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==Distribution of Judges==
{{quotation1|
; Composition of Court of Appeal
16 (1) The Court of Appeal shall be composed of the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, who shall be the chief justice of the Court of Appeal, and seven other judges.
 
(2) For each office of judge of the Court of Appeal there shall be the additional office of supernumerary judge of the Court of Appeal and for the office of Chief Justice of Nova Scotia 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.
|
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{{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:
:(a) the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, $371,400;
:(b) the seven other judges of the Court of Appeal, $338,800 each;
{{removed|(c) and (d)}}
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)]
}}


==Judges==
==Judges==
(Full complement of 8)[https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-j-1/latest/rsc-1985-c-j-1.html]
(Full complement of 8)[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>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|1
|1
|'''Chief Justice Michael J. Wood'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Wood appointed Supreme Court judge|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/18716-wood-appointed-supreme-court-judge|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NOVA SCOTIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210192013/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32644.html |accessdate=8 August 2018 |agency=Dept of Justice}}</ref>
|'''Michael J. Wood''' [http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/18716-wood-appointed-supreme-court-judge] [https://web.archive.org/web/20111210192013/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32644.html]
|April 17, 2019
|April 17, 2019
|J. Trudeau
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|Supreme Court (2011 to 2019)<br>Burchells LLP (1982 to 2011)<br>Called to bar (1982)
|Supreme Court (2011 to 2019)<br>Burchells LLP (1982 to 2011)<br>Called to bar (1982)<br>Dalhousie grad (1982)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nsca/#search/type=decision&ccId=nsca&sort=decisionDate&text=honourable%20%2F4%20wood&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nsca Published criminal decisions]
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nsca/#search/type=decision&ccId=nsca&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20wood&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nsca Published criminal decisions] (CA)<Br>
{{publishedNSSC|Wood}} (SC)
|-
|-
|2
|2
|Justice Duncan R. Beveridge<ref>{{cite web|title=DAL GRAD APPOINTED TO SUPREME COURT|url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2008/03/06/judge.html|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NOVA SCOTIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208001014/http://justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32232.html |accessdate=8 August 2018 |agency=Dept of Justice}}</ref>
|David P.S. Farrar [https://web.archive.org/web/20090924035542/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32417.html][https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220102/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32478.html]
|May 14, 2009
|February 10, 2010
|Harper
|{{Harper2}}
|Supreme Court (March 3, 2008 to 2009) <br> Beveridge, MacPherson and Buckle (1994 to 2008)<br>MacInnes, Wilson, Flinn Wickwire (1989 to 1994)<br>Burke Beveridge (1984 to 1989)<br> Crown attorney (1980 to 1984)<br> Called to bar (1979)
|Supreme Court (Sept 9, 2009 to 2010)<br> Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1987 to 2009) <br>Mockler Allen Dixon<br> Called to bar (1987)<br> UNB grad (1986)
|{{publishedNSCA|Beveridge}}
|{{publishedNSCA|Farrar}} (CA)<Br>{{publishedNSSC|Farrar}} (SC) (~4)
|-
|-
|3
|3
|Justice David P.S. Farrar <ref>{{cite news |title=NOVA SCOTIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924035542/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32417.html |accessdate=8 August 2018 |agency=Dept of Justice}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220102/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32478.html |accessdate=8 August 2018 |agency=Dept of Justice}}</ref>
|Peter M.S. Bryson [https://web.archive.org/web/20090924035542/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32417.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220038/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32538.html]
|{{dts|February 10, 2010}}
|August 11, 2010
|Harper
|{{Harper2}}
|Supreme Court (Sept 9, 2009 to 2010)<br> Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1987 to 2009) <br>Mockler Allen Dixon<br> Called to bar (1987)
|Supreme Court (Sept 9, 2009 to 2010)<br>McInnes Cooper (1982 to 2009)<br> Called to bar (1982)<br> Dalhousie grad (1981)
|{{publishedNSCA|Farrar}}
|{{publishedNSCA|Bryson}} (CA)<Br>{{publishedNSSC|Bryson}} (SC) (~5)
|-
|-
|4
|4
|Justice Peter M.S. Bryson<ref>{{cite news |title=NOVA SCOTIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924035542/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32417.html |accessdate=8 August 2018 |agency=Dept of Justice}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NOVA SCOTIA COURT OF APPEAL JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220038/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32538.html |accessdate=8 August 2018}}</ref>
|Cindy A. Bourgeois [http://courts.ns.ca/News_of_Courts/Bourgeois_appointment_NSCA.htm] [https://web.archive.org/web/20090622193112/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32393.html]
|{{dts|August 11, 2010}}
|June 22, 2014
|Harper
|{{Harper3}}
|Supreme Court (Sept 9, 2009 to 2010)<br>McInnes Cooper (1982 to 2009)<br> Called to bar (1982)
|Supreme Court (2009 to 2014) <br>
