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{{seealso|Court Composition}}
{{decision count|Oct 2018}}
{{currency2|September|2022}}
{{seealso|Court Membership}}
==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:
{{removed|(a) and (b)}}
:(c) the Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $371,400 each; and
:(d) the 86 other judges of the Supreme Court, $338,800 each.
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==
 
{{seealso|Supreme Court of British Columbia (Previous Justices)}}
(Full complement of 90)[https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-j-1/latest/rsc-1985-c-j-1.html]
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|Associate Chief Justice Heather J. Holmes [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223813/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26080.html] <ref>{{cite web |title=Prime Minister announces appointment of new Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador and new Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia |url=https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2018/06/22/prime-minister-announces-appointment-new-chief-justice-newfoundland-and-labrador-and |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref> ||Vancouver|| {{dts|March 21, 2001}} (Judge)<br> {{dts|June 22, 2018}} (ACJ) ||Jean Chretien (Judge)<br> Justin Trudeau (ACJ)||McCarthy, Tétrault <br>Called to bar (1981)
|'''Chief Justice Christopher E. Hinkson''' [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/new-chief-justice-appointed-to-the-bc-supreme-court/article15367477/]
|-
|N/A
|Justice David M. Masuhara [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923022750/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30690.html]  ||Vancouver|| {{dts|October 11, 2002}}||Jean Chretien||
|8 November 2013 (CJ)<br>2007 (Judge)
|-
|{{Harper3}} (CJ)<Br> Harper (Judge)
| Justice Elaine J. Adair <ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointment Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114110121/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32313.html}}</ref> || Vancouver || {{dts|format=dmy|2008|11|28}}|| Stephen Harper|| McCarthy Tétrault LLP (1982 to 2008)
|Court of Appeal (2010 to 2013)<Br>Supreme Court (2007 to 2010)<br>Harper Grey (1976 to 2007)<br> Called to bar (~1976)
|-
|{{publishedBCSC|hinkson}} (~14){{asof|2020}}
|Justice Trevor C. Armstrong [https://dyedurham.com/news/bc-law-watch/judicial-appointment-to-new-westminster-bcsc/] ||New Westminster|| {{dts|format=dmy|2010|10|01}}||Stephen Harper|| Private Practice
|-
|Justice Kenneth N. Affleck <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/author/glenn-kauth/six-new-judicial-appointments-4017/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418125524/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32612.html}}</ref> || Vancouver|| {{dts|format=dmy|2011|06|24}}||Stephen Harper|| Affleck Hira Burgoyne LLP<br>Macaulay McColl
|-
| Justice Patrice Abrioux <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/author/glenn-kauth/feds-announce-seven-judicial-appointments-4164/}}</ref> || Vancouver || {{dts|format=dmy|2011|09|30}}|| Stephen Harper || Quinlan Abrioux law firm
|-
|Justice Bill Basran<ref>{{cite web|title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointment in the province of British Columbia|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/01/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb.html|accessdate=16 March 2018}}</ref> ||Vancouver||  {{dts|January 19, 2018}}||Justin Trudeau|| Regional Director General of the Department of Justice (2007 to 2018)
|-
|Justice Lance W. Bernard [https://web.archive.org/web/20050424025541/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_30948.html] ||New Westminster|| {{dts|July 24, 2003}}||Jean Chretien|| Crown attorney <Br>Called to bar (1981)
|-
|Justice D. Allan Betton [http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/author/glenn-kauth/six-new-judicial-appointments-4017/] <ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418125524/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32612.html}}</ref> ||Kelowna||  {{dts|June 24, 2011}}||Stephen Harper|| Provincial Court Judge (2007 to 2011)
|-
|Justice Murray B. Blok ||New Westminster|| {{dts|October 28, 2010}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
|Justice Gregory T.W. Bowden [https://bc.ctvnews.ca/provincial-court-judge-named-to-b-c-supreme-court-1.439834] ||Vancouver||  {{dts|October 2, 2009}}||Stephen Harper|| Provincial Court Judge (2004 to 2009)
|-
|Justice Ward K. Branch [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb.html] ||Vancouver||  {{dts|June 8, 2017}}||Justin Trudeau|| Branch McMaster LLP
|-
| Justice Brenda Brown [https://web.archive.org/web/20031114165758/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30272.html]  ||New Westminster|| {{dts| April 18, 2002}}||Jean Chretien||
|-
|Justice Neill Brown ||Chilliwack||  {{dts|July 30, 2008}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
| Justice Michael J. Brundrett [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 21, 2017}}||Justin Trudeau||British Columbia Ministry of Justice, Criminal Justice Branch
|-
|Justice Emily M. Burke [https://web.archive.org/web/20150213022609/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33073.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts| May 13, 2014}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
| Justice Grace Choi [https://www.cbabc.org/News-Media/News/2015/British-Columbia-Judicial-Appointment-Announced] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|May 29, 2015}}||Stephen Harper||Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP
|-
| Justice Marguerite H. Church [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/06/the-government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html] ||Prince George|| {{dts|June 17, 2016}}|| Justin Trudeau|| Provincial Court Judge<Br> Called to bar (1988)
|-
| Justice Thomas Crabtree [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/05/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html] || Chilliwack || {{dts|May 4, 2018}} || Justin Trudeau || Chief Judge, Provincial Court of B.C.
|-
| Justice E. David Crossin <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/09/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb0.html }}</ref>||Vancouver|| {{dts|September 29, 2017}}||Justin Trudeau|| Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP
|-
| Justice D. Jane Dardi ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 18, 2008}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
| Justice Martha M. Devlin [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33087.html] ||New Westminster||  {{dts|December 12, 2014}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
| Justice T. Mark McEwan<Ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223524/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/bc11.html}}</ref> ||Nelson|| {{dts|August 7, 1996}}||Jean Chretien||
|-
|Justice Shelley C. Fitzpatrick ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 18, 2010}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
|Justice S. Dev Dley [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041257/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32491.html]  ||Kamloops ||  {{dts|March 19, 2010}} ||Stephen Harper|| Provincial Court (2008 to 2010)
|-
|Justice Sheri Ann Donegan <ref>{{cite news|url=[http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32904.html }}</ref> ||Kamloops||  {{dts|June 6, 2013}}||Stephen Harper|| Provincial Court (2010 to 2012)<br>Crown Attorney (1998 to 2010)<Br> Mair Jensen Blair (1992 to 1998)
|-
|Justice Jennifer M.I. Duncan ||Vancouver||  {{dts|December 19, 2013}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
|Justice Margot L. Fleming [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32904.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 6, 2013}}||Stephen Harper|| Somers & Company (1996 to 2013)
|-
|Justice Carla L. Forth <ref name="June2017"/> ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 14, 2017}}||Justin Trudeau||Guild Yule LLP
|-
|Justice Gordon S. Funt [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32790.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|October 5, 2012}}||Stephen Harper|| Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (1984 to 2012)
|-
|Justice Geoffrey R. J. Gaul ||Victoria|| {{dts|January 31, 2008}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
|Justice Geoffrey Gomery [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 15, 2018}}||Justin Trudeau||
|-
|Justice J. Christopher Grauer<ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610042114/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32244.html}}</ref> ||Vancouver|| {{dts|April 11, 2008}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
|Justice J. Miriam Gropper [https://web.archive.org/web/20050511014133/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2005/doc_31448.html]  ||Vancouver|| {{dts|April 14, 2005}}||Paul Martin||
|-
|Justice Joel R. Groves ||Vancouver||May 19, 2005 ||Paul Martin || Supreme court Master (2000 to 2005)
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|Justice John S. Harvey ||New Westminster || {{dts|January 22, 2009}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
|Justice Nitya Iyer <ref name="June2017">{{cite news|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb0.html}}</ref>||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 14, 2017}}||Justin Trudeau||Lovett Westmacott
|-
|Justice Robert W. Jenkins<ref>{{cite news|title=BRITISH COLUMBIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204075231/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32687.html}}</ref>||New Westminster|| {{dts|December 31, 2011}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
|Justice Nigel P. Kent ||Vancouver||{{dts|December 19, 2013}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
| Justice Kathleen M. Ker ||New Westminster||{{dts|June 18, 2008}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
| Justice Diane MacDonald<ref>{{cite web|title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of British Columbia|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof.html|accessdate=16 March 2018}}</ref> ||Vancouver||{{dts|February 7, 2018}}||Justin Trudeau||Counsel for B.C. Teachers’ Federation<br>Victory Square Law Office
|-
|Justice George Macintosh ||Vancouver|| {{dts|December 19, 2013}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
| Justice Heather MacNaughton<ref>{{cite web|title=The Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of British Columbia|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-british-columbia.html|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref>  ||Vancouver|| {{dts|October 20, 2016}}||Justin Trudeau|| Master of Supreme Court
|-
| Justice Miriam A. Maisonville [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041257/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32491.html]  ||Vancouver|| {{dts|March 19, 2010}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
|Justice Francesca V. Marzari [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/12/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|December 19, 2017}}||Justin Trudeau|| Young Anderson Barristers and Solicitors
|-
|-
|Justice Sharon Matthews [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof0.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|February 22, 2018}} ||Justin Trudeau|| Partner, Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman
|'''Associate Chief Justice Heather J. Holmes''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223813/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26080.html]  [https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2018/06/22/prime-minister-announces-appointment-new-chief-justice-newfoundland-and-labrador-and] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|March 21, 2001}} (Judge)<br> {{dts|June 22, 2018}} (ACJ) ||{{Chretien2}} (Judge)<br> {{J. Trudeau1}} (ACJ)||McCarthy, Tétrault <br>Called to bar (1981)
 
