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==Yukon==
==Yukon==


===Court of Appeal===
===Court of Appeal===
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According to the official website "[t]he Court of Appeal is made up of justices of the British Columbia Court of Appeal and justices from the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut." [https://www.yukoncourts.ca/en/court-appeal]
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===Supreme Court===
===Supreme Court===
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|Chief Justice Ronald S. Veale
|Chief Justice Suzanne Duncan [https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/backgrounders/2020/10/01/honourable-suzanne-duncan]
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|Karen Wenckebach [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2020/11/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-a-judicial-appointment-in-yukon.html]
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| Karen Ruddy [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/crown-prosecutor-tapped-as-new-yukon-judge-1.490363]
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|Peter Chisholm
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|Michael Cozens
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* Does not include judges from other provinces who work ex officio within this jurisdiction.
Presiding Judges
 
Judge Karen Ruddy
Judge Michael Cozens
Chief Judge Peter Chisholm
Deputy Judges
 
Justice Michael S. Block, Ontario
Judge Michel Chartier, Manitoba
Judge Thomas Crabtree, British Columbia
Justice Joseph De Filippis, Ontario
Judge William Digby, Nova Scotia
Judge John Faulkner, Yukon
Judge Christine V. Harapiak, Manitoba
Judge Murray J. Hinds, Saskatchewan
Judge Martin Lambert, Ontario
Judge Heino Lilles, Yukon
Judge Donald S. Luther, Newfoundland
Judge E. Ann Marie MacInnes, Nova Scotia
Judge Gerald Morin, Saskatchewan
Judge Brian M. Neal, British Columbia
Judge Nancy K. Orr, Prince Edward Island
Judge James Plemel, Saskatchewan
Judge E. Dennis Schmidt, British Columbia
Judge Richard D. Schneider, Ontario
Judge Herman J. Seidemann III, British Columbia
Judge Carol Ann Snell, Saskatchewan
Judge Murray P. Thompson, Manitoba
Judge David C. Walker, New Brunswick
Judge Timothy W. White, Saskatchewan
Judge Pamela Williams, Nova Scotia
Judge Raymond E. Wyant, Manitoba
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==Northwest Territories==
==Northwest Territories==


===Court of Appeal===
===Court of Appeal===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name
! Jurisdiction
! Appointed
!Appointed By
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According to the website "Judges of the Court of Appeal are Judges who are appointed from among those appointed to the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the judges of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, and the judges of the Supreme Courts of the NWT and Yukon and the Nunavut Court of Justice." [https://www.nwtcourts.ca/en/courts/court-of-appeal/]
The Honourable Justice C. A. Fraser- Chief Justice (Edmonton, Alberta)
The Honourable Justice R. L. Berger (Edmonton, Alberta)
The Honourable Justice R. G. Kilpatrick (Iqaluit, Nunavut)
The Honourable Justice P. T. Costigan (Edmonton, Alberta)
The Honourable Justice M. S. Paperny (Calgary, Alberta)
The Honourable Justice R. S. Veale (Whitehorse, Yukon)
The Honourable Justice E. Johnson (Iqaluit, Nunavut)
The Honourable Justice L. F. Gower (Whitehorse, Yukon)
The Honourable Justice P. W. L. Martin (Calgary, Alberta)
The Honourable Justice L. A. Charbonneau (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories)
The Honourable Justice J. Watson (Edmonton, Alberta)
The Honourable Justice F. F. Slatter (Edmonton, Alberta)
The Honourable Justice P. A. Rowbotham (Calgary, Alberta)
The Honourable Justice N. A. Sharkey (Iqaluit, Nunavut)
The Honourable Justice J. D. B. McDonald (Calgary, Alberta)
The Honourable Justice S. Cooper (Iqaluit, Nunavut)
The Honourable Justice M. B. Bielby (Edmonton, Alberta)
The Honourable Justice B. K. O'Ferrall (Calgary, Alberta)
The Honourable Justice K. M Shaner (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories)
The Honourable Justice S. H. Smallwood (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories)
The Honourable Justice A. Mahar (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories)
The Honourable Justice B. Tulloch (Iqaluit, Nunavut)
The Honourable Justice B. Veldhuis (Edmonton, Alberta)
The Honourable Justice T. W. Wakeling (Edmonton, Alberta)[1]
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===Supreme Court===
===Supreme Court===
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! Other Details
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|Chief Justice Shannon Smallwood [https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2022/09/23/prime-minister-announces-appointment-new-chief-justice-supreme-court]
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| Karan Shaner [https://www.gov.nt.ca/en/newsroom/justice-adm-appointed-nwt-supreme-court]
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| DOJ (1996 to 2011)
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|Andrew Mahar [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32710.html]
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|Clinic Director in Kitikmeot, Defence Counsel<br>
Solo Practitioner (2001 to 2012)<Br>
Legal Aid (1994 to 1997)
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! Other Details
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| Chief Judge Louis Sebert [https://www.gov.nt.ca/en/newsroom/new-chief-judge-territorial-court]
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| Christine Gagnon [https://www.gov.nt.ca/en/newsroom/christine-gagnon-appointed-chief-judge-territorial-court]
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| Garth E. Malakoe [https://www.gov.nt.ca/en/newsroom/new-judge-appointed-territorial-court-nwt]
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|Donovan Frederick Molloy [https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.5012630]
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|Stephanie Whitecloud-Brass [https://www.gov.nt.ca/en/newsroom/new-judge-appointed-territorial-court-nwt]
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|R.J. Simpson
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The Honourable Chief Judge Christine Gagnon
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The Honourable Judge Bernadette E. Schmaltz
The Honourable Judge Robert D. Gorin
The Honourable Judge Garth E. Malakoe


