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==Distribution of Judges==
{{quotation1|
; Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of British Columbia
17 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia and of the Supreme Court of British Columbia are as follows:
:(a) the Chief Justice of British Columbia, $371,400;
:(b) the 12 Justices of Appeal, $338,800 each;
{{removed|(c) and (d)}}
R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 17;
R.S., 1985, c. 41 (1st Supp.), s. 6, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1;
1989, c. 8, s. 4;
1990, c. 16, s. 15;
2001, c. 7, s. 9;
2006, c. 11, s. 1;
2012, c. 31, s. 210;
2017, c. 20, s. 205;
2021, c. 23, s. 256;
2022, c. 10, s. 346.
| [https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/J-1/section-17.html (DOJ)]
}}
 


== Current Justices ==
== Current Justices ==
(Full complement of 15) [https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-j-1/latest/rsc-1985-c-j-1.html]
British Columbia Pop. (2021): 5.1 million<Br>


{| class="wikitable sortable"
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| 1
| 1
| '''Chief Justice Robert J. Bauman''' [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2013/06/pm-announces-judicial-appointments-british-columbia-ontario-saskatchewan.html]
| '''Robert J. Bauman''' [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2013/06/pm-announces-judicial-appointments-british-columbia-ontario-saskatchewan.html]
| February 20, 2008 to September 9, 2009 (Judge)<br>{{dts|June 16, 2013}}
| February 20, 2008 to September 9, 2009 (Judge)<br>{{dts|June 16, 2013}}
| Harper (CJ)
| {{Harper2}} (CJ)
|Chief Justice of BCSC (September 9, 2009 to June 16, 2013) <br>  Supreme Court (June 20, 1996 to February 20, 2008)<br> Bull, Housser & Tupper (1982 to 1996) <br> Wilson, Bauman (1977 to 1981)<br> Wilson, King &Co (1974 to 1977)<br>Called to bar (1975)
|Chief Justice of BCSC (September 9, 2009 to June 16, 2013) <br>  Supreme Court (June 20, 1996 to February 20, 2008)<br> Bull, Housser & Tupper (1982 to 1996) <br> Wilson, Bauman (1977 to 1981)<br> Wilson, King &Co (1974 to 1977)<br>Called to bar (1975)
| {{publishedBCCA|Bauman}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Bauman}}
|-
|-
|2
|2
| Justice Mary V. Newbury<ref name="Advocate">{{cite news |title=The Honourable Madam Justice Mary Newbury |url=https://historyproject.allard.ubc.ca/sites/historyproject.law.ubc.ca/files/profile/newbury_49advocatevancouver935.pdf |accessdate=10 July 2018 |issue=Vol 49 |publisher=The Advocate}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223629/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/BC5.html}}</ref>
|  David C. Harris [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32720.html]
| {{dts|September 26, 1995}}
| Chrétien
| Supreme Court (July 11, 1991 to September 26, 1995) <br> Fraser & Beatty (1984 to 1991) <br> Ladner Downs (1976 to 1984)<br>Called to bar (1976)
| {{publishedBCCA|Newbury}}
|-
|3
| Justice Mary E. Saunders [https://web.archive.org/web/20031116003023/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/bc0702.html]
| {{dts|July 1, 1999}}
| Chrétien
| Supreme Court (December 23, 1991 to July 1, 1999)<br> Campney & Murphy<br>Called to bar (1975)
| {{publishedBCCA|Saunders}}
|-
|4
| Justice Daphne M. Smith<Ref name="May2008">{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622203437/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32253.html}}</ref>
| {{dts|May 9, 2008}}
| Harper
| Supreme Court (December 19, 1996 to May 8, 2008)<br> Mair Jensen Blair (1986 to 1996)<br>Smith Hutchinson (1984 to 1986)<br> Mair Janowsky Blair (1976 to 1984)<br>Called to bar (1976)
| {{publishedBCCA|Smith}}
|-
|5
| Justice Harvey M. Groberman<Ref name="May2008" />
| May 9, 2008
| Harper
| Supreme Court (December 14, 2001 to May 8, 2008)<br> Davis & Company  (2000 to 2001)<br>Legal Services BC Attorney General<br>Called to bar (1985)
| {{publishedBCCA|Groberman}}
|-
|6
