Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (Historical)

Past judges

Name	Duration	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
M. Jill Hamilton [1]	October 31, 2001	Chrétien / McLellan (Lib)	Supreme Court (1995 to 2001) Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions
Duncan R. Beveridge [2] [3]	May 14, 2009 - March 31, 2023 (ret)	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Supreme Court (March 3, 2008 to 2009) Beveridge, MacPherson and Buckle (1994 to 2008) MacInnes, Wilson, Flinn Wickwire (1989 to 1994) Burke Beveridge (1984 to 1989) Crown attorney (1980 to 1984) Called to bar (1979) Dalhousie grad (1978)	Published criminal decisions (CA) Published criminal decisions (SC) (~10)
Justice Jamie W. S. Saunders	2000 (Judge) December 12, 2014 (Sup.)	Chretien	Supreme Court (1990 to 2000) Private practice (criminal) Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Linda L. Oland [4]	July 28, 2000 (Judge) April 2020 (ret)	Chretien	Supreme court (1998 to 2000) McInnes Cooper Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions
Joseph Michael MacDonald [5]	2004 (Chief Justice) January 1, 2019 (Ret)	Martin	Associate Chief Justice of NSSC (1997 to 2004) Supreme Court (1995 to 2004) Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1980 to 1995) Called to bar (1980) Dal grad (1979)	Published criminal decisions
Constance Glube	1998 - 2005	Chrétien		Published criminal decisions
Malachi C. Jones [6]	March 1979 to August 1998		Supreme court (July 1970 to March 1979) Associate Deputy Attorney General (1969) Legislative Counsel for Nova Scotia (1966 to 1967) NS Barrister Society (1965 to 1966) Called to bar (1952)
Gerald Freeman	(1998 - 2006)	Chrétien		Published criminal decisions
Justice Thomas Cromwell [7] [8]	(1997 - 2008)	Chrétien	Professor at Dalhousie University(1982 to 1992, 1995 to 1997) Private practice(1979 to 1982) Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions
Nancy J. Bateman	(1995 - 2010)	Chrétien		Published criminal decisions
Edward John Flinn	1995 - 2002	Chrétien		Published criminal decisions
Ronald Newton Pugsley	1993 - 2000			Published criminal decisions
Elizabeth Ann Roscoe	(1992 - 2010)	Mulroney	Provincial Court (Feb 1984) Blois, Nickerson (1974 to 1984) Called to bar (1974) Dal grad (1974)	Published criminal decisions
J. Doane Hallett [9]	(1990 - 1997) 1997 (sup) 2002 (ret)	Mulroney	Supreme Court (1977 to 1993) MacInnes, Wilson and Hallett (1956 to 1977) Called to bar (1956) Dal grad (1955)	Published criminal decisions
David Ritchie Chipman	(1987 - 2000)	Mulroney		Published criminal decisions
Kenneth McNeill Matthews	(1985 - 1997)	Mulroney		Published criminal decisions
Lorne Otis Clarke	1985 - 1997	Mulroney		Published criminal decisions
Vincent A.J. Morrison	1982 - 1987	P. Trudeau		Published criminal decisions
Justice Leonard Lawson Pace	(1978 - 1990)	P. Trudeau	Attorney General, minister of labour, minister of highways, and minister of mines (1974 to 1978)	Published criminal decisions
Humphrey Mellish
James W Longley [10]
Harris
Joseph Andrew Chisholm
Charles Townshend
E.J. Graham
Russell
Rogers
Ross
McKenzie
Jenks
Paton
Carroll
Robert Linton Weatherbe
Arthur Drysdale
Nicholas Meagher
William Johnstone Ritchie
Charles Morris
Jonathan Belcher
Lauchlin Daniel Currie

Chief Justice of Nova Scotia

The Chief Justice of Nova Scotia is the highest position in the Nova Scotia judiciary. Since the creation of the Court of Appeal, this title is held by the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal. Prior to that the title was held by the Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court Appeal Division (1966–1993) or the Supreme Court (before 1966). For completeness the list includes Chief Justices of Cape Breton Island, which merged with Nova Scotia in 1820.

Chief Justices of Cape Breton Island

Name	Duration	Nominated By
William Smith	1798 - ?
William Woodfall	1803 - ?
Archibald Charles Dodd	1806 - 1820

Chief Justices of Nova Scotia

Name	Duration	Nominated By
Jonathan Belcher	1754 - 1776
Charles Morris	1776 - 1778
Bryan Finucane	1778 - 1785
Isaac Deschamps	1785 - 1788
Jeremy Pemberton	1788 - 1789
Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange	1789 – 1797
Sampson Salter Blowers	1797 - 1833
Sir Brenton Halliburton	1833 - 1860
William Young	1860 - 1881
James McDonald	1881 – 1905
Robert Linton Weatherbe	1905 - 1907
Sir Charles James Townshend	1907 - 1915
Wallace Nesbit Graham	1915 - 1917
Robert Edward Harris	(1918 - 1931
Sir Joseph Andrew Chisholm	1931 - 1950
James Lorimer Ilsley	1950 - 1967
Lauchlin Daniel Currie	1967 - 1968
Alexander H. McKinnon	1968 - 1973
Ian Malcolm MacKeigan	1973 - 1985
Lorne Clarke	1985 - 1998

Chief Justices of the Court of Appeal

Name	Duration	Nominated By
Constance Glube	1998 - 2004
J. Michael MacDonald	2005–present

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