelyn Levine[28] | 1995 - ? | Thorsteinssons (1982 to 1995) Called to bar (1978) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Gail Dickson | 2006 - 2015 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon [29] | 2008 - 2015 | Fasken Martineau Called to bar (1985) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Barbara Fisher [30] [31] | 2004 - September 14, 2017 | Blake, Cassels & Graydon | Appointed to BCCA (2017) Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Gregory Fitch [32] | 2011 - 2015 | Harper | Crown attorney (1985 to 2011) | appointed to BCCA (2015) Published criminal decisions | |
| Justice S. David Frankel | 2007 - 2007 | Appointed to BCCA (2007) Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Nicole J. Garson [33] | 2001 - 2009 | Called to bar (1977) | Appointed to BCCA (2009) Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Richard Bruce Tremayne Goepel [34] | 2001 - 2013 | Watson Goepel Maledy Sutton Braidwood |
Appointed to BCCA (2013) Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Victoria Gray [35] | 2001 - 2017 | Bull, Housser & Tupper | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Bruce M. Greyell [36] | May 15, 2009 - November 24, 2017 | Counsel with Roper Greyell | Published criminal decisions (~38) | ||
| Justice Susan Griffin [37] | February 20, 2008 - February 7, 2018 | Private practice Called to bar (1985) |
Appointed to BCCA Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Harvey M. Groberman [38] | 2001 - 2008 | Called to bar (1985) | appointed to BCCA (2008) Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice D.A. Halfyard [39] | 1999 - 2014 | Chretien | Halfyard & Wright Called to bar (1973) |
Published criminal decisions (~105) | |
| Justice David C. Harris [40] [41] | 2010 to 2012 | Harper | Hunter Litigation Chambers (2006 to 2010) Berardino & Harris (2000 to 2006) Russell & Dumoulin (1986 to 2000) Called to bar (1987) |
Published criminal decisions | |
| Justice Wendy J. Harris [42] | 2013 - 2017 | Harper | Harris & Company (1992 to 2013) Call to bar (1980) |
Published criminal decisions | |
| Justice Hope Hyslop [43] | May 15, 2009 - 2017 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Brian M. Joyce [44] | 2001 - April 4, 2016 (sup.) | Called to Bar (1978) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Deborah Kloegman | 1996 - 2014 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Peter D. Leask [45] | 2005 - 2017 | Martin | Called to bar (1969) Leask Bahen |
Published criminal decisions | |
| Justice Malcolm D. Macaulay [46] | 1997 - 2015 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Anne Winter MacKenzie [47] [48] | 1996 - 2010 | Provincial Court (1990 to 1996) Crown counsel DOJ (1978 to 1990) Called to bar (1978) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Frank Maczko | September 8, 1988 (Judge) 2003 (sup) July 1, 2008 (ret) |
Called to bar (1968) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Donna Jean Martinson [49] | 1998 - 2009 | UBC Professor of law MacPherson and Associates Helmer & Martinson Crown attorney (1973 to 1979) Called to bar (1972) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Robert W. Metzger [50] | 2000 - 2013 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Nancy Morrison [51] | 1996 - 2011 | Provincial Court (1972 to 1981) Deverell, Harrop, Morrison & Wood Crown attorney Morrison, MacDonald & Morrison LeMarsh & LeMarsh Called to bar (1963) |
Published criminal decisions (~55) | ||
| Justice Kathryn E. Neilson [52] | 1999 - 2008 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Ian H. Pitfield [53] | 1997-2010 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Robert E. Powers [54] | 1999-2013 | Called to bar (1976) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Bruce M. Preston | 1987 - 2010 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Robert A. Prior [55] | 2010 - 2010 | PPSC Crown (1996 to 2010) Called to bar (1997) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Bryan F. Ralph [56] | 1997 - 2007 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Eric Rice [57] | 2003 - 2011 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Peter J. Rogers [58] | 2001 - 2017 | Called to bar (1982) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice John E.D. Savage [59] | 2008 - 2014 | Harper | Crease Harman & Company (1978 to 2008) Called to bar (1978) |
Published criminal decisions | |
| Justice William B. Smart | 2006 - 2013 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice C. Lynn Smith [60] | 1998 - 2012 | UBC law professor (1981 to 1997) McCarthy Tétrault (1974 to 1981) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Daphne M. Smith [61] | 1996 - 2008 | Mair, Jensen, Blair Call to bar (1976) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Sunni S. Stromberg-Stein [62] | February 15, 1996 - 2013 | Provincial Court (1989 to 1996) Crown attorney (1976 to 1989) Called to bar (1976) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice John D. Truscott [63] | 2002 - July 4, 2017 | Published criminal decisions (~55) | |||
| Justice Peter M. Willcock [64] | 2009 - 2013 | Harper Grey LLP Called to bar (1983) |
Appointed to BCCA Published criminal decisions (~20) | ||
| Justice William G.E. Grist [65] | 1996 - ? | Legal aid Griffiths & Company Called to bar (1975) |
