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{{decision count|Oct 2018}}

==Previous Judges==
{{seealso|Nova Scotia Provincial Court}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Location
! Duration
! Appointed By
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
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|Judge Richard J. MacKinnon [https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20091110004]
|Antigonish
|{{dts|November 10, 2009}}
|{{Govt|NS|2009}}
|NS Public Prosecution Service<br> Called to bar (1977)
|{{publishedNSPC|mackinnon}} (~1)
|-
|Judge Jean M. Dewolfe [https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20091110004]
|Kentville 
|{{dts|November 10, 2009}}
|{{Govt|NS|2009}}
|Muttart Tufts Dewolfe and Coyle (family) (1990 to 2009) <br> Called to bar (1986)
|{{publishedNSPC|dewolf}} (~0)
|-
|Judge Frank P. Hoskins [https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20080905004]
|Dartmouth
|{{dts|September 5, 2008}}
|{{Govt|NS|2007}}
|NS Public Prosecution Service (1991 to 1995, 1996 to 2008)<br>Private practice (1995 to 1996)<br>Called to bar (1990)
|{{publishedNSPC|hoskins}} (~26)
|-
|Judge Brian D. Williston
|Sydney
|{{dts|1995}} (Judge)<br>December 2018 (ret)
|Liberal
|NS Public Prosecution Service<br> Called to bar (1974)
|{{publishedNSPC|williston}} (~8){{updated|December 2019}}
|-
|Judge S. Raymond Morse<ref name="Morse Zimmer">[https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20110412005 Attorney General Announces Judicial Appointments] Nova Scotia Government</ref>
|Amherst
|{{dts|April 12, 2011}} (Judge)<br> {{dts|November 10, 2015}} (Assoc. Chief)
|NDP
|Private practice<br>Called to bar (1978)
|{{publishedNSPC|Morse}} (~0)<br> Appointed to NSSC (Family Division)
|-
|Judge Samuel Moreau
|Amherst
|{{dts|March 31, 2017}} to 2020 <br> Appointed to NSSC (Family Division)
|Liberal
|NS Legal Aid (1999 to 2017)
|{{publishedNSPC|Moreau}} (~0)
|-
|Judge Michelle Christenson [https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20131211002]
|Yarmouth
|{{dts|December 11, 2013}} to March 2020<br> Appointed to NSSC (Family Division)
|NDP
|NS Public Prosecution Service<br> Called to bar (1996)
|{{publishedNSPC|christenson}} (~0)
|-
| Judge David J. Ryan 
| 
|1997 to March 4, 2020
|
|
|{{publishedNSPC|ryan}} (~3)
|-
|Judge Patrick Curran [https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20030131010] <ref>{{cite book |author=R.E. Kimball |title=The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court |url= |location= |publisher= |page=121 |date= |isbn=}}</ref>
|Halifax, Bedford
|August 1, 1981 - 2003 (Judge)<br> 2003 - 2013 (Chief Judge)<br> 2013 - 2019<br> (39 years)
|PC<br>Buchanan
|NS Legal Aid<br> Halifax City <br> Patterson, Smith, Matthews<br> Innes, Matheson, Curran<br> Called to bar (1970)
|{{publishedNSPC|Curran}} (~7)<br>
|-
|D. William MacDonald [https://novascotia.ca/cmns/msrv/viewRel.asp?relID=/cmns/msrv/nr-1997/nr97-06/97061101.htm]
|
|1997 (Judge)
|
|Deputy Minister to Premier (1993 to 1995)<br>Deputy Attorney General (1987 to 1993, 1995 to 1996)<br>Legislative Counsel Office (1975)<br>Crown Attorney<br>Hart and Davis (1968 to ??)<br> Called to bar (1968)
|
|-
|Judge Sandra Oxner
|Halifax
| 1971 - 1996?
|Liberal<br>Regan
|City of Halifax (1966 to 1971)<br>Called to bar (1966)
|{{published|sandra|oxner|ns|pc}} (~0)<br>Appointed at age 29 [https://sencanada.ca/en/content/sen/chamber/402/debates/043db_2009-06-09-e]
|-
|Judge Anne E. Crawford
|
|2000? to 2009?
|
|
|{{publishedNSPC|crawford}}
|-
|Judge Castor H Williams
|Halifax
|
|
|Crown Attorney<br>Called to bar (1977)
|{{published|castor|williams|ns|pc}} (~55)
|-
|Judge Pierre Muise
|Yarmouth
|2009 - 2010 (appointed to NSSC)<br>(1 year)
|PC
|NS Public Prosecution Service (1996 to 2009)
|{{published|pierre|muise|ns|pc}} (~0)
|-
|Judge R. Brian Gibson [https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=19991013007]
|Dartmouth
|1990 - ? 