|{{publishedBCSC|Holmes}} (~165)
|-
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| Justice Harry A. Slade [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225205/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26090.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|March 27, 2001}}||Jean Chretien||
| T. Mark McEwan [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223524/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/bc11.html] ||Nelson|| {{dts|August 7, 1996}}||{{Chretien1}}||McEwan, Harrison & Co. (1979 to 1996)<br> Called to bar (1978)
|{{publishedBCSC|McEwan}} (~117) {{asof|December 2022}}


|-
|-
| Justice Arne H. Silverman<ref>{{cite web|title=BRITISH COLUMBIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2004/11/british-columbia-judicial-appointments-announced.html|accessdate=4 April 2018}}</ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20050829073414/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2004/doc_31306.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|November 26, 2004}}||Paul Martin||sole practitioner
|David M. Masuhara [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923022750/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30690.html] [https://historyproject.allard.ubc.ca/law-history-project/profile/david-masuhara] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|October 11, 2002}}||{{Chretien3}} || BC Gas Utility Company <br>Called to bar (1983)
|{{publishedBCSC|Masuhara}} (~9) {{asof|Decembef 2022}}


|-
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| Justice Nathan H. Smith ||Vancouver|| {{dts|May 19, 2005}}||Paul Martin||
| Brenda J. Brown [https://web.archive.org/web/20031114165758/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30272.html]  ||New Westminster|| {{dts|April 18, 2002}}||{{Chretien3}}|| Davis & Company (1995 to 2002)<br> Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson<br> Called to bar (1982)
|-
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/#search/type=decision&ccId=bcsc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20Brown%20%2Fp%20%22b.j.%22%20or%20%22b.%22%20or%20brenda&id=%22R.%20v.%22%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=bcsc Published criminal decisions] (~56)
| Justice Elliott M. Myers  <Ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822213108/http://justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2005/doc_31734.html}}</ref> ||Vancouver|| {{dts|November 22, 2005}}||Paul Martin|| Called to bar (1980)<br>Bull Housser Tupper


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|Justice Paul W. Walker ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 18, 2008}}||Stephen Harper||
|Lance W. Bernard [https://web.archive.org/web/20050424025541/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_30948.html] ||New Westminster|| {{dts|July 24, 2003}}||{{Chretien3}}|| Crown attorney <Br>Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedBCSC|Bernard}} (~52)


|-
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|Justice Peter G. Voith ||Vancouver|| {{dts|January 22, 2009}}||Stephen Harper||
|J. Miriam Gropper [https://web.archive.org/web/20050511014133/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2005/doc_31448.html]  ||Vancouver|| {{dts|April 14, 2005}}||{{Martin}}|| Black, Gropper and Company <Br> Called to bar (1981)
|-
|{{publishedBCSC|Gropper}} (~49)
|Justice Frits E. Verhoeven ||New Westminster|| {{dts|January 22, 2009}}||Stephen Harper||
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|Justice Terence A. Schultes ||Vancouver || {{dts|May 14, 2009}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
|Justice Robert J. Sewell ||Vancouver|| {{dts|January 22, 2009}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
|-
|Justice Anthony Saunders  <ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420184731/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32457.html}}</ref>||New Westminster ||{{dts|November 26, 2009}}||Stephen Harper||
| Joel R. Groves [https://www.tru.ca/alumni/distinguished_alumni_awards/2005.html] ||Vancouver||May 19, 2005 ||{{Martin}} || Supreme court Master (2000 to 2005)<br>Gillespie Renkema Barnett Broadway (family) <br> UBC grad
|{{publishedBCSC|Groves}} (~4) <Br>[https://www.kamloopsnews.ca/news/city-region/judge-s-plagiarism-prompts-court-to-toss-5-million-judgment-1.1250943]
|-
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|Justice Robert D. Punnett ||Victoria|| {{dts|June 19, 2009}}||Stephen Harper||
| Nathan H. Smith ||Vancouver|| {{dts|May 19, 2005}}||{{Martin}}||
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/#search/type=decision&ccId=bcsc&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=honourable%20%2F4%20Smith%20%2F3%20(h.%20or%20n.%20or%20nathan)&id=%22R.%20v.%22%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22HMTK%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=bcsc Published criminal decisions] (~21)
|-
|-
|Justice Brian D. MacKenzie ||Victoria|| {{dts|October 23, 2009}}||Stephen Harper||
| Elliott M. Myers [https://web.archive.org/web/20090822213108/http://justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2005/doc_31734.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|November 22, 2005}}||{{Martin}}||Bull Housser Tupper<Br> Called to bar (1980)
|{{publishedBCSC|Myers}} (~32)


