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{{Currency|May 2023}}
{{decision count|Oct 2018}}

==Distribution of Judges==
{{quotation1|
; Composition of Supreme Court
17 (1) The Supreme Court shall be composed of
:(a) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;
:(b) the Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;
:(c) the Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Family Division); and
:(d) not more than forty-seven other judges.

(1A) The Supreme Court shall include a Family Division composed of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Family Division) and not more than twenty-four other judges.

(2) For each office of judge of the Supreme Court there shall be the additional office of supernumerary judge of the Supreme Court and for the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the office of Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court there shall be such additional offices of judge as are, from time to time, required for the purpose of section 32 of the Judges Act (Canada).

1992, c. 16, s. 45; 1997 (2nd Sess.), c. 5, s. 1; 2000, c. 28, s. 55; 2019, c. 17, s. 1.

| [https://canlii.ca/t/53ngh JA]
}}

{{quotation1|
; Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
14 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia are as follows:
{{removed|(a) and (b)}}
:(c) the Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $371,400 each; and
:(d) the 23 other judges of the Supreme Court, $338,800 each.

R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 14;
R.S., 1985, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1;
1989, c. 8, s. 2;
1992, c. 51, s. 5;
2001, c. 7, s. 6;
2006, c. 11, s. 1;
2012, c. 31, s. 210;
2017, c. 20, s. 202;
2022, c. 10, s. 343.
| [https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/J-1/section-14.html (DOJ)]
}}

==Justices of the Supreme Court==
(Full complement of 21, including Chief and Ass. Chief)[https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-j-1/latest/rsc-1985-c-j-1.html]

Nova Scotia Pop. (2021): 979,000<br>
Pop. per Justice: ~47k

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
|-
!align=left|Name
!align=left|Location
!align=left|Duration of Appointment
!align=left|Appointed by
! class="unsortable"|Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
|'''Deborah K. Smith''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20020214214422/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_27856.html] [https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2019/06/24/prime-minister-announces-appointment-new-chief-justice-supreme-court-nova-scotia]
|Halifax
|{{dts|November 8, 2001}} (Judge) <br> 2004 (ACJ)<br> June 24, 2019 (Chief)
|{{Chretien2}} (Judge) <br> {{Martin}} (ACJ) <br> {{J. Trudeau2}} (Chief)
|McInnes Cooper (1983 to 2001)<br> Called to bar (1984)<br> Dal grad (1983)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20deborah%20%2F4%20smith&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~1){{updated|December 2022}}
|-
|''Patrick J. Duncan'' [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2007/11/nova-scotia-judicial-appointment-announced.html][https://web.archive.org/web/20090209035639/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2007/doc_32186.html]
|Halifax
|{{dts|November 30, 2007}}
|{{Harper2}}
|Beveridge, MacPherson & Duncan (1986 to 2007)<br> NS Legal Aid (1980 to 1986)<br> Called to bar (1980) <Br> Dal grad (1979)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20patrick%20%2F3%20duncan&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~51){{asof|2019}}
|-
|Patrick Murray [http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/sydney-lawyer-appointed-to-nova-scotia-supreme-court-4352/][http://www.pressreader.com/canada/tri-county-vanguard/20100810/281578056959564][https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220042/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32535.html]
|Sydney
|{{dts|August 10, 2010}}
|{{Harper2}}
|Murray, Gouthro, Wall LLP (2002 to 2010)<br> Gillis and Murray LLP <br>
Stewart, McKelvey, Stirling, Scales LLP (1991 to 2002)<br>Boudreau Beaton & LaFosse<br>Called to bar (1981)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20patrick%20%2F3%20murray&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~47){{asof|December 2021}}
|-
| Pierre L. Muise [http://www.pressreader.com/canada/tri-county-vanguard/20100810/281578056959564] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220042/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32535.html] 
|Yarmouth
|{{dts|August 10, 2010}}
|{{Harper2}}
|Provincial Court Judge (2009 to 2010)<br>Crown attorney (2001 to 2009)<br>Pink MacDonald Harding (1998 to 2001)<br>Legal Aid (1997 to 1998)<br>Patterson Palmer (1996 to 1997)<br>Called to bar (1996)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20pierre%20%2F3%20muise&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~17) (NSSC) {{updated|December 2023}}<Br>
{{publishedNSPC|Muise}} (~0) (NSPC)
|-
|Peter Rosinski [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220037/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32539.html]
|Halifax
|{{dts|August 11, 2010}}
|{{Harper2}}
|NS Public Prosecution Service (1989 to 2010)<br> Appeal Crown (2005 to 2010)<br>McLean & Associates (1989)<br> Margeson & Wilson(1988)<br>MacIntosh, MacDonnell & MacDonald (1986 to 1988)<br>Called to bar (1986)
|
[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20Rosinski&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~75)
|- 
|James L. Chipman [http://courts.ns.ca/News_of_Courts/NSSC_four_appointments_13-10.htm] [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32968.html]
|Halifax
|{{dts|October 2, 2013}}
|{{Harper3}}
|Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1998 to 2013)<br>
Cox Downie (1992 to 1998)<br> Called to bar (1992)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20james%20%2F3%20chipman&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~45)
|-
|Joshua M. Arnold [http://courts.ns.ca/News_of_Courts/NSSC_four_appointments_13-10.htm] [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32968.html]
|Halifax
|{{dts|October 2, 2013}}
|{{Harper3}}
|Arnold Pizzo McKegan LLP (1996 to 2013)<br> NS Crown Attorney<br> Called to bar (1990)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20arnold&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~45)
|-
|Denise Boudreau [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33014.html]
|Halifax
|{{dts|December 18, 2013}}
|{{Harper3}}
|Public Prosecution Service of Canada (2007 to 2013)<br>NS Legal Aid (1998 - 2007)<br> LeBlanc, MacDonald, and Pickup (1994 to 1998)<br>Called to bar (1994)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F3%20denise%20%2F3%20boudreau&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~15){{asof|2023}}
|-
|Jamie Campbell [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33075.html]
|Halifax
| June 13, 2014
|{{Harper3}}
|Provincial Court Judge (2005 to 2014)<br>
Cox Hansen (1983 to 2005)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20campbell&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~16)<br>