|{{publishedNSCA|Bryson}}
Hicks, LeMoyne LLP (1992 to 2009)<br> Called to bar (1992)<Br> Dalhousie grad
|{{publishedNSCA|Bourgeois}} (CA)<br>{{publishedNSSC|Bourgeois}} (SC)
|-
|-
|5
|5
|Justice Cindy A. Bourgeois<ref>{{cite web |url=http://courts.ns.ca/News_of_Courts/Bourgeois_appointment_NSCA.htm |accessdate=10 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NOVA SCOTIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622193112/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32393.html |accessdate=8 August 2018 |agency=Dept of Justice}}</ref>
|Elizabeth Van den Eynden [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2015/doc_33096.html][http://courts.ns.ca/News_of_Courts/NSSC_four_appointments_13-10.htm]
|{{dts|June 22, 2014}}
|Harper
|Supreme Court  (2009 to 2014) <br>
Hicks, LeMoyne LLP (1992 to 2009)<br> Called to bar (1992)
|{{publishedNSCA|Bourgeois}}
|-
|6
|Justice Elizabeth Van den Eynden<ref>{{cite web|title=NOVA SCOTIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2015/doc_33096.html|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://courts.ns.ca/News_of_Courts/NSSC_four_appointments_13-10.htm |accessdate=10 July 2018}}</ref>
|{{dts|February 6, 2015}}
|{{dts|February 6, 2015}}
|Harper
|{{Harper3}}
|Supreme Court (2013 to 2015) <br>MacIntosh, MacDonnell & MacDonald (1988 to 2013) <br> Called to bar (1988)
|Supreme Court (2013 to 2015) <br>MacIntosh, MacDonnell & MacDonald (1988 to 2013) <br> Called to bar (1988)
|{{publishedNSCA|Eynden}}
|{{publishedNSCA|Eynden}}
|-
|6
|Anne Derrick [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/07/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html]
|{{dts|July 18, 2017}}
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Provincial Court (2007 to 2017)<br>Beaton Derrick (1984 to 2007)<br>Called to bar (1981)<Br> Dalhousie grad
|{{publishedNSCA|Derrick}} (CA)<Br>{{publishedNSPC|Derrick}} (PC) (~174)
|-
|-
|7
|7
|Justice Anne Derrick <ref>{{cite web|title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Nova Scotia|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/07/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref>
|Carole A. Beaton [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-novascotia.html]
|{{dts|July 18, 2017}}
|June 24, 2019
|J. Trudeau
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|Provincial Court (2007 to 2017)<br>Beaton Derrick (1984 to 2007)<br>Called to bar (1981)
|Supreme Court (Fam Div) (2011 to 2019)<br>Provincial Court (2003 to 2011)<br>Beaton Blaikie (1994) <br>Called to bar (1988)
|{{publishedNSCA|Derrick}}
|{{publishedNSCA|Beaton}} (CA)<Br> {{publishedNSPC|Beaton}} (PC)
|-
|-
|8
|8
|Justice Carole A. Beaton
|Robin C. M. Gogan [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]
|
|February 20, 2024
|J. Trudeau
|{{J. Trudeau3}}
|
|Supreme Court(October 2, 2013 to February 20, 2024)<br>Breton Law Group (2011 to 2013)<br>
|{{publishedNSCA|Beaton}}
Sampson McDougall (2002 to 2011)<br>Called to bar (1988)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/#search/type=decision&ccId=nssc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20gogan&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] (~30) {{asof|December 2023}}
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! Other Details
|-
|-
|Justice Linda L. Oland<ref>{{cite news |title=NOVA SCOTIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020420140034/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25462.html |accessdate=8 August 2018 |agency=Dept of Justice}}</ref>
|Joel E. Fichaud [https://web.archive.org/web/20040616225551/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31002.html]
|{{dts|July 28, 2000}}
|{{dts|September 26, 2003}} (Judge)<br> October 31, 2018 (sup)
|Chretien
|{{Chretien3}}
|Supreme court (1998 to 2000)<br> McInnes Cooper<br> Called to bar (1977)
|{{publishedNSCA|Oland}}
|-
|Justice Jamie W. S. Saunders<ref>{{cite news |title=NOVA SCOTIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020420140034/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25462.html |accessdate=8 August 2018 |agency=Dept of Justice}}</ref>
|2000 (Judge)<br> December 12, 2014 (Sup.)
|Chretien
|Supreme Court (1990 to 2000) <br>Private practice (criminal) <br>Called to bar (1974)
|{{publishedNSCA|Saunders}}
|-
|Justice M. Jill Hamilton [https://web.archive.org/web/20030629095000/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_27822.html]
|October 31, 2001
|Chretien
|Supreme Court (1995 to 2001)<br>Called to bar (1975)
|{{publishedNSCA|Hamilton}}
|-
|Justice Joel E. Fichaud<ref>{{cite web |title=NOVA  SCOTIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616225551/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31002.html |website=Dept of Justice |accessdate=8 August 2018}}</ref>
|{{dts|September 26, 2003}} (Judge)<br> 2018/2019 (sup)
|Chretien
|Patterson Palmer<br> Called to bar (1977)
|Patterson Palmer<br> Called to bar (1977)
|{{publishedNSCA|Fichaud}}
|{{publishedNSCA|Fichaud}}<Br>[https://findingaids.library.dal.ca/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/9/4/f/94f17f6c28f31a417e43f715d2b23a46229772772f41feea7eeb0e115b2ec121/1975_Yearbook.pdf grad photo]
|-
|-
|Justice J. Edward Scanlan<ref>{{cite news |title=NOVA SCOTIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED |url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32968.html |accessdate=10 July 2018}}</ref>
|J. Edward Scanlan [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32968.html]
|{{dts|October 2, 2013}}
|October 2, 2013
|Harper
|{{Harper3}}
|Supreme Court (1993 to 2013)<br>Scanlan Graham Scanlan<br> Called to bar (1980)
|Supreme Court (1993 to 2013)<br>Scanlan Graham Scanlan<br> Called to bar (1980)
|{{publishedNSCA|Scanlan}}
|{{publishedNSCA|Scanlan}}
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==Past judges==
==Justices (Historical)==
 