|-
|-
|Justice Jennifer A. Power ||Victoria|| {{dts|August 6, 2010}}||Stephen Harper||
|Geoffrey R. J. Gaul [https://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/about_the_supreme_court/annual_reports/Annual_Report_2008.pdf] <!--page 21-->||Victoria|| {{dts|January 31, 2008}}||{{Harper2}}|| Crown attorney <br>Called to bar (1989)
|-
|{{publishedBCSC|Gaul}} (~38)
|Justice Jeanne E. Watchuk ||Vancouver|| {{dts|October 28, 2010}}||Stephen Harper||


|-
|-
| Justice Ronald S. Tindale<ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228030339/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32653.html}}</ref> ||Prince George|| {{dts|October 20, 2011}}||Stephen Harper||
|J. Christopher Grauer [https://web.archive.org/web/20080610042114/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32244.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|April 11, 2008}}||{{Harper2}}||Dives, Grauer & Harper <br>  Bull, Housser & Tupper, Barristers (1981 to 1999)<br> Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedBCSC|Grauer}} (~22)


|-
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|Justice John J. Steeves [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32790.html] ||Victoria|| {{dts|October 5, 2012}}||Stephen Harper|| Sole Practitioner (2003 to 2012)<Br>Steeves & Company (1989 to 2000)<br>McGrady & Company (1986 to 1989)
| D. Jane Dardi [https://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/about_the_supreme_court/annual_reports/Annual_Report_2008.pdf]<!--page 23--> ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 18, 2008}}||{{Harper2}}||Private practice (etates)<Br>Called to bar (1983)
|-
|{{publishedBCSC|Dardi}} (~5)
|Justice Robin A. M. Baird [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32790.html] ||Nanaimo || {{dts|October 5, 2012}}||Stephen Harper|| Provincial Court Judge (2011 to 2012)<Br>
Crown Prosecutor (1990 to 1995, 2004 to 2011)<br>
Green & Claus LLP
|-
|Justice Kenneth W. Ball ||New Westminster||  {{dts|November 2, 2012}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
|Justice Gordon C. Weatherill ||Vancouver|| {{dts|May 31, 2012}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
|Justice Douglas W. Thompson ||Nanaimo|| {{dts|December 13, 2012}}||Stephen Harper||


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|Justice Ronald A. Skolrood [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32904.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 6, 2013}}||Stephen Harper|| Lawson Lundell LLP (1987 to 2013)
| Kathleen M. Ker [https://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/about_the_supreme_court/annual_reports/Annual_Report_2008.pdf]<!--page 23--> ||New Westminster||{{dts|June 18, 2008}}||{{Harper2}}|| Crown attorney<Br> private practice<Br>Called to bar (1986)
|-
|{{publishedBCSC|Ker}} (~33)
|Justice Lisa A. Warren [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32904.html] ||Vancouver||{{dts|June 6, 2013}}||Stephen Harper||  Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy (1993 to 2007)<br> Director of Legal Services, Health Employers Association of BC (2007 to 2013)
|-
|Justice Gary P. Weatherill||Kelowna|| {{dts|October 2, 2013}}||Stephen Harper||
|-
| Justice Neena Sharma ||Vancouver|| {{dts|December 19, 2013}}||Stephen Harper||


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| Justice Barbara M. Young ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 19, 2015}} ||Stephen Harper||
|Paul W. Walker [https://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/about_the_supreme_court/annual_reports/Annual_Report_2008.pdf]<!--page 23--> ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 18, 2008}}||{{Harper2}}|| Guild Yule LLP <Br>Called to bar (1980)
|{{publishedBCSC|Walker}} (~8)


|-
|-
| Justice Catherine Murray <ref>{{cite web|title=The Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of British Columbia|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-british-columbia.html|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref> ||Vancouver|| {{dts|October 20, 2016}}||Justin Trudeau|| BC Crown Attorney Office
|Neill Brown [https://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/about_the_supreme_court/annual_reports/Annual_Report_2008.pdf]<!--page 23-->||Chilliwack|| {{dts|July 30, 2008}}||{{Harper2}}||Sole practitioner (1998 to 2008)<br> Linley Duignan (1978 to 1998)<Br>Called to bar (1975)
|-
|{{publishedBCSC|Brown}} (~52)
| Justice Maria Morellato [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/06/the-government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html?wbdisable=true] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 17, 2016}}||Justin Trudeau||  Mandell Pinder LLP<br>Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP<br>Industrial Relations Council<br>Called to bar (1986)
|-
|-
| Justice Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten<ref>{{cite web|title=The Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of British Columbia|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-british-columbia.html|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref>  || Vancouver|| {{dts|October 20, 2016}} ||Justin Trudeau|| Assistant Deputy Attorney General
| Elaine J. Adair [https://web.archive.org/web/20120114110121/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32313.html] || Vancouver || November 28, 2008|| {{Harper2}}|| McCarthy Tétrault LLP (1982 to 2008) <Br>Called to bar (1982)
|{{publishedBCSC|Adair}} (~14)


|-
|-
|Justice Michael Tammen <ref name="June2017"/> ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 14, 2017}}||Justin Trudeau||Peck and Tammen
|Frits E. Verhoeven [https://web.archive.org/web/20090224002427/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32323.html] ||New Westminster|| {{dts|January 22, 2009}}||{{Harper2}}|| Edwards, Kenny and Bray, LLP  (1983 to 2009)<br> Called to bar (1983)
|{{publishedBCSC|Verhoeven}} (~68)
|-
|-
| Justice Janet Winteringham [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/08/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|August 15, 2017}} ||Justin Trudeau||Winteringham MacKay Law Corporation
|John S. Harvey [https://web.archive.org/web/20090224002427/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32323.html] ||New Westminster || {{dts|January 22, 2009}}||{{Harper2}}|| Herman & Harvey (1991 to 2009) <Br>Boughton Peterson Yang and Anderson (1990 to 1991)<br> Braidwood and Company (1978 to 1989) <br>Called to bar (1977)
|{{publishedBCSC|Harvey}} (~5)
|-
|-
|Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html] ||New Westminster|| {{dts|June 21, 2017}}||Justin Trudeau||Shergill & Company
| Robert J. Sewell [https://web.archive.org/web/20090224002427/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32323.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|January 22, 2009}}||{{Harper2}}|| McCarthy Tétrault (1989 to 2009)<Br> Shrum, Liddle and Hebenton (1972 to 1989) <br> Called to bar (1972)
|{{publishedBCSC|Sewell}} (~4)
|-
|-
| Justice Andrew P. A. Mayer [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/04/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|April 12, 2017}}||Justin Trudeau|| General Counsel with the Prince Rupert Port Authority
|Terence A. Schultes [https://web.archive.org/web/20120214025920/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32375.html] ||Vancouver || {{dts|May 14, 2009}}||{{Harper2}}|| Crown attorney<br>Called to bar (1987)
|{{publishedBCSC|schultes}} (~116)
|-
|-
| Justice Warren B. Milman<ref name="June2017"/> [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/11/the_honourable_warrenbmilmansquestionnaire.html]</ref> ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 14, 2017}}||Justin Trudeau||McCarthy Tétrault LLP
|Robert D. Punnett [https://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/about_the_supreme_court/annual_reports/2009%20Annual%20Report%20(May%2021,%202010).pdf] ||Victoria|| {{dts|June 19, 2009}}||{{Harper2}}|| Private practice <Br>Called to bar (1978)
|{{publishedBCSC|punnett}} (~28)
|-
|-
|Justice Leonard Marchand [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html] ||Kamloops|| {{dts|June 21, 2017}}||Justin Trudeau|| Provincial Court Judge<br> Fulton & Company LLP
|Gregory T.W. Bowden [https://bc.ctvnews.ca/provincial-court-judge-named-to-b-c-supreme-court-1.439834] [https://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/about_the_supreme_court/annual_reports/2009%20Annual%20Report%20(May%2021,%202010).pdf] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|October 2, 2009}}||{{Harper2}}|| Provincial Court Judge (2004 to 2009)<Br>Private practice (tax)<Br> Called to bar (1971)
 