|PC
|Private Practice (1973 to 1990)<br>Called to bar (1973)
|{{published|brian|gibson|ns|pc}} (~19)
|-
|Judge Anne S. Derrick [https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20050902005] <ref> Appointed to [[Nova Scotia Court of Appeal]]</ref>
|Halifax
|September 2, 2005 - 2017 (Appointed to NSCA)<br>(12 years)
| PC<br>Hamm
|Beaton Derrick<br>Called to bar (1981)
|Appointed to NSCA (2017)<br>{{publishedNSPC|derrick}} (~173)
|-
|Judge Jamie Campbell [https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20050902005]
|Halifax (Youth)
|September 2, 2005 - ?? (appointed to NSSC)
|
|Cox Hanson O'Reilly Matheson<br>Called to bar (1982)
|{{published|jamie|campbell|ns|pc}} (~34)
|-
|Judge Jean-Louis Batiot
|
| 
|
|
|{{published|jean-louis|batiot|ns|pc}} (~22)
|-
|Judge Robert M. Prince
|
| 
|
|
|{{published|Robert|prince|ns|pc}} (~0)
|-
|Judge Roy Edward "Bud" Kimball [https://necrocanada.com/obituaries-2018/royedwardbudkimball-1930-2018/#.Wn0OBOjwZM0] [http://m.thechronicleherald.ca/obituaries/1542404-kimball-judge-roy-edward-bud]
| Windsor and Kentville
|May 4, 1967 to 1995<br>(18 years)
| PC
| Private Practice (1960 to 1967)
|{{publishedNSPC|kimball}}
|-
|Judge Clinton Roger Rand <ref>{{cite book |author=R.E. Kimball |title=The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court |url= |location= |publisher= |page=46 |date= |isbn=}}</ref>
|Shelburne and Yarmouth
|January 3, 1946 to June 30, 1976<br>(30 years)
|
|
|{{publishedNSPC|rand}}
|-
|Judge John Donald MacIntyre<ref>{{cite book |author=R.E. Kimball |title=The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court |url= |location= |publisher= |page=52 |date= |isbn=}}</ref>
|Cape Breton
|1951 to 1956<br> (5 years)
|
|
|{{publishedNSPC|Macintyre}}
|-
|Judge William Ackley Richardson<ref>{{cite book |author=R.E. Kimball |title=The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court |url= |location= |publisher= |page=53 |date= |isbn=}}</ref>
|New Glasgow, Stellarton, Pictou, and Tatamagouche
|November 6, 1951 to November 30, 1968 <br>(16 years)
|
|
|{{publishedNSPC|richardson}}
|-
|Judge John Ferguson McDonald<ref>{{cite book |author=R.E. Kimball |title=The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court |url= |location= |publisher= |page=55 |date= |isbn=}}</ref>
|Cape Breton
|1953 to 1978
|
|
|{{publishedNSPC|mcdonald}}
|-
|Judge Duncan John Chisholm <ref>{{cite book |author=R.E. Kimball |title=The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court |url= |location= |publisher= |page=60 |date= |isbn=}}</ref>
|
|October 1, 1953 to February, 1980
|
|
|{{publishedNSPC|chisholm}}
|-
|Chief Judge Henry How<ref>{{cite book |author=R.E. Kimball |title=The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court |url= |location= |publisher= |page=125 |date= |isbn=}}</ref>
|
|November 1983 to ??
|
|
|{{publishedNSPC|how}}
|-
|Judge Joseph Francis McManus<ref>{{cite book |author=R.E. Kimball |title=The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court |url= |location= |publisher= |page=57 |date= |isbn=}}</ref>
|
|1953 to 1961
|
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|{{publishedNSPC|mcmanus}}
|-
|Judge Stanley D. Campbell
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|-
|George "Hughes" Randall [https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/news/former-nova-scotia-judge-hughes-randall-unforgettable-100580782/]
|Halifax
|1974 to 2002 (Judge) <br>2002 to 2012 (sup)
|
|Hospital Commission<br>Randall, McNeil and Church(1974)<br>Paton, Paton and Randall(1969)<Br>Pace and MacIntosh (1962)<Br>Called to bar (1961)<Br> Dalhousie grad (1960)
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060106090428/http://www.courts.ns.ca/provincial/index_pc.htm Provincial court]
* [https://novascotia.ca/news/search/?dept=20 government announcements]
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