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==Current Justices==
(Full complement of 22)[https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-j-1/latest/rsc-1985-c-j-1.html]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Location/Division
! Appointed
! Nominated By
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
|'''Chief Justice Deborah E. Fry''' [https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2018/06/22/prime-minister-announces-appointment-new-chief-justice-newfoundland-and-labrador-and]|| Trial  || {{dts|March 30, 2007}} (Judge)<br>June 21, 2018 (Chief)|| Harper (Judge)<br>J. Trudeau (CJ) ||  || {{publishedNLSC|fry}} (~1)
|-
|Justice Richard D. LeBlanc || Trial <Br>Family (Sept 10, 2012) || {{dts|June 20, 2000}} || Chrétien || || {{publishedNLSC|leblanc}} (~3)
|-
|Justice Kendra J. Goulding [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923005238/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30521.html] ||Trial || {{dts|June 5, 2002}} ||  Chrétien || Provincial Court <br> PPSC Crown
| {{publishedNLSC|goulding}} (~39)
|-
|Justice Alphonsus E. Faour  [https://web.archive.org/web/20050424030600/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31062.html] ||Trial || {{dts|November 5, 2003}} || Chrétien ||Vivian and Faour<br> Nfld. Dept. of Justice<br> Member of Parliament <br>Called to bar (1978)
| {{publishedNLSC|Faour}} (~29)
|-
|Justice Gillian D. Butler [https://web.archive.org/web/20101201181155/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2007/doc_31979.html] ||Trial || {{dts|March 2, 2007}} ||  Harper || Sole practitioner<Br> Called to bar (1980)
| {{publishedNLSC|butler}} (~14)
|-
|Justice Raymond P. Whalen [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2014/12/honourable-raymond-whalen.html] || Trial ||  {{dts|June 19, 2008}} (Trial) <Br>December 11, 2014 - 2018 (CJ) || Harper (Trial)<br>
Harper (CJ)
|White Ottenheimer and Baker<Br>Called to bar (1979)
|{{publishedNLSC|Whalen}} (~19)
|-
|Justice Valerie L. Marshall [https://web.archive.org/web/20090503164927/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32364.html] ||Trial || {{dts|April 29, 2009}} || Harper ||Labour Relations Board<br>Human Rights Commission<br> Solo Practitioner<Br> Called to bar (1992)
| {{publishedNLSC|marshall}} (~25)
|-
|Justice Robert P. Stack <ref>{{cite news|title=Newfoundland and Labrador Judicial Appointment Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129033719/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32459.html}}</ref>||Trial || {{dts|November 30, 2009}} || Harper || Cox & Palmer (1984 to 2009)<Br> Called to bar (1984)
| {{publishedNLSC|stack}} (~52)
|-
|Justice Deborah J. Paquette [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220048/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32522.html] ||Trial || {{dts|June 18, 2010}} ||  Harper|| Assistant Dep. Minister DOJ<br>DOJ<br>Wells, O'Dea, Halley, Earle, Shortall, Burke (1981 to 1987)<br>Called to bar (1981)
| {{publishedNLSC|paquette}} (~13)
|-
|Justice Rosalie McGrath [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32747.html] || || {{dts|May 31, 2012}}   || Harper|| White, Ottenheimer & Baker<Br>Called to bar (1994)
| {{publishedNLSC|mcgrath}} (~15)
|-
|Justice Donald H. Burrage [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32795.html] || Trial || {{dts|October 5, 2012}} || Harper || Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General<br>Crown attorney <Br> Called to bar (1985)
| {{publishedNLSC|burrage}} (~42)
|-
|Justice David F. Hurley [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32852.html] || || {{dts|February 7, 2013}} || Harper || Lewis, Sinnott, Shortall, Hurley, Bruce (1997 to 2013)<br> Hurley Woodland (1988 to 1997)<Br> Puddester Orsborn (1986 to 1988) <Br>Called to bar (1976)
| {{publishedNLSC|hurley}} (~7)
|-
|Justice Brian F. Furey [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33034.html] || Trial || {{dts|January 30, 2014}} || Harper ||DOJ (civil) (1988 to 2013)<Br> O’Dea, Greene (1980 to 1987)<br>Called to bar (1980)
| {{publishedNLSC|furey}} (~8)
|-
|Justice Laura A. Mennie [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33034.html] || ||{{dts|March 9, 2014}} ||  Harper || Provincial court (2012 to 2014)<br>Newfoundland Department of (2007 to 2012)<br> Legal Aid (1994 to 2007)<br> Poole, Althouse (1993 to 1994)
| {{publishedNLSC|mennie}} (~11)
|-
|Justice George L. Murphy[http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33060.html] || Trial || {{dts|April 10, 2014}} ||Harper|| Poole Althouse (1992 to 2014)
| {{publishedNLSC|murphy}} (~17)
|-
|Justice Jane M. Fitzpatrick [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/03/newfoundland-labrador-judicial-appointment-announced.html] || Family || {{dts|March 27, 2015}} ||Harper ||Legal aid<Br>Crown attorney<Br>Noonan, Oakley, Orr (1992 to 1994)<Br>Called to bar (1992)
| {{publishedNLSC|fitzpatrick}} (~0)
|-
|Justice Cillian D. Sheahan [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/05/newfoundland-labrador-judicial-appointment-announced.html] || Family ||{{dts|June 20, 2015}} || Harper || Poole Althouse<Br>Called to bar (2000)
| {{publishedNLSC|sheahan}} (~1)
|-
|Justice Sandra R. Chaytor[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/05/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html] || Trial || {{dts|May 12, 2017}} || J. Trudeau ||Cox & Palmer <br> Called to bar (1989)
| {{publishedNLSC|Chaytor}} (~5)
|-
|Justice Frances J. Knickle [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/05/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html] ||Trial || {{dts|May 12, 2017}} ||  J. Trudeau || Acting Director of Public Prosecutions with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department <br> Called to bar (1992)