| Justice David C. Harris [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32720.html]
| April 10, 2012
| April 10, 2012
| Harper
| {{Harper2}}
| Supreme Court (March 19, 2010 to April 5, 2012)<br> Hunter Litigation Chambers<br> Berardino & Harris <br>Russell & Dumoulin<br>  Called to bar (1987)
| Supreme Court (March 19, 2010 to April 5, 2012)<br> Hunter Litigation Chambers<br> Berardino & Harris <br>Russell & Dumoulin<br>  Called to bar (1987)
| {{publishedBCCA|Harris}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Harris}}
|-
|-
|7
|3
| Justice Peter M. Willcock [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32904.html]
| Peter M. Willcock [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32904.html]
| June 7, 2013
| June 7, 2013
| Harper
| {{Harper2}}
| Supreme Court (June 19, 2009 to June 6, 2013) <br>Harper Grey LLP <br> Called to bar (1983)
| Supreme Court (June 19, 2009 to June 6, 2013) <br>Harper Grey LLP <br> Called to bar (1983)
| {{publishedBCCA|Willcock}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Willcock}}
|-
|-
|9
|4
| Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/06/british-columbia-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
| Lauri Ann Fenlon [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/06/british-columbia-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
| June 26, 2015  
| June 26, 2015  
| Harper
| {{Harper3}}
| Supreme Court (January 31, 2008 to June 26, 2015)<br> Fasken Martineau (1997 to 2015)<br> Russell and DuMoulin (1985 to 1992)<br>Called to bar (1985)
| Supreme Court (January 31, 2008 to June 26, 2015)<br> Fasken Martineau (1997 to 2015)<br> Russell and DuMoulin (1985 to 1992)<br>Called to bar (1985)
| {{publishedBCCA|Fenlon}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Fenlon}}
|-
|-
|10
|5
| Justice Gregory J. Fitch
| Gregory James Fitch
| September 1, 2015  
| September 1, 2015  
| Harper
| {{Harper3}}
| Supreme Court (October 20, 2011 to September 1, 2015)<br>Called to bar (1994)
| Supreme Court (October 20, 2011 to September 1, 2015)<br>Called to bar (1994)
| {{publishedBCCA|Fitch}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Fitch}}
|-
|-
|11
|6
| Justice Gail M. Dickson
| John James Lyon Hunter [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/04/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html]
| September 1, 2015
| Harper
| Supreme Court (December 15, 2006 to July 28, 2015)<br>Called to bar (1982)
| {{publishedBCCA|Dickson}}
|-
|12
| Mr. Justice John James Lyon Hunter [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/04/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html]
| April 12, 2017
| April 12, 2017
| J. Trudeau
| {{J. Trudeau1}}
| Hunter Litigation Chambers<br> Hunter Voith Litigation Counsel<br> Called to bar (1977)
| Hunter Litigation Chambers<br> Hunter Voith Litigation Counsel<br> Called to bar (1977)
| {{publishedBCCA|Hunter}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Hunter}}
|-
|-
|13
|7
| Madam Justice Barbara L. Fisher [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/09/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb.html]
| Susan A. Griffin [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof.html]
| September 15, 2017
| J. Trudeau
| Supreme Court (November 26, 2004 to September 15, 2017)<br> Blake, Cassels & Graydon (1998 to 2004)<br> British Columbia Treaty Commission <br>BC Information and Privacy Commissioner <br>General Counsel to the Ombudsman BC <br> Davis & Company<br> Called to bar (1983)
| {{publishedBCCA|Fisher}}
|-
|14
| Madam Justice Susan A. Griffin<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof.html |accessdate=10 July 2018}}</ref>
| {{dts|February 7, 2018}}
| {{dts|February 7, 2018}}
| J. Trudeau
| {{J. Trudeau1}}
| Supreme Court (February 20, 2008 to February 7, 2018)<br>Private practice<br> Called to bar (1985)
| Supreme Court (February 20, 2008 to February 7, 2018)<br>Private practice<br> Called to bar (1985)
| {{publishedBCCA|Griffin}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Griffin}}