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==Nunavut==
==Nunavut==


===Court of Appeal===
===Court of Appeal===
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! Name
! Jurisdiction
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!Appointed By
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According to the official website "Judges from our own Nunavut Court of Justice and the Courts of Alberta, the NWT, and the Yukon all serve on the Nunavut Court of Appeal." [https://www.nunavutcourts.ca/nunavut-court-of-appeal]
==Judges of the Court of Appeal of Nunavut==
*Chief Justice [[Catherine Fraser]]
*Justice Ronald Berger
*Justice Myra Bielby
*Justice Louise Charbonneau
*Justice Susan Cooper
*Justice Peter Costigan
*Justice Jean Coté
*Justice Brian Kenneth O'Ferrall
*Justice Leigh Gower
*Justice Constance Hunt
*Justice Earl Johnson
*Justice Robert Kilpatrick
*Justice John David Bruce MacDonald
*Justice Andrew Mahar
*Justice Marina Paperny
*Justice J.Edward Richard
*Justice Patricia Rowbotham
*Justice Virginia Schuler
*Justice Karan Shaner
*Justice Neil Sharkey
*Justice Frans Slatter
*Justice Bonnie M. Tulloch
*Justice Ronald Veale
*Justice Jack Watson
*Justice Barbara Veldhuis
*Justice Thomas Wakeling


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===Court of Justice / Superior Court===
===Court of Justice===
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! Jurisdiction
! Appointed
! Appointed
! Appointed By
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! Other Details
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|Chief Justice Neil Sharkey <ref>{{cite news|title=Nunavut Judicial Appointment Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920101045/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32318.html}}</ref>
|December 2008
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|Legal Director at Maliiganik Tukisiniakvik (Iqaluit - 1986), first judge called to the bench from the Nunavut Bar, appellate practice, Justice of the Peace Administrator (1999)<br> U of Sask (1975)
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Position
! Name
! Appointed
! Short History
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|Justice
|Andrew Mahar<ref>{{cite news|title= NUNAVUT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED |url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32710.html]|accessdate=11 August 2018}}</ref>
|March 2012
|Clinic Director in Kitikmeot, Defence Counsel
|Resigned, now a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories<bR>
Solo Practitioner (2001 to 2012)
Legal Aid (1994 to 1997)
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|Justice
|Earl Johnson
|2002
|Senior Legal Counsel, Northwest Territories Department of Justice (Yellowknife) appointed in 2003 to support growing work of the Court, largely engaged in civil cases
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|Senior Judge
|Neil Sharkey <ref>{{cite news|title=Nunavut Judicial Appointment Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920101045/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32318.html}}</ref>
|December 2008
|Legal Director at Maliiganik Tukisiniakvik (Iqaluit - 1986), first judge called to the bench from the Nunavut Bar, appellate practice, Justice of the Peace Administrator (1999)
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|Justice
|Susan Cooper
|Susan Cooper
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|Law Clerk to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Partner with law firm Chandler & Cooper
|Law Clerk to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Partner with law firm Chandler & Cooper
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|Justice
|Bonnie M. Tulloch [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32710.html]
|Bonnie M. Tulloch<ref>{{cite news|title= NUNAVUT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED |url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32710.html]|accessdate=11 August 2018}}</ref>
|March 2012
|March 2012
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|Special Advisor on northern issues, Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Legal Aid Executive Director (Gjoa Haven) and Kivalliq Legal Aid Director (Rankin Inlet), Director of Akitsiraq Law School Society
|Special Advisor on northern issues, Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Legal Aid Executive Director (Gjoa Haven) and Kivalliq Legal Aid Director (Rankin Inlet), Director of Akitsiraq Law School Society
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|Justice
|Paul Bychok
|Paul Bychok
|December 2015
|December 2015
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|Crown Prosecutor
|Crown Prosecutor
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;Past Judges
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! Appointed
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|Senior Judge
|Susan Charlesworth [https://www.nunavutcourts.ca/index.php/judiciary-nucj]
|Robert Kilpatrick
|June 2018
|October 2009<br> <br>1999
|J. Trudeau
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|Maliganik Tukisiniarvik Legal Services (2013 to 2015)<Br>University Legal Aid (1996 to 2013)
Appointed at the creation of Nunavut in 1999, Administrative Crown Counsel, (British Columbia), Legal Counsel in Inuvik and Whitehorse
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|Senior Judge
|Beverley Browne
|1993 - 2009
|originally a Territorial Court Judge in pre-division Northwest Territories, made Senior judge in 1999 on the creation of Nunavut, strong supporter of the Akitsiraq Law School program, leader in music education (Iqaluit Music Society), church organist (St. Jude's Anglican Cathedral) and responsible for the integration of Inuit elders into functions in the Nunavut Courts.
|Resigned, sitting on the Alberta Bench
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|Christian Lyons
|June 2018
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| PPSC (2010 to 2014)
| [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/08/the-honourable-christian-lyonss-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
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{{Court Composition}}
==Past Judges==
* [[Territorial Courts (Historical)]]
 