|{{publishedBCSC|Bowden}} (~29)
|-
|-
|Justice Barbara J. Norell [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof0.html] ||New Westminster|| {{dts|February 22, 2018}}||Justin Trudeau||
|Brian D. MacKenzie [https://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/about_the_supreme_court/annual_reports/2009%20Annual%20Report%20(May%2021,%202010).pdf] ||Victoria|| {{dts|October 23, 2009}}||{{Harper2}}|| Provincial Court (1990 to 2009)<Br>Legal Aid (criminal)<br>Called to bar (1974)
|{{publishedBCSC|Mackenzie}} (~40)
|-
|-
| Justice W. Paul Riley [https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/3170/prosecutor-riley-named-b-c-supreme-court-judge] ||New Westminster|| {{dts|May 11, 2017}}||Justin Trudeau|| General Counsel with Public Prosecution Service of Canada (1997 to 2017)
|Anthony Saunders  [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420184731/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32457.html] ||New Westminster ||{{dts|November 26, 2009}}||{{Harper2}}|| Guild Yule LLP <Br> Called to bar (1985)
|{{publishedBCSC|saunders}} (~18)
|-
|-
|Justice Wendy Baker [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof0.html] ||Vancouver||  {{dts|February 22, 2018}}||Justin Trudeau|| Partner, Miller Thomson LLP
|S. Dev Dley [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041257/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32491.html] ||Kamloops ||  {{dts|March 19, 2010}} ||{{Harper2}}|| Provincial Court (June 23, 2008 to March 19, 2010)<Br>private practice<Br>Called to bar (1979)
|}
|{{publishedBCSC|dley}} (~28)
 
'''Supernumerary'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! District
! Appointed
! Nominated By
! class="unsortable"|Prior Position(s)
|-
|-
|Justice Alison J. Beames (supernumerary)<ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223524/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/bc11.html}}</ref> ||Kelowna|| {{dts|August 7, 1996}}||Jean Chretien||
| Miriam A. Maisonville [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041257/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32491.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|March 19, 2010}}||{{Harper2}}||Crown attorney (!994 to 2010)<br> Howard Rubin <br>Called to bar (1986)
|{{publishedBCSC|maisonville}} (~31)
|-
|-
| Justice Grant D. Burnyeat (supernumerary)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223643/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/BC14.html}}</ref>  ||Vancouver|| {{dts| December 19, 1996}} ||Jean Chretien|| Davis & Company
|Shelley C. Fitzpatrick [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220050/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32520.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 18, 2010}}||{{Harper2}}|| Davis LLP  (2001 to 2010)<br> Campney & Murphy (1986 to 2000)<br>Fillmore & Riley (1982 to 1985) <br>Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedBCSC|fitzpatrick}} (~19)
|-
|-
|Justice Barry M. Davies (supernumerary) ||Vancouver|| {{dts|January 10, 1996}}||Jean Chretien||
|Jennifer A. Power [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220041/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32536.html] ||Victoria|| {{dts|August 6, 2010}}||{{Harper2}}||Crown attorney (1990 to 2010)<Br>Family Maintenance Enforcement (1988 to 1989) <Br>Called to bar (1987)
|{{publishedBCSC|power}} (~80)
|-
|-
|Justice William Ehrcke (supernumerary) [https://web.archive.org/web/20050424032336/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31014.html] ||Vancouver||{{dts| October 28, 2003}}||Jean Chretien|| Crown attorney (1981 to 2003) <br>Called to bar (1980)
|Murray B. Blok [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220031/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32561.html] ||New Westminster|| {{dts|October 28, 2010}}||{{Harper2}}|| registrar of the Supreme Court (2002 to 2010)<br> Fasken Martineau (1983 to 2002)<br>Called to bar (1983)
|{{publishedBCSC|blok}} (~50)
|-
|-
|Justice Robert Johnston<ref>{{cite web|title=BRITISH COLUMBIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2004/11/british-columbia-judicial-appointments-announced.html|accessdate=4 April 2018}}</ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20050829073414/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2004/doc_31306.html] (supernumerary) ||Victoria|| {{dts|November 26, 2004}}||Paul Martin||Cox Taylor
|Jeanne E. Watchuk [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220031/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32561.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|October 28, 2010}}||{{Harper2}}|| Provincial Court <Br> Called to bar (1974)
|-
|{{publishedBCSC|watchuk}} (~41)
| Justice Carol J. Ross [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223813/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26080.html]  ||Vancouver || {{dts|March 21, 2001}} (supernumary as of April 1, 2016)||Jean Chretien||Hordo, Ross and Bennett<br> Called to bar (1982)
 
|-
|-
| Justice Loryl D. Russell (supernumerary) [https://web.archive.org/web/20050511014133/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2005/doc_31448.html] ||Vancouver || {{dts|April 14, 2005}} || Paul Martin ||Sole practitioner <br> Called to bar (1981)
|Robert W. Jenkins [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204075231/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32687.html] ||New Westminster|| {{dts|December 31, 2011}}||{{Harper2}}||Jenkins Marzban Logan (1994 to 2011)<br>Fasken Martineau (1986 to 1994)<Br>Campney Murphy (1983 to 1985)<Br>Buell Ellis (1972 to 1983) <Br>Called to bar (1973)
|{{publishedBCSC|jenkins}} (~39)
|-
|-
| Justice Catherine A. Wedge [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923004717/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26106.html] (supernumerary) ||Vancouver|| {{dts|April 4, 2001}}||Jean Chretien|| Called to bar (1981)
| Ronald S. Tindale [https://web.archive.org/web/20111228030339/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32653.html] ||Prince George|| {{dts|October 20, 2011}}||{{Harper2}}|| Provincial Court (2010 to 2011)<Br>Dick Byl Corporation (2010 to 2005)<Br>Traxler Haines (1992 to 2005)<br>Crown attorney (1990 to 1992)<Br> Heather Sadler Jenkins (1989 to 1990)<Br>Called to bar (1989)
|{{publishedBCSC|tindale}} (~71)
|-
|-
| Justice Ian C. Meiklem [http://www.justice4you.org/gaffney/meiklem_bio.PDF] ||Kamloops|| {{dts|October 11, 1991}}||Brian Mulroney||
|D. Allan Betton [http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/author/glenn-kauth/six-new-judicial-appointments-4017/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120418125524/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32612.html] ||Kelowna|| {{dts|June 24, 2011}}||{{Harper2}}|| Provincial Court Judge (2007 to 2011)
|{{publishedBCSC|Betton}} (~13)
|-
|-
|}
|Gordon C. Weatherill [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32745.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|May 31, 2012}}||{{Harper2}}||Lawson Lundell LLP <br> Called to bar (1981)<br>Called to bar (1980)
 