|-
|-
|15
|8
| Justice Bruce Butler [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia-692178971.html]
| Patrice Abrioux [http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/author/glenn-kauth/feds-announce-seven-judicial-appointments-4164] [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/03/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]
| August 31, 2018
| March 8, 2019 || {{J. Trudeau2}} || Supreme Court (2011 to 2019)<br>Quinlan Abrioux law firm <br> Called to bar (1981)
|J. Trudeau
|{{publishedBCCA|abrioux}}
| Supreme Court (2007 to 2018) <br>Harper Grey LLP<br>Called to bar (1980)
|-
| {{publishedBCCA|Butler}}
|9
| Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/05/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]  ||  May 6, 2019 ||{{J. Trudeau2}}||Supreme Court (2016 to 2019)<br> Assistant Deputy Attorney General (2012 to 2016)<br>PPSC Crown (1994 to 2012)<br>Called to bar (~1992)||{{publishedBCCA|Oosten}}
|-
|10
|Peter G. Voith [https://web.archive.org/web/20090224002427/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32323.html] [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2020/08/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]  
| September 2, 2020
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|Supreme Court<br> Hunter Litigation Chambers<br> Hunter Voith (2002 to 2005) <br> Davis & Company (1984 to 2002)<br>Ladner Downs (1980 to 1982)<br> Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedBCCA|Voith}}  
|-
|-
|16
|11
| Justice Patrice Abrioux [http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/author/glenn-kauth/feds-announce-seven-judicial-appointments-4164] [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/03/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html] || March 8, 2019 || J. Trudeau || Supreme Court (2011 to 2019)<br>Quinlan Abrioux law firm <Br> Called to bar (1981)
|Leonard Marchand [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2021/03/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]
|{{publishedBCCA|abrioux}}
|March 24, 2021
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
| Supreme Court (June 2017 to March 2021)<Br>Provincial Court (Sept 2013 to 2017)<br>Called to bar (1995)
|-
|-
|17
|12
| Justice Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/05/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html] ||  May 6, 2019 ||J. Trudeau||Supreme Court (2016 to 2019)<br> Assistant Deputy Attorney General (2012 to 2016)<br>PPSC Crown (1994 to 2012)<br>Called to bar (~1992)||{{publishedBCCA|Oosten}}
|Karen Horsman
|April 20, 2022
|
| Supreme Court (2018 to 2022) <br>Called to bar (1994)
| [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/11/the-honourable-karen-horsmans-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
|18
|13
|Justice Christopher Gauer [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia-865012536.html]
|Ronald A. Skolrood
|October 24, 2022
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
| Supreme Court (June 2013 to October 2022)<Br>Called to bar (1988)
|
|
|}
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! Other Details
! Other Details
|-
|-
| Justice John E. D. Savage [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33087.html]
| Mary V. Newbury [https://historyproject.allard.ubc.ca/sites/historyproject.law.ubc.ca/files/profile/newbury_49advocatevancouver935.pdf] [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223629/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/BC5.html]
| December 12, 2014 (Judge)<Br> September 1, 2019 (sup.)
| {{dts|September 26, 1995}}
| Harper
| {{Chretien1}}
| Supreme Court (May 8, 2008 to December 11, 2014)<br> Crease Harman & Company  (1978 to 2014)<br>Called to bar (1978)
| Supreme Court (July 11, 1991 to September 26, 1995) <br> Fraser & Beatty (1984 to 1991) <br> Ladner Downs (1976 to 1984)<br>Called to bar (1976)
| {{publishedBCCA|Savage}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Newbury}}
|-
|-
