Ontario Court of Justice (Historical): Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:07, 13 May 2024

This page was last substantively updated or reviewed March 2021. (Rev. # 92590)

(~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of October 2018, unless otherwise indicated.

Previous Justices

See also: Ontario Court of Justice

Name	District	Duration	Appointed by	Previous Position(s)	Other Details
Peter J. DeFreitas [1]	N/A	June 5, 2015 (ACJ) 2008 (Judge)	Wynne/Meilleur (Lib) (2015) McGuinty/Bentley (Lib) (2008)	Federal Prosecutor (1994 to 2008)	Published criminal decisions (~0) (as of December 2021)
Faith M. Finnestad (also Co-ordinator of Justices of the Peace) [2]	N/A Toronto (prev)	1 May 1995 (Judge)			Published criminal decisions (~14) (as of December 2019)
Lise Maisonneuve [3]	N/A Ottawa (prev.)	December 3, 2003 (Judge) August 26, 2011 (Snr. Reg.) May 31, 2023 (ret)	McGuinty/Bryant (Lib) (2003)	Carroll, Wallace & Maisonneuve	Published criminal decisions (~0) (as of December 2021)
David A. Fairgrieve [4]	Brampton	December 21, 1990	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~59)
Justice Stephen J. Hunter	Belleville Ottawa (prev)	June 1, 1991 (Judge) September 29, 2021 (Ret)	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~1) [5]
John Alexander (Alex) Finlayson [6] [7] [8]	Toronto	August 9, 2017 to March 2021		private practice (family) Called to bar (2002) Osgoode grad (2001)	Published criminal decisions (~0) appointed to ONSC (Fam Div)
Justice John D. D. Evans		March 12, 1984	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Robert T. Weseloh					Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Petra E. Newton [9]	College Park	December 31, 1989 May 1, 2019 (ret)	Liberal	Legal Aid counsel Crown Attorney (ON) Called to bar (ON) (1979) Crown Attorney (MB) Called to bar (MB) (1976)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Justice Nathalie Gregson [10]	Sault Ste. Marie	December 3, 2008	Liberal	Sole practitioner (family) (1994 to 2008) Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~3) Appointed to ONSC (2019)
Justice Jack M. Grossman	Metro North	April 28, 1999	PC		Published criminal decisions (~13)
Justice William A. Gorewich	Newmarket Barrie (prev)	October 14, 1997	PC		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice William R. Wolski	College Park Barrie (prev)	January 20, 1997	PC		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Dino DiGiuseppe [11]	Thunder Bay	November 15, 2000 (Judge)	PC		Published criminal decisions (~38)
Justice Ronald Dennis Joseph Boivin	Old City Hall	June 25, 2003	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Gerald S. Lapkin	Metro West	November 30, 1988	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Colin R. Westman	Kitchener	1 June 1990	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Jeff Casey	Toronto	December 21, 1992	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Wendy Malcolm (Senior Advisory Family Judge)	N/A	November 29, 2006	Liberal	Ontario Court of Justice (2006 to 2019)	Published criminal decisions (~3) (as of December 2019) Apppoimted ONSC (2019)
Justice Russell J. Otter [12]	Metro East	July 5, 1993	NDP	Called to Bar (~1971)	Published criminal decisions (~3)
Justice Anne London-Weinstein [13] [14]	Toronto	December 2017	Liberal	Ontario Court of Justice (2017) Weinstein Law Firm (criminal) (2002 to 2017)	Published criminal decisions (~0) Appointed to ONSC (2017)
Justice J. Rhys Morgan	Peterborough	August 15, 1990	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Ian B. Cowan	Toronto	20 January 1997	PC		Published criminal decisions (~12)
Justice Peter A. J. Harris	Old City Hall Brampton (prev)	February 13, 1995	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~62)
Justice G. Normand Glaude	Sudbury Elliot Lake (prev)	April 17, 1990	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Elinore A. Ready	Brampton	21 December 1990 (Judge) ~2018 (ret)	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Timothy Clifford Whetung [15]	Peterborough	December 1, 1991	NDP	Grant, Whetung & Wilcox	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Peter Andras Schreck [16]	Brampton	August 27, 2014 (Judge) to June 2017	Liberal	Schreck Presser LLP (criminal) Schreck & Greene, Pinkofsky Lockyer Sole practitioner Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions (~49) Appointed to ONSC (June 2017)
Justice Jill Miriam Copeland [17]	Brampton	August 27, 2014 to 2017	Liberal	Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP (criminal) executive legal officer at the Supreme Court of Canada legal counsel for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Called to bar (1995)	Published criminal decisions (~28) Appointed to ONSC