Published criminal decisions (~53) | ||
| Justice James Bauman [66] | 1996 - ? | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Laura B. Gerow [67] | ?? (Judge) October 10, 2017 (sup) ??? (ret) |
Published criminal decisions | |||
| James W. Williams [68] | October 11, 2002 (Judge) October 10, 2017 (Sup) ?? (ret) |
Called to bar (1985) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Robert Crawford [69] | 2001 - ? | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Stephen F. Kelleher [70] | July 2003 (judge) May 10, 2017 (sup) |
Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib) | Self-employed as Labour Arbitrator and Mediator Labour Relations Board Called to bar (1974) UBC grad (1973) |
Published criminal decisions | |
| Frank Cole [71] | March 20, 1996 | Chretien | Sigalet, Maguire & Cole Davidson and Company Called to bar (1971) |
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| Linda Ann Loo [72] | September 25, 1996 | Chretien | Called to bar (1975) | ||
| R.J. Dillon | ? - October 20, 2012 (sup.) | Published criminal decisions |
Justices Before 1995
| Name | Jurisdiction | Duration | Nominated By | Prior Positions | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Thomas R. Berger [73] | 1972 to 1983 | P. Trudeau | |||
| Justice Ian C. Meiklem [74] | Kamloops | October 11, 1991 2018 (ret.) |
Brian Mulroney | Meiklem and Harrison Heather Sadler Jenkins Called to bar (~1972) |
Published criminal decisions (~56) |
| Justice Paul Williamson | 1994 - 2013 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Alexander Fraser Wilson [75] | 1994 - 2009 | Chrétien | Silversides, Wilson & Seidemann (1976 to 1995) Called to bar (1975) |
Published criminal decisions | |
| Justice R. Dean Wilson | 1994 - 2011 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Randall S.K. Wong | 1990 - 2016 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice M. L. Tyrwhitt-Drake | 1990 - 1997 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice David F. Tysoe | 1992 - 2007 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice David H. Vickers | 1991 - 2009 | Called to bar (1960) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Terrance P. Warren | 1991 - 2009 | Called to bar (1966) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice C. Warren Wilkinson | 1989 - 2001 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice J.E. Spencer | 1981 - 1999 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Allan M. Stewart | 1988 - 2011 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice James D. Taylor | 1995 - 2006 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice W. B. Scarth | 1990 - 2009 | County Court (1988) Called to bar (1962) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice W.S. Selbie | 1990 - 1996 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice S. James Shabbits | 1992 - 2011 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Duncan Weld Shaw [76] | 1987 - 2007 | Davis & Company (1958 to 1987 and 2008 to 2015) UBC grad (1956) |
Published criminal decisions personal website | ||
| Justice H.A.D. Oliver | 1990 - 1996 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Wallace T. Oppal | 1985 - 2003 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Dermod D. Owen-Flood | 1987 - 2006 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Raymond M.P. Paris | 1980 - 2005 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice W. Glen Parrett | 1990 - 2015 | Published criminal decisions (~78) | |||
| Justice Selwyn R. Romilly | 1995 - 2015 Jan 7, 2010 (sup.) |
Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice John F. Rowan | 1988 - 2001 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice S.M. Leggatt | 1990 - 2000 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Peter D. Lowry | 1991 - 2003 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Kenneth M. Lysyk | 1983 - 2003 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Ronald R. Holmes | 1989 - 2009 2004(sup) |
Called to bar (1965) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Sherman W. Hood | 1989 - 2007 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice D.A. Hogarth | 1990 - 1996 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice R. B. Hunter | 1992 - 2002 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Robert B. M. Hutchison | 1990 - 2004 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice R.M. J. Hutchinson | 1990 - 2002 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Ian B. Josephson | 1990 - 2017 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Marion J. Allan | 1990 - 2012 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice K. F. Arkell | 1990 - 1999 1995 (sup) |
Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Georgina M. Quijano | 1995 - 2005 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice R. Robinson | 1990 - 1997 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Jon S. Sigurdson | 1994 - 2017 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Janet A. Sinclair Prowse | 1990 - 2009 | Called to bar (1973) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Thimersingh M. Singh | July 1, 1990 - July 30, 2008 | County Court (1986 to 1990) Called to bar (1968) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice H.L. Skipp | 1989 - 2001 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice D.L. Clancy | 1991 - 2002 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Bruce I. Cohen | 1987 - 2015 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice R. Collver | 1990 - 2001 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice R.M. Cooper | 1990 - 1996 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Gerald R. B. Coultas | 1988 - 2003 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice J. C. Cowan | 1988 - 2000 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Victor R. Curtis | 1990 - 2012 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Patrick D. Dohm | 1972 - 1995 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Jacqueline Dorgan | 1991 - 2017 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice K. K. Downs | 1995 - 2002 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice N.A. Drossos | 1990 - 2001 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Ian L. Drost | 1990 - 2005 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice E. Robert A. Edwards | 1993 - 2007 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice J.L.T. Edwards | 1994 - 2000 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice R.T. Errico | 1990 - 1999 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice William A. Esson | 1979 - 1983 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Pamela A. Kirkpatrick | 1992 - 2005 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice M. Marvyn Koenigsberg | 1992 - 2017 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice George Lamperson | 1982 - 2006 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice C. Ross Lander | 1982 - 2007 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Ronald A McKinnon | 1990 - 2015 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Thomas Melnick | 1990 - 2015 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Frederick A. Melvin | 1990 - 2006 2002 (sup.)[77] |
Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice P.J. Millward | 1990 - 1999 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice K.C. Murphy | 1990 - 1997 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Kirsti M. Gill | 1991 - 2009 | Called to bar (1976) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice G. Peter Fraser | 1989 - 2007 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice R. Bruce Harvey | 1989 - 2004 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Alexander G. Henderson | 1995 - 2003 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice T.K. Fisher | 1990 - 1999 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Mary-Ellen Boyd | 1990 - 2012 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Harry D. Boyle | 1982 - 2001 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Thomas R. Braidwood [78] | 1990 - 1996 | Called to bar (1957) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice Donald I. Brenner [79] | 1992 - Sept 7, 2009 | Called to bar (1971) | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Justice John Edward Hall [80] | 1991 to 1996 | ||||
| Justice H.J. Hamilton | 1990 - 1997 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice S. J. Hardinge | 1990 - 2000 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice H.A. Callaghan | 1978 - 2001 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice D.H. Campbell | 1990 - 1996 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Michael I. Catliff | 1975 - 2003 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice B. D. Macdonald | 1982 - 1999 1996 (sup.) |
Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice T. Richard M.L. Blair | 1992 - 2013 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice John C. Bouck | 1974 - 2006 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Justice Wendy G. Baker | 1993 - ? | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Peter Van Der Hoop [81] | County Court (1978) Harper Grey |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
Historical Distribution
Distribution of Judges
- 2022
- Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of British Columbia
17 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia and of the Supreme Court of British Columbia are as follows: [omitted (a) and (b)]
- (c) the Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $371,400 each; and
- (d) the 86 other judges of the Supreme Court, $338,800 each.
R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 17; R.S., 1985, c. 41 (1st Supp.), s. 6, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 1989, c. 8, s. 4; 1990, c. 16, s. 15; 2001, c. 7, s. 9; 2006, c. 11, s. 1; 2012, c. 31, s. 210; 2017, c. 20, s. 205; 2021, c. 23, s. 256; 2022, c. 10, s. 346.
– (DOJ)
- 2021
- Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of British Columbia
17 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia and of the Supreme Court of British Columbia are as follows: [omitted (a) and (b)]
- (c) the Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $344,400 each; and
- (d) the 83 other judges of the Supreme Court, $314,100 each.
R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 17; R.S., 1985, c. 41 (1st Supp.), s. 6, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 1989, c. 8, s. 4; 1990, c. 16, s. 15; 2001, c. 7, s. 9; 2006, c. 11, s. 1; 2012, c. 31, s. 210; 2017, c. 20, s. 205; 2021, c. 23, s. 256.
– (DOJ)