|{{publishedBCSC|Weatherill}} (~40)
==Chief Justices of the Supreme Court==
Prior to 1909, when the [[British Columbia Court of Appeal]] was established, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was considered the Chief Justice of British Columbia.


{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Duration
! Nominated By
! class="unsortable"|Prior Position(s)
|-
|-
|Christopher E. Hinkson [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041257/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32491.html] || 2013–present || ||  
|John J. Steeves [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32790.html] ||Victoria|| {{dts|October 5, 2012}}||{{Harper2}}|| Sole Practitioner (2003 to 2012)<Br>Steeves & Company (1989 to 2000)<br>McGrady & Company (1986 to 1989)<br> Called to bar (1986)
|{{publishedBCSC|Steeves}} (~8)
|-
|-
| [[Robert J. Bauman|Robert James Bauman]]<ref name="newchief2009">{{cite news|title=PM announces appointment of new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302095953/http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=2805}}</ref> || 2009–2013 || ||
|Robin A. M. Baird [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32790.html] ||Nanaimo || {{dts|October 5, 2012}}||{{Harper2}}|| Provincial Court Judge (2011 to 2012)<Br>
Crown Prosecutor (1990 to 1995, 2004 to 2011)<br>Green & Claus LLP <Br> Called to bar (1990)
|{{publishedBCSC|Baird}} (~38)
|-
|-
| [[Donald Brenner|Donald Ian Brenner]] || 2000–2009|| ||
|Gordon S. Funt [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32790.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|October 5, 2012}}||{{Harper2}}|| Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (1984 to 2012)<Br> Called to bar (1978)
|{{publishedBCSC|Funt}} (~9)
 
|-
|Kenneth W. Ball [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513215850/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32805.html] ||New Westminster||  {{dts|November 2, 2012}}||{{Harper2}}|| Provincial Court (2003 to 2012)<Br>DuMoulin Black Brazier and Hall (1977 to 2003)<Br>Called to bar (1977)
|{{publishedBCSC|Ball}} (~42)
 
|-
|-
| Bryan Williams || 1996–2000|| ||
|Douglas W. Thompson [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513215848/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32819.html] ||Nanaimo|| {{dts|December 13, 2012}}||{{Harper2}}|| Hatter Thompson Shumka McDonagh<Br> Called to bar (1983)
|{{publishedBCSC|Thompson}}
|-
|-
| William A. Esson ||1989–1996  || ||
|Ronald A. Skolrood [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32904.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 6, 2013}}||{{Harper2}}|| Lawson Lundell LLP (1987 to 2013)<br>Called to bar (1988)
|{{publishedBCSC|Skolrood}} (~9)
|-
|-
| [[Beverley McLachlin]] || 1988–1989 || ||
|Lisa A. Warren [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32904.html] ||Vancouver||{{dts|June 6, 2013}}||{{Harper2}}|| Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy (1993 to 2007)<br> Director of Legal Services, Health Employers Association of BC (2007 to 2013)<br>Called to bar (1991)
|{{publishedBCSC|Warren}}
|-
|-
| [[Allan McEachern]] (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1988) || 1979–1988 || ||
|Sheri Ann Donegan [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32904.html] ||Kamloops||  {{dts|June 6, 2013}}||{{Harper2}}|| Provincial Court (2010 to 2012)<br>Crown Attorney (1998 to 2010)<Br> Mair Jensen Blair (1992 to 1998) <br>Called to bar (1993)
|{{publishedBCSC|Donegan}} (~35)
|-
|-
| [[Nathaniel Nemetz]] (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1979) || 1973–1979 || ||
|Margot L. Fleming [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32904.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 6, 2013}}||{{Harper2}}|| Somers & Company (1996 to 2013)<br> Called to bar (1996)
|{{publishedBCSC|Fleming}} (~5)
|-
|-
| John Owen Wilson ||1963-1973 || ||
| Gary P. Weatherill [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32963.html] ||Kelowna|| {{dts|October 2, 2013}}||{{Harper3}}|| Nixon Wenger<Br>Called to bar (1980)
|{{publishedBCSC|Weatherill}} (~40)
|-
|-
| [[Sherwood Lett]] (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1963) || 1955–1963 || ||
|Nigel P. Kent [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33012.html] ||Vancouver||{{dts|December 19, 2013}}||{{Harper3}}|| Clark Wilson LLP<br> Parlee McLaws <Br> Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedBCSC|Kent}} (~19)
|-
|-
| Wendell Burpee Farris (died 1955) ||1942–?1955  || ||
| Neena Sharma [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33012.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|December 19, 2013}}||{{Harper3}}|| Ministry of Justice<br> Called to bar (1992)
|{{publishedBCSC|Sharma}} (~8)
|-
|-
| [[Aulay MacAulay Morrison]] || 1929–1942 || ||
| George Macintosh [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33012.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|December 19, 2013}}||{{Harper3}}|| Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP (1974 to 2013) <br>Called to bar (1974)
|{{publishedBCSC|Macintosh}}
|-
|-
| Gordon Hunter || 1902–1929 || ||
|Jennifer M.I. Duncan [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33012.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|December 19, 2013}}||{{Harper3}}|| Crown attorney <Br>Called to bar (1992)
|{{publishedBCSC|Duncan}} (~54){{asof|December 2021}}
 
|-
|-
| Angus John McColl ||1898–1902 || ||
|Emily M. Burke [https://web.archive.org/web/20150213022609/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33073.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts| May 13, 2014}}||{{Harper3}}|| Emily Burke Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Services (1995 to 2014)<br> Alexander, Holburn, Beaudin and Lang (1986 to 1990)<br> Lawson, Lundell, Lawson & McIntosh  (1982 to 1984)<br>Called to bar (1982)
|{{publishedBCSC|Burke}} (~6)
|-
|-
| [[Theodore Davie]] ||1895–1898 || ||
| Martha M. Devlin [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33087.html] ||New Westminster||  {{dts|December 12, 2014}}||{{Harper3}}|| PPSC Crown attorney (1994 to 2014)<br>Called to bar (1994)
|{{publishedBCSC|Devlin}}
 