|-
|Jeffrey R. Hunt [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2015/doc_33096.html]
|Truro
|{{dts|February 6, 2015}}
|{{Harper3}}
|Patterson Law (1992 to 2015)<br> Called to bar (1992)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20Jeffrey%20%2F3%20hunt&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~20) {{asof|December 2023}}
|-
|D. Timothy Gabriel [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-nova-scotia.html]
|Halifax
|{{dts|October 20, 2016}}
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Provincial Court Judge (2010 to 2016)
Landry McGillivray (1982 to 2010) <br>Called to bar (1982)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20Timothy%20%2F3%20gabriel&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~2)<br>
|-
|Ann E Smith [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-nova-scotia.html]
|Halifax
|{{dts|October 20, 2016}}
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Burchells LLP (2002 to 2016)<br> Stewart McKelvey <br> Called to bar (1991)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20ann%20%2F3%20smith&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~2)
|-
|Christa Brothers [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/07/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html] [http://courts.ns.ca/news_of_courts/judicial_appointments_17_07.htm]
|Halifax
|{{dts|July 18, 2017}}
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Stewart McKelvey (1999 to 2017)<br> Called to bar (1999)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20christa%20%2F3%20brothers&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~17){{asof|2022}}
|-
|John Bodurtha [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/08/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-nova-scotia.html]
|Halifax
|{{dts|August 31, 2018}}
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Justice Canada (tax) (1997 to 2018)<br>Legal Aid (1996 to 1997)<br>Called to bar (1996)
| [https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20Bodurtha&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~0)
|-
|Scott Norton [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/11/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-nova-scotia.html]
|Halifax
|30 November 2018
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Stewart McKelvey<br> McInnes Cooper <br>Called to bar (1984) <br>Dal grad (1983)
|{{publishedNSSC|Norton}} (~9){{asof|December 2021}}
|-
|Darlene Jamieson [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/11/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-nova-scotia.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160702231115/http://www.mjswm.com/darlene-jamieson]
|Halifax
|30 November 2018
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Merrick Jamieson Sterns Washington & Mahody (1998 to 2018)<br>Wickwire Holm <br> Called to bar (1989) <br> Dal grad (1988)
|{{publishedNSSC|Jamieson}} (~6){{asof|December 2022}}
|-
|John A. Keith [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/03/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-nova-scotia.html]
|Kentville
|March 26, 2019
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|Cox & Palmer (1999 to 2019)<br> Called to bar (1993)
|{{publishedNSSC|Keith}} (~0)
|-
|Diane Rowe [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2020/05/government-of-canada-announces-a-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-nova-scotia.html] 
|Bridgewater
|May 14, 2020
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|NS DOJ (2002 to 2020)<br>Called to bar (1998)<Br> UNB grad (1997)
|{{publishedNSSC|Rowe}} (~0)
|-
| Gail L. Gatchalian [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-nova-scotia-870907858.html]
|
|April 06, 2021
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
| Pink Larkin (1999 to 2021) <Br>U of T grad (1996)
|{{publishedNSSC|Gatchalian}} (~4) {{asof|December 2023}}
|-
|Frank P. Hoskins [https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20080905004] [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-a-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-nova-scotia-839380608.html]
|Pictou
|July 2021
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|NS Public Prosecution Service (1991 to 1995, 1996 to 2008)<br>Pink Murray (1995 to 1996)<br>Crosby Murtha (1990 to 1991)<Br>Called to bar (1990)<br> Dal grad (1989)
|{{publishedNSSC|hoskins}} (~5) (NSSC) {{asof|December 2023}}<Br>
{{publishedNSPC|hoskins}} (~27) (NSPC)
|}