Justice Donald A. Ebbs					Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice James P. Nevins					Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice James Stribopoulos [18]	Brampton	October 2, 2013 to November 2, 2018	Liberal	Osgoode Law School (prof, dean) (2006 to 2013) Kapoor & Stribopoulos Barristers (criminal) Fleming, Breen Barristers (criminal) Called to bar (1996)	Appointed to ONSC Published criminal decisions (~63)
Justice Ann Jane Watson [19] [20]	St. Catharines	August 4, 2005 - Sept 2018	Liberal	Crown Attorney (2001 to 2005) private practice Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~14)
Justice Barry M Tobin [21]	Windsor	September 30, 2009 - August 31, 2018	Liberal	Brown Beattie O’Donovan Marcus Tobin Called to bar (1979)	Appointed to ONSC (2018) Published criminal decisions (~1)
David Michael Paciocco [22]	Ottawa	2011 to 2017	Liberal	University Ottawa Law (1982 to 2011) Called to bar (1983)	Appointed to ONCA (2017) Published criminal decisions (~48)
Jonathon C. George [23]		February 24, 2012 - June 2016	Liberal	Robbins, Henderson and Davis Called to bar (2001)	Appointed to ONSC (2016) Published criminal decisions (~25)
Louise L. Gauthier	Northeast Region	15 August 1992 to 23 January 2009	NDP		Appointed to ONSC (2009) Published criminal decisions
Yvon Renaud [24]	Sudbury	15 November 2000 to ~2010	PC	Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions
Gary Thomas Trotter	Toronto	14 December 2005 to 2008	Liberal	University Queen's (prof) (2000 to 2005) Crown attorney (CLO) (1988 to 2000) Beard, Winter Called to bar (1987)	Appointed to ONSC (2008) and ONCA (2016) Published criminal decisions
Mary Jane Hatton [25]	Toronto	2 April 1990 to 1999	Liberal		Appointed to ONSC (1999) Published criminal decisions
David Roger Timms	Oshawa	1 March 1991 to 1999	NDP		Appointed to ONSC (1999) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Lynn D. Ratushny	Ottawa	1 March 1991 to 2 July 1999	NDP		Appointed to ONSC (1999) Published criminal decisions (~3)
Jennifer A. Blishen	Ottawa	15 January 1993 to 1999	NDP		Appointed to ONSC (1999) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Margaret A.C. Scott	Oshawa	17 January 1994 to 1999	NDP		Appointed to ONSC (1999) Published criminal decisions
Justice Patrick W. Dunn	Brampton	August 18, 1980 - ?	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
M. Wendy Robson	Peterborough	4 July 1989 to ?	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Maria T. Linhares de Sousa	Ottawa	4 July 1989 to ?	Liberal		Appointed to ONSC (?) Published criminal decisions
Edward E. Ormston	Toronto	31 December 1989 to ?	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Deborah K. Livingstone	London	31 December 1989 to ?	Liberal		Published criminal decisions
Roderick J. Flaherty	Dryden	2 April 1990 to ?	Liberal		Published criminal decisions
Bruce E. MacPhee	Brampton	2 April 1990 to ?	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Dianne Petitt Baig	Fort Frances	2 April 1990 to ?	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~9)
Sidney B. Linden	Toronto	25 April 1990 to ?	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Eric S. Lindsay	Toronto	1 September 1990 to ?	Liberal		Published criminal decisions
Janet M. Simmonsι	Brampton	21 December 1990 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Mary F. Dunbar	Brampton	1 February 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Marion E. Lane	Brampton	1 February 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~17)
Inger Hansen	Kitchener	1 February 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Diane Terry Vyse	Cambridge	1 March 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Harvey M. Salem	Scarborough	1 March 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Ronald B. Lester	Thunder Bay	1 March 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Patrick A. Sheppard	Newmarket	1 June 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Dianne M. Nicholas	Ottawa	1 June 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Karen E. Johnston	Oshawa	1 July 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Raymond P. Taillon	Oshawa	1 July 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