| Justice S. David Frankel [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2007/05/british-columbia-judicial-appointment-announced.html]
| S. David Frankel [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2007/05/british-columbia-judicial-appointment-announced.html]
| {{dts|May 10, 2007}} (Judge) April 1, 2019 (sup)
| {{dts|May 10, 2007}} (Judge) April 1, 2019 (sup)
| Harper
| {{Harper2}}
| Supreme Court (March 2, 2007 to May 10, 2007)<br>Federal Dept of Justice <br>Called to bar (1974)
| Supreme Court (March 2, 2007 to May 10, 2007)<br>Federal Dept of Justice <br>Called to bar (1974)
| {{publishedBCCA|Frankel}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Frankel}}
|-
|-
| Justice Richard B.T. Goepel [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32987.html]  
| Harvey M. Groberman [https://web.archive.org/web/20080622203437/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32253.html]
| November 8, 2013
| May 9, 2008 (Justice)<br>Feb 2021 (sup)
| Harper
| {{Harper2}}
| Supreme Court (September 27, 2001 to November 7, 2013)<br> Called to bar (1974)
| Supreme Court (December 14, 2001 to May 8, 2008)<br> Davis & Company  (2000 to 2001)<br>Legal Services BC Attorney General<br>Called to bar (1985)
| {{publishedBCCA|Goepel}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Groberman}}
|-
|-
| Justice David Franklin Tysoe [https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=59ff45d7-83a1-4289-844f-ce2b04904144]
| Elizabeth A. Bennett [https://web.archive.org/web/20120214025920/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32375.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20041115005211/http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/news/ja/1997/bc2808.html]
| June 22, 2007
| {{dts|May 14, 2009}} - February 1, 2017 (sup)
| Harper
| {{Harper2}}
| Supreme Court (1992 to 2007)<br> Vaughan Wills & Murphy (1975 to 1992) <br>Called to bar (1976)
| Supreme Court (August 27, 1997 to May 13, 2009)<br>Peck, Tammen and Bennett (criminal) (1994 to 1997)<Br> Crown attorney (appeals) (1987 to 1984)<br> UBC (1982)
| {{publishedBCCA|Tysoe}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Bennett}}
|-
|-
| Justice Nicole J. Garson
| Anne W. MacKenzie  
| May 14, 2009
| Harper
| Supreme Court (2001 to 2009)<br>Called to bar (1977)
| {{publishedBCCA|Garson}}
|-
| Justice Anne W. MacKenzie  
| December 31, 2011
| December 31, 2011
| Harper
| {{Harper2}}
| Supreme Court
| Supreme Court (1996 to 2011)<Br><br> Called to bar (1978)
| {{publishedBCCA|MacKenzie}}
| {{publishedBCCA|MacKenzie}}
|-
|-
| Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein  
| Sunni Stromberg-Stein  
| June 7, 2013
| June 7, 2013
| Harper
| Harper
| Supreme Court (February 16, 1996 to June 6, 2013) <br> Provincial Court (December 4, 1989 to February 16, 1996)
| Supreme Court (February 16, 1996 to June 6, 2013) <br> Provincial Court (December 4, 1989 to February 16, 1996)<br>Called to bar (1976)
| {{publishedBCCA|Stromberg-Stein}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Stromberg-Stein}}
|-
|-
| Justice Pamela A. Kirkpatrick
| Gail M. Dickson
| June 2, 2005
| September 1, 2015
| Martin
| {{Harper3}}
|Supreme Court
| Supreme Court (December 15, 2006 to July 28, 2015)<br>Called to bar (1982)
| {{publishedBCCA|Kirkpatrick}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Dickson}}
|-
|-
| Justice Elizabeth A. Bennett
| Barbara L. Fisher [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/09/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb.html]
| {{dts|May 14, 2009}} - February 1, 2017 (sup)
| September 15, 2017
| Harper
| {{J. Trudeau1}}
| Supreme Court (August 27, 1997 to May 13, 2009)
| Supreme Court (November 26, 2004 to September 15, 2017)<br> Blake, Cassels & Graydon (1998 to 2004)<br> British Columbia Treaty Commission <br>BC Information and Privacy Commissioner <br>General Counsel to the Ombudsman BC <br> Davis & Company<br> Called to bar (1983)
| {{publishedBCCA|Bennett}}
| {{publishedBCCA|Fisher}}
|}
 