==Supernumerary==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
|-
!align=left|Name
!align=left|Location
!align=left|Date appointed
!align=left|Appointed by
! class="unsortable"|Prior Position(s)
! Other details
|-
|Justice Mona M. Lynch [https://web.archive.org/web/20030420164534/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30782.html] 
|Bridgewater
|{{dts|December 12, 2002}} (Judge)<br>March 1, 2020 (sup) [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2020/05/government-of-canada-announces-a-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-nova-scotia.html]
|{{Chretien3}}
|Justice of Family Division<br>Dept of Justice, Youth Crime <br> NS Legal Aid (1987 to 1999)<br> Called to bar (1986)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20mona%20%2F2%20lynch&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~13){{updated|December 2021}}
|-
|Justice C. Richard Coughlan [https://web.archive.org/web/20020416055150/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26022.html] 
|Bridgewater
|{{dts|March 2, 2001}}
|{{Chretien2}}
|Coughlan and Coughlan <br> Called to bar (1975)
| [https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20Coughlan%20%2F2%20Richard&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~50)
|-
|Justice Glen G. McDougall [https://nslegislature.ca/legislative-business/hansard-debates/assembly-58-session-2/h01nov09] [https://web.archive.org/web/20020214214422/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_27856.html]
|Halifax
|{{dts|November 8, 2001}} (Judge)<br> May 14, 2018 (Sup.) [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/08/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-nova-scotia.html]
|{{Chretien2}}
|Sampson McDougall LLP (1983 to 2001)<br> Called to bar (1983)
| [https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20mcdougall%20%2F2%20glen&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~45)
|-
|Gregory M. Warner [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616230736/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31042.html]
|Kentville
|{{dts|November 6, 2003}} (Judge)<br> 1 January 2019 (Sup.)
|{{Chretien3}}
|Warner, Jacquard<br>Pink Macdonald Harding<br> Town of Yarmouth<br> Called to bar (1972)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20warner&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~32)
|-
|Kevin Coady [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616230736/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31042.html]
|Halifax
|{{dts|November 6, 2003}} (Judge)<br>November 5, 2018 (Sup)
|{{Chretien3}}
|Coady Filiter<br>Called to bar (1981)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20kevin%20%2F2%20coady&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nssc Published criminal decisions] (~42)
|-
|}