* [[Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (Historical)]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Duration
! Nominated By
! class="unsortable"|Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
| Chief Justice Joseph Michael MacDonald
| 2004 (Chief Justice)<Br>January 1, 2019 (Ret)
| Martin
|Associate Chief Justice of NSSC (1997 to 2004)<br>Supreme Court (1995 to 2004)<br> Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1980 to 1995)<br> Called to bar (1980)
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nsca/#search/type=decision&ccId=nsca&sort=decisionDate&text=%22C.J.N.S.%22%20%2F2%20macdonald&id=R%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=nsca Published criminal decisions]
|-
| Chief Justice Constance Glube
|1998 - 2005
|Chrétien
|
| {{publishedNSCA|Glube}}
|-
| Justice Gerald Freeman
|(1998 - 2006)
|Chrétien
|
|{{publishedNSCA|Freeman}}
|-
|Justice Thomas Cromwell [https://web.archive.org/web/20011201221121/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1997/ns2808.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/19971012094212/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/News/Nominations/1997/ns2808_en.html]
|(1997 - 2008)
|Chrétien
|Professor at Dalhousie University(1982 to 1992, 1995 to 1997)<br>Private practice(1979 to 1982)<br>Called to bar (1979)
|{{publishedNSCA|Cromwell}}
|-
| Justice Nancy J. Bateman
|(1995 - 2010)
|Chrétien
|
|{{publishedNSCA|Bateman}}
|-
| Justice Edward John Flinn
| 1995 - 2002
| Chrétien
|
|{{publishedNSCA|Flinn}}
|-
| Justice Ronald Newton Pugsley
|1993 - 2000
|
|
|{{PublishedNSCA|Pugsley}}
|-
| Justice Elizabeth Ann Roscoe
|(1992 - 2010)
|Mulroney
|Provincial Court
|{{publishedNSCA|Roscoe}}
|-
| Justice J. Doane Hallett
|(1990 - 1997)
|Mulroney
|
|{{publishedNSCA|Hallett}}
|-
| Justice David Ritchie Chipman
|(1987 - 2000)
|Mulroney
|
|{{publishedNSCA|Chipman}}
|-
| Justice Kenneth McNeill Matthews
|(1985 - 1997)
|Mulroney
|
|{{publishedNSCA|Matthews}}
|-
| Justice Lorne Otis Clarke
|1985 - 1997
|Mulroney
|
|{{publishedNSCA|Clarke}}
|-
| Justice Vincent A.J. Morrison
|1982 - 1987
|P. Trudeau
|
|{{publishedNSCA|Morrison}}
|-
| Justice Leonard Lawson Pace
|(1978 - 1990)
|P. Trudeau
| Attorney General, minister of labour, minister of highways, and minister of mines (1974 to 1978)
|{{publishedNSCA|Pace}}
|-
|Mellish || || || ||
|-
|Longley || || || ||
|-
|Chief Justice Harris|| || || ||
|-
|Chief Justice Charle Townshend|| || || ||
|-
|E.J. Graham || || || ||
|-
|Russell  || || || ||
|-
|Drysdale || || || ||
|-
|Meagher|| || || ||
|-
|Ritchie|| || || ||
|}
 