|-
|-
| [[Matthew Baillie Begbie]] (incumbent Chief Justice of the [[Colony of British Columbia (1866–71)|Colony of British Columbia]] at the time B.C. joined Canada) || 1869–1894|| ||
| Barbara M. Young [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/06/british-columbia-judicial-appointments-announced.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 19, 2015}} ||{{Harper3}}|| Master and Registrar of Bankruptcies  (2006 to 2015)<Br> Berge Horn (2003 to 2006)<br> Kendall Penty & Company (1997 to 2003)<Br> Young Noble & Wirsig (1990 to 1997) <Br>Called to bar (1986)
|}
|{{publishedBCSC|Young}}  (~5)
==Previous Justices Since 1996==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Jurisdiction
! Duration
! Nominated By
! class="unsortable"|Prior Position(s)
|-
|-
|Justice G. Bruce Butler  [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia-692178971.html] || Vancouver || {{dts|March 30, 2007}} - August 31, 2018 ||Stephen Harper|| Harper Grey LLP<br> Called to bar (1980)
| Catherine Murray [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-british-columbia.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|October 20, 2016}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}|| Crown Attorney (1987 to 2016)<Br> Robertson Peck (1986 to 1987)<br>Ramsay Thompson Lampman (1985 to 1986) <Br>Called to bar (1985)
|{{publishedBCSC|Murray}}
|-
|-
|Justice Paul J. Pearlman<ref>{{cite web |title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2008/02/british-columbia-judicial-appointments-announced.html |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref> || || 2008 - ? || Stephen Harper ||  
| Maria Morellato [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/06/the-government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html?wbdisable=true] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 17, 2016}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}|| Mandell Pinder LLP (2009 to 2016)<br>Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (1989 to 2008)<br>Industrial Relations Council<br>Called to bar (1986)
|{{publishedBCSC|Morellato}} (~0)
|-
|-
|Deborah Satanove <Ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223632/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/BC8.html}}</ref>|| || 1996 - || ||  
| Marguerite H. Church [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/06/the-government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html] ||Prince George|| {{dts|June 17, 2016}}|| {{J. Trudeau1}}|| Provincial Court Judge (2011 to 2016)<Br> Cundari Seibel LLP (2003 to 2011)<br> Rogers & Hyslop (1998 to 2002)<br> Department of Asian Legal Studies  (1991 to 1994)<br> Rudd Watts & Stone (1988 to 1989)<Br>Called to bar (1988)
|{{publishedBCSC|Church}} (~8)
|-
|-
|Justice Marion J. Allan || ||1990 - 2012 || ||
| Heather MacNaughton [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-british-columbia.html]  ||Vancouver|| {{dts|October 20, 2016}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}|| Master of Supreme Court (2011 to 2016)<Br> Heather M. MacNaughton and Associates (2010 to 2011)<br> Chair of BC HRT (2000 to 2010)<Br>Ontario HR Board (1995 to 2000)<Br>Lang Michener Lawrence & Shaw (1984 to 1995)<br>Called to bar (1984)
|{{publishedBCSC|Macnaughton}} (~4)
 
|-
|-
|Justice K. F. Arkell|| ||1990 - 1999|| ||
|Michael Tammen [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb0.html]  ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 14, 2017}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}||Sole practitioner (1999 to 2017)<br> Peck and Tammen (? to 1999)<br>Crown Attorney<Br> Robertson Peck Thompson<Br>UBC grad
|{{publishedBCSC|Tammen}} (~2)
|-
|-
|Justice Elizabeth A. Arnold-Bailey <Ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107205141/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2005/doc_31448.html}}</ref>|| ||2005 - 2017|| ||
| Janet Winteringham [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/08/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|August 15, 2017}} ||{{J. Trudeau1}}||Winteringham MacKay Law Corporation<br>JJ McIntyre<br>UBC grad (1991)
|{{publishedBCSC|Winteringham}} (~0)
|-
|-
|Justice Wendy G. Baker|| ||1993 - 2016|| ||
|Palbinder Kaur Shergill [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html] ||New Westminster|| {{dts|June 21, 2017}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}||Shergill & Company <Br> Called to bar (1991)
|{{publishedBCSC|Shergill}} (~5)
|-
|-
|Justice Sandra K. Ballance [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923022829/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30780.html]||  ||2002 - 2016|| ||
| Andrew P. A. Mayer [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/04/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|April 12, 2017}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}|| General Counsel with the Prince Rupert Port Authority
|{{publishedBCSC|Mayer}} (~2)<br>[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/11/the_honourable_andrewpmayersquestionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
|Justice G. M. Barrow [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024222/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_28201.html] ||2001 - 2015|| ||Coffey Quinn and Barrow<br> Called to bar (1981)
| Warren B. Milman [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb0.html][https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/11/the_honourable_warrenbmilmansquestionnaire.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 14, 2017}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}||McCarthy Tétrault LLP
|{{publishedBCSC|Milman}} (~1)<Br>[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/11/the_honourable_warrenbmilmansquestionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
|Justice Robert J. Bauman <ref name="newchief2009" />||1996 - 2008|| ||
|Francesca V. Marzari [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/12/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|December 19, 2017}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}|| Young Anderson Barristers and Solicitors
|{{publishedBCSC|Marzari}} (~2)
|-
|-
|Justice Elizabeth A. Bennett <ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030923010127/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1997/bc2808.html}}</ref> ||1997 - 2009|| ||
|Ward K. Branch [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb.html] ||Vancouver||  {{dts|June 8, 2017}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}|| Branch McMaster LLP
|{{publishedBCSC|Branch}} (~2)
 
|-
|-
|Justice T. Richard M.L. Blair||1992 - 2013|| ||
| W. Paul Riley [https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/3170/prosecutor-riley-named-b-c-supreme-court-judge] ||New Westminster|| {{dts|May 11, 2017}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}|| General Counsel with Public Prosecution Service of Canada (1997 to 2017)
|{{publishedBCSC|Riley}} (~11)<Br>[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/11/the_honourable_wpaulrileysquestionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
|Justice John C. Bouck ||1974 - 2006|| ||
|Carla L. Forth [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb0.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 14, 2017}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}||Guild Yule LLP
|{{publishedBCSC|Forth}} (~1)
|-
|-
|Justice Linda Ann Loo<ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111224130/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/BC13.html}}</ref> || 1996 - || ||  
|Nitya Iyer [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb0.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 14, 2017}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}||Lovett Westmacott
|{{publishedBCSC|Iyre}} (~0)
|-
|-
|Justice Mary-Ellen Boyd ||1990 - 2012|| ||
| Michael J. Brundrett [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 21, 2017}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}||British Columbia Ministry of Justice, Criminal Justice Branch<Br> Called to bar (1992)
|{{publishedBCSC|Brundrett}} (~2)<br>[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/11/the_honourable_michaeljbrundrettsquestionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
|Justice Harry D. Boyle||1982 - 2001|| ||
| E. David Crossin [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/09/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb0.html]||Vancouver|| {{dts|September 29, 2017}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}|| Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP
|{{publishedBCSC|Crossin}} (~9)
 