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==Judges of the Supreme Court Family Division==
(Full complement of 15)  - Division created March 24, 1999	
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Jurisdiction
! Appointed
!Appointed By
! Prior Position(s)
|-
|Associate Chief Justice Lawrence I. O'Neil [https://web.archive.org/web/20110512185118/http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&featureId=6&pageId=26&id=3941]
|Halifax
|
|Harper 
|Justice of Family Division (19 September 2007 to present)<br>NS Legal Aid, Antigonish (1999 to 2007)<br> Pickup & MacDowell (1997 to 1999)<br>Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada (1990 to 1993)<br> Sole Practitioner (1989 to 1990)<br> Member of Parliament (1984 to November 21, 1988)<br>Assistant to the Premier of Nova Scotia (1980 to 1982)
|-
|Justice Theresa M. Forgeron [https://web.archive.org/web/20090213004832/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2005/doc_31566.html]
|Sydney
|June 24, 2005
|Martin
|H.F. MacIntyre and Associates<br> Called to bar (1987)
|-
|Justice Kenneth Haley [https://web.archive.org/web/20090228062600/http://justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32279.html]
|Sydney
|July 31, 2008
|Harper
|Crown attorney (1984 to 2008)<br>MacLellan, MacDonald & Haley (1980 to 1984)
|-
|Justice Elizabeth Jollimore [https://web.archive.org/web/20090227053440/http://justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32312.html]
|Halifax
|{{dts|November 28, 2008}}
|Harper
|Stewart McKelvey (1988 to 2008)<br>Olsers (1987 to 1988)
|-
|Justice Robert M Gregan [http://www.courts.ns.ca/News_of_Courts/Gregan_appointment.htm] [http://nsbs.org/new-appointment-hon-justice-robert-m-gregan]
|Sydney
|June 24, 2015
|Harper
|NS Legal Aid<br>Hicks, Lemoine (1991 to 2003)
|-
|Justice Robert Ferguson [https://web.archive.org/web/20020417025424/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/ns0324.html]
|Halifax
|March 24, 1999
|Chretien 
|McIntyre, Gillis & Ferguson (1962 to 1971)<br>Family Court (1971 to 1999)
|-
| Justice C. Lou Ann Chiasson [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2015/doc_33096.html] 
| Halifax
|
|
|
|-
| Justice Cindy G. Cormier  [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33080.html] 
| Halifax  
|October 10, 2014
|Harper
| Department of Justice
|-
| Justice R. Lester Jesudason 
| Halifax 
|
| Harper
| Blois Nickerson
|-
| Justice Pamela J. MacKeigan [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-nova-scotia.html]
| Halifax 
|{{dts|October 20, 2016}}
| J. Trudeau
|Dept of Justice (2008 - 2016)<br> Blois Nickerson (1987 – 2008)<br> NS Legal Aid (1984 – 1987)<br> Called to bar (1981)
|-
| Justice Lee Anne MacLeod-Archer 
| Sydney
|
|
|
|-
| Justice Cindy Murray [http://courts.ns.ca/news_of_courts/judicial_appointments_17_07.htm]  
| Halifax 
|{{dts|July 18, 2017}}
|J. Trudeau
|Legal Aid (1993 - 2017) <br>Called to bar (1992)
|-
|Justice Samuel Moreau [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-novascotia.html] 
| Halifax
|June 24, 2019
|J. Trudeau
|Provincial Court (2017 to 2019)<br>NS Legal Aid (family) (1998 to 2017) <br> Called to bar (1998)

|-
|Judge S. Raymond Morse [https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20110412005]
|
|2020
|J Trudeau
|ACJ (Nov 10, 2015)<br>PC Judge (April 12, 2011) <br>Private practice<br>Called to bar (1978)
|}

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|Justice Carole A. Beaton [https://web.archive.org/web/20110809020840/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32586.html] [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-novascotia.html]
| Halifax 
|February 4, 2011 (Judge) <br>June 24, 2019 (NSCA)
|Harper
|Provincial court (2002 to 2011)<br>Beaton Blaikie (1994 to 2002)<br> Sole practitioner (1992 to 1994)<br>Creighton & Shatford (1988 to 1992)
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Location
! Date of Appointment
! Appointed by
! Prior Position(s)
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|Justice Leslie J. Dellapinna [https://web.archive.org/web/20030629092934/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26430.html]
|Halifax
|June 7, 2001<br> sup
|Chrétien
|Cox Hanson O'Reilly Matheson <br>
|-
|Justice R. James Williams  [https://web.archive.org/web/20020417025424/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/ns0324.html]
|Halifax
|{{dts|March 24, 1999}}
|
|Walker, Dunlop (1986 to 1987)<br> Blois, Nickerson, Palmeter and Bryson (1987 to 1999)<br>Called to bar (1977)

|-
|Justice Moira C. Legere-Sers [https://web.archive.org/web/20020417025424/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/ns0324.html]
|Port Hawkesbury 
|{{dts|March 24, 1999}} (Judge)<br> April 11, 2016 (sup.)
|
|NS Legal Aid (1993 to 1999)<br>Maritime Life Assurance Company (1980 to 1984)<br>Boyne Clark (1977 to 1980)

|-
|Justice Darryl W. Wilson [https://web.archive.org/web/20020417025424/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/ns0324.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923004743/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/ns0324.html]
|Sydney
|{{dts|March 24, 1999}}
|
|Family Court (1985 to 1999)<br> Crown attorney (1980 to 1982)<br> Edwards & Wilson (1976 to 1980) <br> Called to bar (1976)
|-
|}
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==Past Justices==
* [[Nova Scotia Supreme Court (Historical)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Contact Info==