==Past Justices==
 
===From 1995===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Duration
! Nominated By
! Prior Position
! Other Details
|-
|-
|Mary Victoria M. Newbury|| 1995 to ?  || ||  ||{{publishedBCCA|}}
| Bruce Butler [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia-692178971.html]
|-
| August 31, 2018
|Bryan Williams|| 1995 to 1996 || || ||{{publishedBCCA|}}
| {{J. Trudeau1}}
| Supreme Court (2007 to 2018) <br>Harper Grey LLP<br>Called to bar (1980)
| {{publishedBCCA|Butler}}
|-
|-
| Carol Mahood Huddart <ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111224850/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/BC9.html}} </ref>
|J. Christopher Grauer [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia-865012536.html]
|March 20, 1996 to 2011
| December 2019
|Chrétien
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|BC Supreme Court (1987 to 1996)<br> County Court (1981 to 1987)<br>Bickler, Fast, Brown, Smith & Huddart (1975 to 1981)<br>Called to bar (1975)
| Supreme Court (April 11, 2008 - December 2019)<br>Dives, Grauer & Harper (1999 - 2008)<br> Bull, Housser & Tupper <br>Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedBCCA|Huddart}}
|{{publishedBCCA|grauer}}
|-
| Thomas Reid Braidwood <ref name="Dec1996">{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223643/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/BC14.html}}</ref>
|1996 to 2005
|
|Braidwood, MacKenzie<br>Call to bar (1957)
|{{publishedBCCA|Braidwood}}
|-
| Kenneth C. Mackenzie [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923002830/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/bc20.html]
|{{dts|June 25, 1998}} to 2011
|
|Guild, Yule & Company<br> Called to bar (1963)
|{{publishedBCCA|MacKenzie}}
|-
| Bryan Williams <ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223629/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/BC5.html}}</ref>
|1995 to 1996
|
|
|{{publishedBCCA|Williams}}
|-
|John Edward Hall <ref name="Dec1996" />
|1996 to 2014
|
|Supreme Court (1991 to 1996)<br>Dumoulin, Black<br>Called to bar (1964)
|{{publishedBCCA|Hall}}
|-
|Carol Mahood Huddart|| 1996 to ? || || ||{{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Joyhn Edward Hall ||1996 to ? || || ||{{publishedBCCA|Hall}}
|-
|Kenneth Charles Mackenzie||1998 to ?||  || || {{publishedBCCA|Mackenzie}}
|-
|Mary Saunders|| 1999 to ?  || ||  ||{{publishedBCCA|Saunders}}
|-
| Richard "Dick" Thomas Albert Low [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923021811/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25482.html]|| 2000 || ||Supreme court (1990 to 2000)<br>County Court (1977 to 1990)<br> Private practice<br> Called to bar (1965) ||{{publishedBCCA|Low}}
|-
|Risa Gropper Levine [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225839/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_25954.html] || 2001 to 2014 || || Supreme Court (1995 to 2001)<br>Called to bar (1978) || {{publishedBCCA|Levine}}
|-
|Kenneth James Smith [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223600/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_27778.html]
|2001 to 2012
|
|Supreme Court (1993 to 2001)<br>Called to bar (1966)
|{{publishedBCCA|Smith}}
 
|-
|Alan Douglas Thackray ||2001 to 2007 || || ||{{publishedBCCA|Thackray}}
|-
| Wallace Taroo Oppal [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024741/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_30932.html]
|2003 to 2005 || || ||{{publishedBCCA|Oppal}}
|-
| Peter Donovan Lowry <Ref name="Advocate" /> [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024741/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_30932.html]
| June 30, 2003 - 2018
| Chretien
| Supreme Court (1991 to 2003)<br>Campney & Murphy<br> Called to bar (1971)
|{{publishedBCCA|Lowry}}
|-
|Pamela Kirkpatrick ||2005|| ||  ||{{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Edward Charles Chiasson || 2006 to 2015 || || ||{{publishedBCCA|chiasson}}
|-
|S. David Frankel|| 2007|| || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Robert J. Bauman ||2008|| || ||{{publishedBCCA|Bauman}}
|-
| Kathryn E. Neilson <Ref name="May2008"/>
| May 9, 2008 to 2016
| Harper (BCCA)  
| Supreme Court
|{{publishedBCCA|Neilson}}
|-
|Daphne Marguerite Smith ||2008|| || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Harvey M. Groberman || 2008  || || ||{{publishedBCCA|Groberman}}
|-
|Elizabeth A. Bennett || 2009 || || ||{{publishedBCCA|Bennett}}
|-
|Nicole J. Garson || 2009 to ? || || ||{{publishedBCCA|Garson}}
|-
| Christopher E. Hinkson || 2010 to 2013 || || ||{{publishedBCCA|Hinkson}}
|}
|}


===Before 1995===
==Past Justices==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Duration
! Nominated By
! Other details
<!--FIRST JUDGES-->
|-
| James Alexander MacDonald ||1909 to 1939<br>1909 to 1929 (CJ of BCCA)<br>1929 to 1939 (CJBC) || || {{publishedBCCA|Macdonald}}
|-
|Paulus Aelilius Irving  ||1909 to 1916 || ||{{publishedBCCA|irving}}
|-
|Archer Evans Stringer Martin || 1909 to 1940 <br>1937 to 1940 (CJBC)  || || {{publishedBCCA|Martin}}
|-
|William Alfred Galliher  ||1909 to 1933 || ||{{publishedBCCA|Galliher}}
|-
|Albert Edward McPhillips ||1913 to 1938 || || {{publishedBCCA|McPhillips}}
|-
|David MacEwan Eberts || 1917 to 1924 || || {{publishedBCCA|Eberts}}
|-
|Malcolm Archibald Macdonald ||1924 to 1941 <br> 1940 to 1941 (CJBC) || || {{publishedBCCA|Macdonald}}
|-
|William Garland Ernest McQuarrie || 1933 to 1943 || || {{publishedBCCA|Mcquarrie}}
|-
|Gordon McGregor Sloan ||1937 to 1957 <br>1944 to 1957 (CJBC) || || {{publishedBCCA|Sloan}}
|-
|Cornelius Hawkins O'Halloran ||1938 to 1963 || || {{publishedBCCA|O'Halloran}}
 