W. Brian Stead	Simcoe	1 July 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Mary E. Marshman	Windsor	15 July 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Sherrill M. Rogers	Newmarket	15 July 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Geraldine Waldman	Brampton	15 November 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Bruno Cavion	Brampton	15 November 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Vibert T. Rosemay	Brampton	1 December 1991 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Paul Bentley	Toronto	1 June 1992 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Minoo F. Khoorshed	Toronto	1 June 1992 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Margaret F. Woolcott	Brampton	4 January 1993 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Jane Kerrigan-Brownridge	Brampton	15 January 1993 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Marvin G. Morten	Brampton Toronto	5 July 1993 to 2008	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Sally E. Marin	Toronto	9 August 1993 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Timothy A. Culver	Kitchener	16 May 1994 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Johanne Lafrance-Cardinal	Cornwall	6 September 1994 to 1999	NDP		Appointed to ONSC (1999) Published criminal decisions
Stephen E. Foster	Newmarket	7 November 1994 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Hugh J. Campbell	Oshawa	7 November 1994 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Terrence G. O'Hara	Newmarket	6 February 1995 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Peter R.W. Isaacs	Stratford	13 February 1995 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
William P. Bassel	Toronto	15 May 1995 to ?	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~7)
Richard St. Jennis	Catharines	20 May 1997 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Kerry Patrick Evans	Barrie	2 October 1997 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions
Juliet Baldock	Kitchener	20 October 1997	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judith Beaman	Toronto	12 January 1998 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions (~4)
Alphonse T. Lacavera	Welland	2 March 1998 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Bruce Shilton	Newmarket	6 July 1998 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Edward McGrath	St. Thomas	4 January 1999 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Katherine Louise McLeod	Brampton	15 February 1999 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions
John Malcolm Ritchie	Old City Hall	28 April 1999 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions (~12)
Susan Gail Dobney	Toronto	28 April 1999 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Bruce G. Thomas	Chatham	4 May 1999 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions
Ivan J. A. Fernandes	Toronto	21 February 2000 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
John Getliffe	Lawrence Stratford	6 December 2000 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
John D. G. Waugh	Pembroke	30 May 2001 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Sydney Grant Radley-Walters	Pembroke	20 February 2002 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions (~21)
Anne-Marie Shaw	Newmarket	16 September 2002 to ?	PC		Published criminal decisions
Irving W. Andre	Brampton	13 November 2002 to ?	PC		Appointed to ONSC (2012) Published criminal decisions (~5)
Margaret A. McSorley	Kitchener/Guelph	24 December 2003 to ?	Liberal		Appointed to ONSC (2015) Published criminal decisions (~1)
Kofi Barnes [26]	Oshawa	February 6, 2004 to ?	Liberal	PPSC Crown (1998 to 2004) Called to bar (1993)	Appointed to ONSC Published criminal decisions (~28)
Peter R Adams	Cornwall	7 April 2004 to ?	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~1)
John Andrew Sutherland [27]	Toronto	5 May 2004 to ?	Liberal	Director of SIU Crown attorney private practice Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions
Geoffrey Alan Beasley [28]	Pembroke	5 May 2004 to ?	Liberal	Deputy Crown Attorney private practice Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Robert F. McCreary [29]	Orillia	18 May 2005 to ?	Liberal	Crown Attorney (1990 to 2005) private practice (1989 to 1990) Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Paul Belanger		1978 (Judge) 2002 (ret)

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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+|-
+|  Peter J. DeFreitas [https://news.ontario.ca/mag/en/2015/06/new-associate-chief-justice-appointed-to-the-ontario-court-of-justice.html]
+|N/A
+| {{dts|June 5, 2015}} (ACJ) <br>2008 (Judge)
+|{{Wynne1}} (2015)<Br>
+{{McGuinty2}} (2008)
+|Federal Prosecutor (1994 to 2008)
+|{{publishedONCJ|defreitas}} (~0){{updated|December 2021}}
+|-
+| Faith M. Finnestad (also Co-ordinator of Justices of the Peace) [https://news.ontario.ca/mag/en/2011/08/judges-appointed-to-the-ontario-court-of-justice-4.html]
+|N/A<br>Toronto (prev)
+|1 May 1995 (Judge)<br>
+|
+|
+|{{publishedONCJ|Finnestad}} (~14){{updated|December 2019}}
+|-
+| Lise Maisonneuve [https://news.ontario.ca/en/statement/1002996/ontario-appoints-new-chief-justice-of-the-ontario-court-of-justice]
+|N/A<br>Ottawa (prev.)