{|
|
; Halifax Region [https://courts.ns.ca/Courthouse_Locations/HRM_Courthouses.htm]
The Law Courts<br>
1815 Upper Water St.<br>
Halifax, NS B3J 1S7

Phone: (902) 424-6900<br>
After Hours: (902) 424-8988<br>
Fax: (902) 424-0524

Prothonotary:<br>
Phone: (902) 424-7968 or (902)424-8962<br>
Fax: (902) 424-0524

Court Administration Office:<br>
Phone: (902) 424-6900<br>
Fax: (902) 424-0524

Scheduling Coordinators:<br>
Phone: (902) 424-5782 (Chambers/Civil)<br>
Fax: (902) 424-8367

Phone: (902) 424-7967 (Criminal)<br>
Fax: (902) 424-8367<br>

Jury Coordinator:<br>
Phone: (902) 424-2729<br>
Fax: (902) 424-8367

; Truro [https://courts.ns.ca/Courthouse_Locations/Truro_Courthouse.htm]
1 Church Street<br>
Truro, NS B2N 3Z5<br>
Phone: (902) 893-3953<br>
Fax: (902) 893-6114
|
; Pictou [https://courts.ns.ca/Courthouse_Locations/Pictou_Courthouse.htm]
Prothonotary<br>
69 Water Street<br>
P.O. Box 1750<br>
Pictou, NS B0K 1H0

Phone: (902) 485-7350<br>
Fax: (902) 485-6737<br>
PictouSupreme@courts.ns.ca

; Amherst [https://courts.ns.ca/Courthouse_Locations/Amherst_Courthouse.htm]
(Street Address)<br>
54 Victoria St. E.<br>
Amherst, NS B4H 3G5<br>
(Mailing/Courier Address)<br>
16 Church Street<br>
3rd Floor<br>
Amherst, NS B4H 3A6

Phone: (902) 667-2256
Fax: (902) 667-1108

; Kentville [https://courts.ns.ca/Courthouse_Locations/Kentville_Courthouse.htm]
Prothonotary<br>
87 Cornwallis Street<br>
Kentville, NS B4N 2E5

Phone: (902) 679-5540<br>
Fax: (902) 679-6178

Jury Co-ordinator: (902) 679-5540

; Digby [https://courts.ns.ca/Courthouse_Locations/Digby_Courthouse.htm]
119 Queen St.<br>
P.O. Box 1089<br>
Digby, NS B0V 1A0

Phone: (902) 245-7134<br>
Fax: (902) 245-6722

|
; Yarmouth [https://courts.ns.ca/Courthouse_Locations/Yarmouth_Courthouse.htm]
Prothonotary<br>
164 Main Street<br>
Yarmouth, NS B5A 1C2

Phone: (902) 742-4142<br>
Fax: (902) 742-0678

; Bridgewater [https://courts.ns.ca/Courthouse_Locations/Bridgewater_Courthouse.htm]
141 High Street<br>
Bridgewater, NS B4V 1W2<br>

Phone: (902) 543-4679<br>
Fax: (902) 543-0678

; Port  Hawkesbury [https://courts.ns.ca/Courthouse_Locations/Port_Hawkesbury_Courthouse.htm]
15 Kennedy Street<br>
Port Hawkesbury, NS B9A 2Y1

Phone: (902) 625-2665<br>
Fax: (902) 625-4084

; Sydney [https://courts.ns.ca/Courthouse_Locations/Sydney_Courthouse.htm]
Prothonotary<br>
136 Charlotte Street<br>
Suites #1 & #2<br>
Sydney, NS<br>
B1P 1C3

Phone: (902) 563-3550<br>
Fax: (902) 563-2224
|}

==External links==
*[http://courts.ns.ca/Supreme_Court/NSSC_home.htm Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Official Website]
* [http://www.fja.gc.ca/appointments-nominations/committees-comites/members-membres/mem-ns-eng.html composition of current Judicial Advisory Committee]

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