|-
|David Alexander Macdonald|| 1940 to 1944 <br> 1942 to 1944 (CJBC) || || {{publishedBCCA|Macdonald}}
|-
|Alexander Ingram Fisher ||1942 to 1943 || || {{publishedBCCA|Fisher}}
|-
|Harold Bruce Robertson ||1943 to 1955 || || {{publishedBCCA|Robertson}}
|-
|Henry Irvine Bird|| 1944 to 1967<br> 1964 to 1967 (CJBC) || || {{publishedBCCA|Bird}}
|-
|Sidney Alexander Smith ||1944 to 1960 || || {{publishedBCCA|Smith}}
|-
|James Moses Coady ||1955 to 1961 || || {{publishedBCCA|Coady}}
|-
|Frederick Anderson Sheppard ||1955 to 1965 || || {{publishedBCCA|Sheppard}}
 
|-
|Alexander Campbell DesBrisay|| 1958 to 1963 (CJBC) || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Thomas Grantham Norris ||1961 to 1968 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|John Owen "Jack" Wilson|| 1962 to 1963 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Sherwood Lett ||1963 to 1964 (CJBC) || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Arthur Lord|| 1963 to 1968 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Norman William Whittaker|| 1963-64 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Harry joseph Sullivan|| 1964-65 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Ernest Bolton Bull|| 1964-82 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Hugh Alan MacLean|| 1964-78 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Meredith Milner "Med" McFarlane|| 1965-83 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Angelo Ernest Branca|| 1966-78 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Alexander Bruce Robertson ||1967-79 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Nathaniel Theodore "Sonny" Nemetz ||1968-73 <br>1979-88 (CJBC) || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|John David Taggart|| 1968-94 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|John Lauchlan Farris ||1973-78 (CJBC) || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Alexander Brian Beatty Carrothers|| 1973-98 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|William Rogers McIntyre|| 1973-78 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Peter Donald Seaton|| 1973-93 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|William Alastair "Bill" Craig||1977-90  || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Ernest Edward "Ted" Hinkson|| 1977-96 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|John Somerset Aikins ||1978-89 || || {{publishedBCCA|Aikins}}
|-
| John Douglas Lambert ||1978-2005 || ||{{publishedBCCA|lambert}}
|-
|James "Jim" A. Macdonald|| 1979-92 || || {{publishedBCCA|Macdonald}}
|-
|Richard Philip Anderson|| 1980-92 || || {{publishedBCCA|Anderson}}
|-
| Henry Ernest Hutcheon ||1980 to 1995 || ||{{publishedBCCA|Hutcheon}}
|-
|Alan Brock Macfarlane  ||1982-1995 || ||{{publishedBCCA|Macfarlane}}
|-
| William Arthur Esson <ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111224130/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/BC13.html}}</ref>
|(1983-1989) (1996-2005) (Chief Justice, Supreme Court 1989-1996) ||Chretien ||Bull, Housser & Tupper<br>Called to bar (1958)<br>{{publishedBCCA|Esson}}
|-
| Beverley Marion McLachlin || 1985-1988 || Brian Mulroney ||Appointed to SCC 1989-2000<br> appointed Chief Justice of Canada (2000–2017)<br>{{publishedBCCA|McLachlin}}
|-
| Ronald Ian Cheffins  <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.ubc.ca/news/2010/apr/04_20_2010_alumni.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-01-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706211046/http://www.law.ubc.ca/news/2010/apr/04_20_2010_alumni.html |archivedate=2011-07-06 |df= }}</ref> ||1985-1987 || ||{{publishedBCCA|Cheffins}}
|-
|William J. "Bae" Wallace  ||1985-983 || ||{{publishedBCCA|Wallace}}
|-
|Charles Conrad Locke|| 1987-82 || || {{publishedBCCA|Locke}}
|-
|Allan McEachern|| 1988 to 2001 (CJBC) || || {{publishedBCCA|McEachern}}
|-
|Samuel Martin Toy|| 1988-93 || || {{publishedBCCA|toy}}
|-
|Mary Frances Southin|| 1988-2006 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|Patricia Matilda Proudfoot ||1988-2002 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
| Patricia M. Proudfoot  ||1989-2002 || ||{{publishedBCCA|Proudfoot}}
|-
|Hugh Percival Legg|| 1989 to 1997 || || {{publishedBCCA|Legg}}
|-
| Josiah Wood  ||1989-1996 || ||{{publishedBCCA|Wood}}
|-
|Martin Rapson Taylor|| 1989-95 || || {{publishedBCCA|Taylor}}
|-
|George Stweart Cumming|| 1989-2001 || || {{publishedBCCA|Cumming}}
|-
|Reginald John Gibbs|| 1989-98 || || {{publishedBCCA|}}
|-
|David Bertram Hinds|| 1990 to 1999 || || {{publishedBCCA|Hinds}}
|-
|Harold Archeson Hollinrake||1990 to 2005 || || {{publishedBCCA|Hollinrake}}
|-
|David Michael Mills Goldie ||1991 to 1999 || || {{publishedBCCA|Goldie}}
|-
| M. Anne Rowles  ||1991-2011 || ||{{publishedBCCA|Rowles}}
|-
| Jo-Ann E. Prowse ||1992-2013 || ||{{publishedBCCA|prowse}}
|-
|Lance Sidney George Finch|| 1993 to 2001 <br> 2001 to 2013 (CJBC) || || {{publishedBCCA|Finch}}
|-
| Catherine Anne Ryan ||1994-2013 || ||{{publishedBCCA|Ryan}}
|-
|Ian T. Donald ||1994 - 2017 || ||{{publishedBCCA|donald}}
|}
 