==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.


==Contact Info==
The Law Courts<br>
1815 Upper Water St.<br>
Halifax, NS B3J 1S7


;Chief Justices of Cape Breton Island
Phone: (902) 424-6937<br>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
After Hours (902) 424-8988<br>
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
Fax: (902) 424-0646
! Name
! Duration
! Nominated By
|-
|William Smith
|1798 - ?
|
|-
| William Woodfall
|1803 - ?
|
|-
| Archibald Charles Dodd
|1806 - 1820
|
|}


;Chief Justices of Nova Scotia
Registrar:<br>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
Phone: (902) 424-8962<br>
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
Fax: (902) 424-0524
! Name
! Duration
! Nominated By
|-
| Jonathan Belcher || 1754 - 1776 ||
|-
| Charles Morris || 1776 - 1778 ||
|-
|Bryan Finucane || 1778 - 1785<ref>Barry Cahill, “The Career of Chief Justice Bryan Finucane,” Nova Scotia Historical Society Collections, vol. 42 (1986), pp. 153-69.</ref> ||
|-
| Isaac Deschamps|| 1785 - 1788 ||
|-
| Jeremy Pemberton|| 1788 - 1789<ref>Sir Joseph Chisholm, "Three Justices of Nova Scotia";  Hon. Charles Morris (1711-81), Hon. Jeremy Pemberton (1741-90), and Hon. Sampson Salter Blowers (1743-1842); Nova Scotia Historical Society, Vol. #28 (1949):by #28 (1949); pp. 10. Note. Pemberton's portrait hangs in the Nova Scotia Courts</ref>||
|-
| 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
==See Also==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* [https://courts.ns.ca/Appeal_Court/NSCA_home.htm NSCA composition]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Duration
! Nominated By
|-
| Constance Glube ||1998 - 2004 ||
|-
| J. Michael MacDonald ||2005–present||
|}