| {{publishedNLSC|knickle}} (~9)
|-
|Justice Vikas Khaladkar
|
|October 2017
|J. Trudeau
|
|{{publishedNLSC|Khaladkar}} (~0)
|-
|Justice Daniel Boone [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/11/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-newfoundland-and-labrador.html]
|
|November 2, 2018
|J. Trudeau
| Stewart McKelvey (1989 to 2018)<Br>Called to bar (1989)
|{{publishedNLSC|boone}} (~0)
|-
|Justice Michelle A. Coady [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/03/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-newfoundland-and-labrador.html]
|St John’s
|March 26, 2019
|J. Trudeau
|NL Legal Aid (2007 to 2019)<Br>O'Dea, Earle Law Offices (1999 to 2007)<br> Called to bar (~1999)
|{{publishedNLSC|Coady}} (~0)
|-
|Justice Katherine O’Brien [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/03/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-newfoundland-and-labrador.html]
|Gander
|March 26, 2019
|J. Trudeau
|O’Brien and Associates (2003 to 2019)<br>Called to bar (2002)
|{{publishedNLSC|Brien}} (~0)
|}

==Supernumerary==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Division
! Duration
! Nominated By
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
| Justice Derek Green
|
| December 1, 2017 (sup)
|
|
| {{publishedNLSC|Green}} (~27)
|-
| Justice Carl R. Thompson [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111224519/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_28097.html]
|
|December 4, 2016
|
|
| {{publishedNLSC|Thompson}} (~38)
|-
| Justice Garrett A. Handrigan [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923023836/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26092.html]
|
|March 28, 2001 (Judge)<Br>April 8, 2017 (sup)
|
|Provincial Court (1989 to 2001)<Br>private practice (youth criminal)<br>Called to bar (1978)
| {{publishedNLSC|Handrigan}} (~119)
|}

==Previous Justices==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Division
! Duration
! Nominated By
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
|Justice William H. Goodridge [https://web.archive.org/web/20101201181155/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2007/doc_31979.html] ||Trial || {{dts|March 2, 2007}} to October 19, 2018<br>(11.5 years)|| Harper ||  Stewart McKelvey<Br>Stirling Ryan<Br> Called to bar (1982)
| {{publishedNLSC|goodridge}} (~136)<br>Appointed to NLCA (2018)
|-
|Justice David A. Peddle [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2008/12/newfoundland-labrador-judicial-appointment-announced.html] [https://www.thewesternstar.com/living/gander-justice-david-peddle-longest-sitting-judge-in-newfoundland-and-labrador-history-291536/#.XIg7qilIEY8.twitter] ||Trial || {{dts|December 12, 2008}} <br> January 31, 2019 (retired)<Br>(11 years)|| Harper (NLSC) || Provincial Court Judge (1974 to 2008)<Br>Called to bar (1982)
| {{publishedNLSC|peddle}} (~0)<Br>Was Judge Before Lawyer. Also one of longest sitting Judges in Canada.
|-
| Malcolm H. Rowe [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923004143/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/NF0609.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111224519/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_28097.html]
|
|
|
|
| {{publishedNLSC|Rowe}}
|-
|Raymond J. Halley
|
|2007 (sup)
|
|
|{{publishedNLSC|Halley}}
|-
|M. E. Noonan
|
|2007 (sup)
|
|
|{{publishedNLSC|Noonan}}
|-
|Michael F. Harrington
|
|March 2, 2007 - ?
|Harper
|Stewart McKelvey<Br>Stirling Ryan<Br> Called ot bar (1972)
|{{publishedNLSC|harrington}}
|-
|D. B. Orsborn
|
|? (Judge)<br> April 28, 2009 (Chief)
|
|
|{{publishedNLSC|Orsborn}}
|-
| James Palmer Adams<ref>{{cite news|title=NEWFOUNDLAND JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225203/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/nfld4.html}}</ref> 
|
|1996 - ?
|Chrétien
|
|{{publishedNLSC|Adams}}
|-
|Robert M Hall [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923004430/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/nf1007.html] 
|
|1998 - ?
|Chretien
|
|{{publishedNLSC|hall}}
|-
|Douglas Cook [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225737/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/nf0527.html] 
|
|1998 - ?<Br> May 21, 2012 (sup.)
|Chretien
|
|{{publishedNLSC|cook}}
|-
|Wayne G Dymond [https://web.archive.org/web/20040121162039/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/nf0310.html] 
|
|1999 - ?
|Chretien
|
|{{publishedNLSC|dymond}}
|-
|Barbara Gale Welsh [https://web.archive.org/web/20040121162039/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/nf0310.html] 
|
|1999 - ?
|Chretien
|
|Appointed to NLCA<Br>{{publishedNLSC|welsh}}
|-
|Robert A. Fowler [https://web.archive.org/web/20041115100811/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25409.html] 
|
|2000 - ?<Br>2009 (sup.)
|Chretien
|
|{{publishedNLSC|fowler}}
|-
|Richard D. LeBlanc [https://web.archive.org/web/20041115100811/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25409.html] 
|
|2000 -?
|Chretien
|
|{{publishedNLSC|leblanc}}
|-
|Alan C. Seaborn [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923023836/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26092.html] 
|
|March 29, 2001 to ?
|Chretien
|Monaghan, Seaborn, Marshall, Allen-Westby and Murphy<Br>Called to bar (1973)
|{{publishedNLSC|seaborn}}
|-
|Leo D. Barry 
|
|
|
|
|{{publishedNLSC|barry}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.court.nl.ca/supreme/ Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador]
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