===Chief Justices===
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Duration
|-
|Robert J. Bauman (13th Chief Justice) ||2013–present
|-
| Lance Finch ||2001–2013
|-
|Allan McEachern ||1988–2001 
|-
|Nathaniel Nemetz ||1979–1988
|-
|John Lauchlan Farris ||1973–1978
|-
|Herbert william Davey || 1954 to 1973 (Judge)<br>1967–1972 (CJ) 
|-
|Henry Bird ||1964–1967
|-
|Sherwood Lett ||1963–1964
|-
|Campbell DesBrisay ||1958–1963
|-
|Gordon McGregor Sloan ||1944–1957
|-
|Malcolm Archibald Macdonald ||1940–1941
|-
|Archer Evans Stringer Martin || 1937 to 1940 (CJBC)
|-
| James Alexander MacDonald ||1909 to 1929 (CJ of BCCA)<br>1929 to 1939 (CJBC)
|}


==References==
* [[British Columbia Court of Appeal (Historical)]]
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Court_of_Appeal/ BCCA website]
* [http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Court_of_Appeal/ BCCA website]


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Latest revision as of 11:15, 13 August 2024

This page was last substantively updated or reviewed September 2022. (Rev. # 96103)

Distribution of Judges

Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of British Columbia

17 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia and of the Supreme Court of British Columbia are as follows:

(a) the Chief Justice of British Columbia, $371,400;
(b) the 12 Justices of Appeal, $338,800 each;

[omitted (c) and (d)]
R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 17; R.S., 1985, c. 41 (1st Supp.), s. 6, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 1989, c. 8, s. 4; 1990, c. 16, s. 15; 2001, c. 7, s. 9; 2006, c. 11, s. 1; 2012, c. 31, s. 210; 2017, c. 20, s. 205; 2021, c. 23, s. 256; 2022, c. 10, s. 346.

– (DOJ)