+|{{dts|December 3, 2003}} (Judge)<br> August 26, 2011 (Snr. Reg.)<br> May 31, 2023 (ret)
+|{{McGuinty1}} (2003)
+| Carroll, Wallace & Maisonneuve
+|{{publishedONCJ|maisonneuve}} (~0){{updated|December 2021}}
+|-
+|  David A. Fairgrieve  [https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/david-fairgrieve-obituary?id=40259751]
+|Brampton
+|{{dts|December 21, 1990}}
+|NDP
+|
+|{{publishedONCJ|Fairgrieve}} (~59)
+|-
+| Justice Stephen J. Hunter
+|Belleville<br>Ottawa (prev)
+|{{dts|June 1, 1991}} (Judge)<br> September 29, 2021 (Ret)
+|NDP
+|
+|{{publishedONCJ|Hunter}} (~1)<br>[https://vimeo.com/53360021]
+|-
+|John Alexander (Alex) Finlayson  [https://www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-areas/litigation/appointments-to-superior-court-announced-finlayson-maxwell-mills-vermette/353690]  [https://news.ontario.ca/mag/en/2017/07/new-judges-appointed-to-the-ontario-court-of-justice-22.html] [https://news.ontario.ca/en/bulletin/45740/new-judges-appointed-to-the-ontario-court-of-justice]
+| Toronto
+| August 9, 2017 to March 2021
+|
+| private practice (family)<br>Called to bar (2002)<br> Osgoode grad (2001)
+|{{publishedONCJ|Finlayson}} (~0)<br> appointed to ONSC (Fam Div)
+|-
+| Justice John D. D. Evans || ||{{dts|March 12, 1984}} ||PC ||
+|{{publishedONCJ|Evans}} (~0)
+|-
+| Justice Robert T. Weseloh || || || ||
+|{{publishedONCJ|Weseloh}} (~0)
+|-
+| Justice Petra E. Newton [https://iawjcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Justice-Petra-Newton_Bio.pdf]
+|College Park
+|{{dts|December 31, 1989}}<br> May 1, 2019 (ret)
+|Liberal
+| Legal Aid counsel<br>Crown Attorney (ON)<br> Called to bar (ON) (1979)<br> Crown Attorney (MB)<br>Called to bar (MB) (1976)
+|{{publishedONCJ|Newton}} (~1)
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 | Justice Nathalie Gregson [https://news.ontario.ca/mag/en/2008/11/judges-appointed-to-the-ontario-court-of-justice-1.html]
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+|[https://www.canlii.org/en/on/oncj/#search/type=decision&ccId=oncj&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=justice%20%2F4%20Casey%20NOT%20(hill%20%2F3%20Justice)&id=%22R.%20v.%22%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22Her%20Majesty%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=oncj Published criminal decisions] (~2)
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 | Justice Wendy Malcolm (Senior Advisory Family Judge)
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 |Brampton
-|{{dts|21 December 1990}}
+|{{dts|21 December 1990}} (Judge) ~2018 (ret)
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-|Mary Jane Hatton ||Toronto|| 2 April 1990 to 1999 ||Liberal || || Appointed to ONSC (1999)<br> {{publishedONCJ|Hatton}}
+|Mary Jane Hatton [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220040if_/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32537.html] ||Toronto|| 2 April 1990 to 1999 ||Liberal || || Appointed to ONSC (1999)<br> {{publishedONCJ|Hatton}}
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 |David Roger Timms || Oshawa ||1 March 1991 to 1999 || NDP|| || Appointed to ONSC (1999)<br> {{publishedONCJ|Timms}} (~0)
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 |Lynn D. Ratushny ||Ottawa ||1 March 1991 to 2 July 1999 || NDP|| ||Appointed to ONSC (1999)<br> {{publishedONCJ|Ratushny}} (~3)
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 |Liberal
-| Director of SIU <br>Crown attorney<br>private practice<Br>Called to bar (1979)
+| Director of SIU <br>Crown attorney<br>private practice<br>Called to bar (1979)
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-| Deputy Crown Attorney<br>private practice <Br> Called to bar (1982)
+| Deputy Crown Attorney<br>private practice <br> Called to bar (1982)
 | {{publishedONCJ|Beasley}} (~1)
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 |Robert F. McCreary [https://news.ontario.ca/archive/en/2005/05/06/attorney-general-announces-judicial-appointments.html] || Orillia ||18 May 2005  to ? ||Liberal
-|Crown Attorney (1990 to 2005) <Br>private practice (1989 to 1990) <br>Called to bar (1977)
+|Crown Attorney (1990 to 2005) <br>private practice (1989 to 1990) <br>Called to bar (1977)
 | {{publishedONCJ|McCreary}} (~0)
+|-
+|Paul Belanger
+|
+| 1978 (Judge)<Br>2002 (ret)
+|
+|
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