|-
|-
|Justice Thomas R. Braidwood||1990 - 1996|| ||
|Bill Basran [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/01/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofb.html] ||Vancouver||  {{dts|January 19, 2018}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}|| Regional Director General of the Department of Justice (2007 to 2018)
|{{publishedBCSC|Basran}} (~0)<Br>[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/03/the-honourable-jasvinder-s-bill-basrans-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
 
|-
|-
|Justice Donald I. Brenner||1992 - 2009|| ||
| Diane MacDonald [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof.html] ||Vancouver||{{dts|February 7, 2018}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}||Counsel for B.C. Teachers’ Federation<br>Victory Square Law Office
|{{publishedBCSC|MacDonald}} (~0)<Br>[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/03/the-honourable-diane-macdonalds-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
|Justice David J. Brine<ref>{{cite web|title=BRITISH COLUMBIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2004/11/british-columbia-judicial-appointments-announced.html|accessdate=4 April 2018}}</ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20050829073414/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2004/doc_31306.html]||  ||2004 - 2009|| ||McQuarrie Hunter
|Sharon Matthews [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof0.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|February 22, 2018}} ||{{J. Trudeau1}}|| Partner, Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman
|{{publishedBCSC|Matthews}} (~0)<br>[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/03/the-honourable-sharon-matthews-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
|Justice T. Richard Brooke [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923023524/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25411.html]||  ||2000 - 2011|| ||
|Barbara J. Norell [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof0.html] ||New Westminster|| {{dts|February 22, 2018}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}||Harper Grey (1986 to 2018)<br>Called to bar (1986)
|{{publishedBCSC|Norell}} (~0)<br>[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/04/the-honourable-barbara-j-norells-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
|Justice Catherine J. Bruce|| ||2006 - 2016|| ||
|Wendy A. Baker [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof0.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|February 22, 2018}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}|| Miller Thomson LLP <Br> Called to bar (1993)
|{{publishedBCSC|Baker}} (~0) <br> [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/01/the-honourable-wendy-a-bakers-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
 
|-
|-
|Justice H.A. Callaghan|| ||1978 - 2001|| ||
| Thomas Crabtree [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/05/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html] || Chilliwack || {{dts|May 4, 2018}} || {{J. Trudeau1}}|| Chief Judge, Provincial Court of B.C.
|{{publishedBCSC|Crabtree}} (~0)
 
|-
|-
|Justice D.H. Campbell|| ||1990 - 1996|| ||
|Geoffrey Gomery [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|June 15, 2018}}||{{J. Trudeau1}}|| <Br>Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP (1992 to 2018) <Br>Davis & Company <Br>Called to bar (1984)
|{{publishedBCSC|Gomery}} (~0)<br>[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/02/the-honourable-geoffrey-b-gomerys-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
|Justice Michael I. Catliff || ||1975 - 2003|| ||
|Christopher J. Giaschi [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/08/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html] || Vancouver || August 31, 2018 || {{J. Trudeau1}} || Giaschi & Margolis (1997 to 2018)<br> McEwen Schmitt & Co<br> Called to bar (~1988)
|{{publishedBCSC|Giaschi}} (~0)<br> [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/01/the-honourable-christopher-j-giaschis-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
|Justice Eric G. Chamberlist [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923002545/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/bc18.html] || ||1998 - 2010|| ||Hope, Meinrich<br> Called to bar (1973)
|Veronica Jackson [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/10/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html] || Vancouver || October 9, 2018 ||{{J. Trudeau1}} || Ministry of Attorney General BC<Br>Scurfield Tapper Cuddy <Br>Crown attorney<Br>Called to bar (1993)  
|{{publishedBCSC|Jackson}} (~0)<Br> [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/02/the-honourable-veronica-jacksons-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
|Justice D.L. Clancy|| ||1991 - 2002|| ||
|Steven Wilson [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia-698029521.html]
|Kelowna
| October 19, 2018
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|
|[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/02/the-honourable-steven-wilsons-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
|Justice Bruce I. Cohen|| ||1987 - 2015|| ||
|Dennis K. Hori [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/02/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]
|Kelowna
|February 8, 2019
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Fulton & Company LLP<Br> Called to bar (~1984)
|{{publishedBCSC|hori}} (~0)
|-
|-
|Justice R. Collver|||| 1990 - 2001|| ||
| Amy D. Francis [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/03/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]
|Vancouver
|March 8, 2019
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers LLP<Br> Called to bar (2001)
|{{publishedBCSC|francis}} (~0)
|-
|-
|Justice R.M. Cooper|||| 1990 - 1996|| ||
| Karen F. Douglas [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/03/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]
|Vancouver
|March 8, 2019
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Harper Grey LLP<br> McCarthy Tetrault <br> Called to bar (1989)
|{{publishedBCSC|douglas}} (~0)
|-
|-
|Justice Gerald R. B. Coultas|||| 1988 - 2003|| ||
|Elizabeth McDonald
|Vancouver
|June 4, 2019
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|Justice J. C. Cowan|||| 1988 - 2000|| ||
|David A. Crerar
|Vancouver
|June 25, 2019
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|Justice Austin F. Cullen [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223813/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26080.html] |||| 2001 - 2011|| ||
|Alan M. Ross
|Vancouver
|June 25, 2019
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
 