Current Justices

British Columbia Pop. (2021): 5.1 million

# Name Appointed Nominated By Prior Position Other Details
1 Robert J. Bauman [1] February 20, 2008 to September 9, 2009 (Judge)
June 16, 2013 		Harper / Nicholson (CPC) (CJ) Chief Justice of BCSC (September 9, 2009 to June 16, 2013)
Supreme Court (June 20, 1996 to February 20, 2008)
Bull, Housser & Tupper (1982 to 1996)
Wilson, Bauman (1977 to 1981)
Wilson, King &Co (1974 to 1977)
Called to bar (1975) 		Published criminal decisions
2 David C. Harris [2] April 10, 2012 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Supreme Court (March 19, 2010 to April 5, 2012)
Hunter Litigation Chambers
Berardino & Harris
Russell & Dumoulin
Called to bar (1987) 		Published criminal decisions
3 Peter M. Willcock [3] June 7, 2013 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Supreme Court (June 19, 2009 to June 6, 2013)
Harper Grey LLP
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions
4 Lauri Ann Fenlon [4] June 26, 2015 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Supreme Court (January 31, 2008 to June 26, 2015)
Fasken Martineau (1997 to 2015)
Russell and DuMoulin (1985 to 1992)
Called to bar (1985) 		Published criminal decisions
5 Gregory James Fitch September 1, 2015 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Supreme Court (October 20, 2011 to September 1, 2015)
Called to bar (1994) 		Published criminal decisions
6 John James Lyon Hunter [5] April 12, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Hunter Litigation Chambers
Hunter Voith Litigation Counsel
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions
7 Susan A. Griffin [6] February 7, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Supreme Court (February 20, 2008 to February 7, 2018)
Private practice
Called to bar (1985) 		Published criminal decisions
8 Patrice Abrioux [7] [8] March 8, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Supreme Court (2011 to 2019)
Quinlan Abrioux law firm
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions
9 Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten [9] May 6, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Supreme Court (2016 to 2019)
Assistant Deputy Attorney General (2012 to 2016)
PPSC Crown (1994 to 2012)
Called to bar (~1992)		 Published criminal decisions
10 Peter G. Voith [10] [11] September 2, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Supreme Court
Hunter Litigation Chambers
Hunter Voith (2002 to 2005)
Davis & Company (1984 to 2002)
Ladner Downs (1980 to 1982)
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions
11 Leonard Marchand [12] March 24, 2021 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Supreme Court (June 2017 to March 2021)
Provincial Court (Sept 2013 to 2017)
Called to bar (1995)
12 Karen Horsman April 20, 2022 Supreme Court (2018 to 2022)
Called to bar (1994) 		Judicial Questionnaire
13 Ronald A. Skolrood October 24, 2022 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Supreme Court (June 2013 to October 2022)
Called to bar (1988)

Supernumerary

Name Duration Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Mary V. Newbury [13] [14] September 26, 1995 Chrétien / Rock (Lib) Supreme Court (July 11, 1991 to September 26, 1995)
Fraser & Beatty (1984 to 1991)
Ladner Downs (1976 to 1984)
Called to bar (1976) 		Published criminal decisions
S. David Frankel [15] May 10, 2007 (Judge) April 1, 2019 (sup) Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Supreme Court (March 2, 2007 to May 10, 2007)
Federal Dept of Justice
Called to bar (1974) 		Published criminal decisions
Harvey M. Groberman [16] May 9, 2008 (Justice)
Feb 2021 (sup) 		Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Supreme Court (December 14, 2001 to May 8, 2008)
Davis & Company (2000 to 2001)
Legal Services BC Attorney General
Called to bar (1985) 		Published criminal decisions
Elizabeth A. Bennett [17] [18] May 14, 2009 - February 1, 2017 (sup) Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Supreme Court (August 27, 1997 to May 13, 2009)
Peck, Tammen and Bennett (criminal) (1994 to 1997)
Crown attorney (appeals) (1987 to 1984)
UBC (1982) 		Published criminal decisions
Anne W. MacKenzie December 31, 2011 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Supreme Court (1996 to 2011)

Called to bar (1978) 		Published criminal decisions
Sunni Stromberg-Stein June 7, 2013 Harper Supreme Court (February 16, 1996 to June 6, 2013)
Provincial Court (December 4, 1989 to February 16, 1996)
Called to bar (1976) 		Published criminal decisions
Gail M. Dickson September 1, 2015 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Supreme Court (December 15, 2006 to July 28, 2015)
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions
Barbara L. Fisher [19] September 15, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Supreme Court (November 26, 2004 to September 15, 2017)
Blake, Cassels & Graydon (1998 to 2004)
British Columbia Treaty Commission
BC Information and Privacy Commissioner
General Counsel to the Ombudsman BC
Davis & Company
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions
Bruce Butler [20] August 31, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Supreme Court (2007 to 2018)
Harper Grey LLP
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions
J. Christopher Grauer [21] December 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Supreme Court (April 11, 2008 - December 2019)
Dives, Grauer & Harper (1999 - 2008)
Bull, Housser & Tupper
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions

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