{{Court Membership}}

Latest revision as of 19:24, 21 September 2023

Yukon

Court of Appeal

According to the official website "[t]he Court of Appeal is made up of justices of the British Columbia Court of Appeal and justices from the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut." [1]

Supreme Court

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Justice Suzanne Duncan [2] 2018 Osgoode grad (1985)
Justice Edith M Campbell [3] March 15, 2018 J. Trudeau PPSC Crown
PPSC’s Competition Law Section
Karen Wenckebach [4] December 2020

Territorial Court

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Karen Ruddy [5] November 2004 Crown Attorney
Peter Chisholm
Michael Cozens
  • Does not include judges from other provinces who work ex officio within this jurisdiction.

Northwest Territories

Court of Appeal

According to the website "Judges of the Court of Appeal are Judges who are appointed from among those appointed to the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the judges of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, and the judges of the Supreme Courts of the NWT and Yukon and the Nunavut Court of Justice." [6]

Supreme Court

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Justice Shannon Smallwood [7] 2011 (Judge)
September 22, 2022 (CJ) 		PPSC (2008 to 2011)
Crown Attorney (2000 to 2008)
Called to bar (2000)
U of C grad (1999)
Karan Shaner [8] October 2011 Harper / Nicholson DOJ (1996 to 2011)
Andrew Mahar [9] March 2012 Clinic Director in Kitikmeot, Defence Counsel

Solo Practitioner (2001 to 2012)
Legal Aid (1994 to 1997)

Territorial Court

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Judge Louis Sebert [10] 2005 (Judge)
2019 (CJ)
Christine Gagnon [11] Crown prosecutor (2001 to 2006)
U of M grad (1987)
Garth E. Malakoe [12] Dec 2022 (ret)
Donovan Frederick Molloy [13] February 2019 Director of Public Prosecutions
Called to bar (1993)
UNB grad
Stephanie Whitecloud-Brass [14] December 14, 2022 R.J. Simpson Legal Aid


Nunavut

Court of Appeal

According to the official website "Judges from our own Nunavut Court of Justice and the Courts of Alberta, the NWT, and the Yukon all serve on the Nunavut Court of Appeal." [15]

Court of Justice / Superior Court

Name Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Justice Neil Sharkey [1] December 2008 Legal Director at Maliiganik Tukisiniakvik (Iqaluit - 1986), first judge called to the bench from the Nunavut Bar, appellate practice, Justice of the Peace Administrator (1999)
U of Sask (1975)
Susan Cooper December 2009 Law Clerk to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Partner with law firm Chandler & Cooper
Bonnie M. Tulloch [16] March 2012 Special Advisor on northern issues, Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Legal Aid Executive Director (Gjoa Haven) and Kivalliq Legal Aid Director (Rankin Inlet), Director of Akitsiraq Law School Society
Paul Bychok December 2015 Crown Prosecutor
Susan Charlesworth [17] June 2018 J. Trudeau Maliganik Tukisiniarvik Legal Services (2013 to 2015)
University Legal Aid (1996 to 2013)
Christian Lyons June 2018 PPSC (2010 to 2014) Judicial Questionnaire


Past Judges

Court Membership
Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)
British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA)
Supreme Court of British Columbia (BCSC)
Provincial Court of British Columbia (BCPC) 		Court of Appeal of Alberta (ABCA)
Court of King's Bench of Alberta (ABKB)
Alberta Court of Justice (ABCJ) 		Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (SKCA)
Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan (SKKB)
Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (SKPC) 		Manitoba Court of Appeal (MBCA)
Court of King's Bench of Manitoba (MBKB)
Provincial Court of Manitoba (MBPC) 		Court of Appeal for Ontario (ONCA)
Superior Court of Ontario (ONSC)
Ontario Court of Justice (ONCJ) 		Quebec Court of Appeal (QCCA)
Quebec Superior Court (QCCS)
Court of Quebec (QCCQ) 		New Brunswick Court of Appeal (NBCA)
Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick (NBKB)
New Brunswick Provincial Court (NBPC) 		Court of Appeal of Prince Edward Island (PEICA)
Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island (PEISC)
Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island (PEIPC) 		Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (NSCA)
Nova Scotia Supreme Court (NSSC)
Nova Scotia Provincial Court (NSPC) 		Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal) (NLCA)
Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (NLSC)
Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (NLPC)
Territorial Courts (YKTC, YKSC, YKCA, NTTC, NTSC, NTCA, NUCJ, NUCA)
Membership of Federal Appointments Committees
  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110920101045/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32318.html
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