==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Court Composition}}
{{Court Membership}}

Latest revision as of 14:27, 14 July 2024

This page was last substantively updated or reviewed April 2023. (Rev. # 95440)

Distribution of Judges

Composition of Court of Appeal

16 (1) The Court of Appeal shall be composed of the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, who shall be the chief justice of the Court of Appeal, and seven other judges.

(2) For each office of judge of the Court of Appeal there shall be the additional office of supernumerary judge of the Court of Appeal and for the office of Chief Justice of Nova Scotia 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.

–

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:

(a) the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, $371,400;
(b) the seven other judges of the Court of Appeal, $338,800 each;

[omitted (c) and (d)]
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.

– (DOJ)

Judges

(Full complement of 8)[1]

Nova Scotia Pop. (2021): 979,000

# Position / Name Appointed Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other details
1 Michael J. Wood [2] [3] April 17, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Supreme Court (2011 to 2019)
Burchells LLP (1982 to 2011)
Called to bar (1982)
Dalhousie grad (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (CA)

Published criminal decisions (SC)

2 David P.S. Farrar [4][5] February 10, 2010 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Supreme Court (Sept 9, 2009 to 2010)
Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1987 to 2009)
Mockler Allen Dixon
Called to bar (1987)
UNB grad (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (CA)
Published criminal decisions (SC) (~4)
3 Peter M.S. Bryson [6] [7] August 11, 2010 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Supreme Court (Sept 9, 2009 to 2010)
McInnes Cooper (1982 to 2009)
Called to bar (1982)
Dalhousie grad (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (CA)
Published criminal decisions (SC) (~5)
4 Cindy A. Bourgeois [8] [9] June 22, 2014 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Supreme Court (2009 to 2014)

Hicks, LeMoyne LLP (1992 to 2009)
Called to bar (1992)
Dalhousie grad

Published criminal decisions (CA)
Published criminal decisions (SC)
5 Elizabeth Van den Eynden [10][11] February 6, 2015 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Supreme Court (2013 to 2015)
MacIntosh, MacDonnell & MacDonald (1988 to 2013)
Called to bar (1988) 		Published criminal decisions
6 Anne Derrick [12] July 18, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Provincial Court (2007 to 2017)
Beaton Derrick (1984 to 2007)
Called to bar (1981)
Dalhousie grad 		Published criminal decisions (CA)
Published criminal decisions (PC) (~174)
7 Carole A. Beaton [13] June 24, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Supreme Court (Fam Div) (2011 to 2019)
Provincial Court (2003 to 2011)
Beaton Blaikie (1994)
Called to bar (1988) 		Published criminal decisions (CA)
Published criminal decisions (PC)
8 Robin C. M. Gogan [14] [15] February 20, 2024 J. Trudeau / Virani (Lib) Supreme Court(October 2, 2013 to February 20, 2024)
Breton Law Group (2011 to 2013)

Sampson McDougall (2002 to 2011)
Called to bar (1988)

Published criminal decisions (~30)
(as of the end of December 2023)

Supernumerary

Position / Name Appointed Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Joel E. Fichaud [16] September 26, 2003 (Judge)
October 31, 2018 (sup) 		Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib) Patterson Palmer
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions
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J. Edward Scanlan [17] October 2, 2013 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Supreme Court (1993 to 2013)
Scanlan Graham Scanlan
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions

Justices (Historical)

Contact Info

The Law Courts
1815 Upper Water St.
Halifax, NS B3J 1S7

Phone: (902) 424-6937
After Hours (902) 424-8988
Fax: (902) 424-0646

Registrar:
Phone: (902) 424-8962
Fax: (902) 424-0524

See Also

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
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