|
|
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|-
|Justice Victor R. Curtis ||1990 - 2012|| ||
|Sheila Tucker
|Vancouver
|June 25, 2019
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|-
|Justice W.H. Davies <ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223814/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/BC7.html}}</ref>||1982 - 1999|| ||
|Peter H. Edelmann
|Vancouver
|December 20, 2019
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|-
|Justice M. DeWeerdt <ref>{{cite news| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111224850/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/BC9.html}} </ref> ||1996 - 1997|| ||Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories (1981)<Br>General Counsel, Dept of Justice<br> Weerdt, Seale & Finall<Br> Called to bar (1956)
|Andrew Majawa
|Vancouver
|March 16, 2020
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|-
|Justice Risa Evelyn Levine<ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223629/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/BC5.html}}</ref> || 1995 - ? || ||  
|Matthew Taylor
|Vancouver
|March 16, 2020
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
|-
|-
|Justice Gail Dickson||2006 - 2015|| ||
|Sandra Wilkinson
|Vancouver
|May 1, 2020
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|Justice Patrick D. Dohm||1972 - 1995|| ||
|H. William Veenstra
|Vancouver
|June 23, 2020
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|Justice Jacqueline Dorgan|||| 1991 - 2017|| ||
|Lindsay M. Lyster [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2020/06/government-of-canada-announces-a-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia0.html]
|Nelson
|July 3, 2020
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
| Moore Edgar Lyster LLP (2010 to 2020) <Br>British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal<Br> UBC grad (1991)
|{{publishedBCSC|lyster}} (~4)<bR> (2021)
|-
|-
|Justice K. K. Downs|||| 1995 - 2002|| ||
|Simon R. Coval [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2020/12/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-a-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia0.html]
|
|September 2, 2020
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|{{publishedBCSC|coval}} (~0)
|-
|-
|Justice N.A. Drossos||1990 - 2001|| ||
|Jasmin Ahmad
|Vancouver
|September 9, 2020
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|-
|Justice Ian L. Drost||1990 - 2005|| ||
|Ian Caldwell
|Abbotsford
|September 9, 2020
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|-
|Justice E. Robert A. Edwards ||1993 - 2007|| ||
|Ardith Walkem
|Chiliwack
|December 14, 2020
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
|-
|-
|Justice J.L.T. Edwards||1994 - 2000|| ||
|Simon R Coval
|Vancouver
|December 21, 2020
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|-
|Justice R.T. Errico||1990 - 1999|| ||
| F. Matthew Kirchner
|Vancouver
|March 24, 2021
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|-
|Justice William A. Esson||1979 - 1983|| ||
|Julianne K. Lamb [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2021/04/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]
|New Westminster
|April 27, 2021
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|UBC law prof (2014 to 2019)<br>Guild Yule LLP<Br> Called to bar (1994)<br> UofT grad (1993)
|{{publishedBCSC|Lamb}} (~0)
|-
|-
|Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon||2008 - 2015|| ||
|Lauren Blake [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2021/04/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]
|Vancouver
|April 27, 2021
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers<Br>Davis & Co.<Br>Called to bar (1996)<br>UBC grad (1994)
|{{publishedBCSC|Blake}} (~0)
|-
|-
|Justice Barbara Fisher<ref>{{cite web|title=BRITISH COLUMBIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2004/11/british-columbia-judicial-appointments-announced.html|accessdate=4 April 2018}}</ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20050829073414/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2004/doc_31306.html]||2004 - 2017|| ||Blake, Cassels & Graydon
|Jan Brongers [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2021/04/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]
|Vancouver
|April 27, 2021
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|{{publishedBCSC|Brongers}} (~0)
|-
|-
|Justice T.K. Fisher||1990 - 1999|| ||
|Bruce Elwood
|New Westminster
|February 7, 2022
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
|-
|-
|Justice Gregory Fitch<ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228030339/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32653.html}}</ref>  ||2011 - 2015|| Harper || Crown attorney (1985 to 2011)
|John Gibb-Carsley
|New Westminster
|February 7, 2022
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|Justice S. David Frankel||2007 - 2007|| ||
|Baljinder Kaur Girn
|New Westminster
|February 7, 2022
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|-
|Justice G. Peter Fraser ||1989 - 2007|| ||
|Briana Hardwick
|Kelowna
|February 7, 2022
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
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|-
|Justice Nicole J. Garson [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223813/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26080.html] ||2001 - 2009|| ||
|Jacqueline D. Hughes
|Vancouver
|February 7, 2022
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
|-
|-
|Justice Kirsti M. Gill||1991 - 2009|| ||
|K. Michael Stephens
|Vancouver
|February 7, 2022
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
|-
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|Justice Richard Bruce Tremayne Goepel [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024044/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_27774.html] ||2001 - 2013|| || Watson Goepel Maledy<br>Sutton Braidwood
|Michael G. Thomas
|Vancouver
|February 7, 2022
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
|-
|-
|Justice Victoria Gray [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024044/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_27774.html] ||2001 - 2017|| ||   Bull, Housser & Tupper
|Bradford F. Smith [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2023/05/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-a-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]
|Kamloops
|June 1, 2023
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
| Defence counsel (2013 to 2023)<br>PPSC (X to 2013)<br> Called to bar (2000)
|
|-
|-
|Justice Bruce M. Greyell ||May 15, 2009 - November 24, 2017 [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html] || || Counsel with Roper Greyell
|Jennifer Lynn Whately [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2023/08/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]
| Vancouver
| August 14, 2023
| {{J. Trudeau3}}
|BC Securities Commission <br> Called to bar (2004)
|
|-
|-
|Justice Susan Griffin <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof.html}}</ref> ||2008 - 2018|| ||Private practice
|David K. Jones [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2023/08/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-british-columbia.html]
| Vancouver
| August 14, 2023
| {{J. Trudeau3}}
| Campney & Murphy<Br> Called to bar (1995)
|
|-
|-
|Justice Harvey M. Groberman [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024222/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_28201.html] ||2001 - 2008|| || Called to bar (1985)
|Gareth Morley [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023AG0037-000658]
| Victoria
| August 28, 2023
| {{J. Trudeau3}}
| Called to bar (1999)
|
|}
 
==Supernumerary==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! District
! Appointed
! Nominated By
! class="unsortable"|Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
|-
|Justice D.A. Halfyard [https://web.archive.org/web/20031116003023/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/bc0702.html] ||1999 - 2014||Jean Chretien || Halfyard & Wright<br> Called to bar (1973)
|Trevor C. Armstrong [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220035/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32548.html] [https://dyedurham.com/news/bc-law-watch/judicial-appointment-to-new-westminster-bcsc/] ||New Westminster|| October 1, 2010 (Judge) <Br> January 16, 2021 (sup)||{{Harper2}}|| Private Practice<br> Called to bar (1978)
|{{publishedBCSC|armstrong}} (~14)
|-
|-
|Justice H.J. Hamilton||1990 - 1997|| ||
| Harry A. Slade [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225205/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26090.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|March 27, 2001}} (judge)<Br> March 31, 2021 (sup)||{{Chretien2}} || Ratcliff & Company (aboriginal) <Br> Called to bar (1974)
|{{publishedBCSC|Slade}} (~17)
|-
|-
|Justice S. J. Hardinge||1990 - 2000|| ||
| Arne H. Silverman [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2004/11/british-columbia-judicial-appointments-announced.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20050829073414/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2004/doc_31306.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|November 26, 2004}}<Br>November 26, 2019 [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2020/06/government-of-canada-announces-a-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-british-columbia0.html]||{{Martin}}||sole practitioner (criminal) <br>Called to bar (1975)
|{{publishedBCSC|Silverman}} (~77)
 
|-
|-
| Justice David C. Harris <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32720.html}}</ref>  [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041257/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32491.html] ||2010 to 2012|| Stephen Harper || Called to bar (1987)<Br>Hunter Litigation Chambers (2006 to 2010)<Br> Berardino & Harris (2000 to 2006)<Br>Russell & Dumoulin (1986 to 2000)<Br> Called to bar (1987)
|Alison J. Beames [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223524/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/bc11.html] ||Kelowna||  {{dts|August 7, 1996}}||{{Chretien1}}||Salloum, Doak<Br>Milner & Steer <Br>Called to bar (1982)
|{{publishedBCSC|Beames}} (~55)
|-
|-
|Justice Wendy J. Harris <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32904.html}}</ref> ||2013 - 2017|| || Harris & Company (1992 to 2013)
|Barry Michael Davies  [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223814/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/BC7.html] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|January 10, 1996}}||{{Chretien1}}|| Pushor, Mitchell, Davies, Montgomery<Br>Warren, Ladner, Berge & Co<br>McCarthy Tétrault<Br>Called to bar (1979)
|{{publishedBCSC|Davies}} (~83)
|-
|-
|Justice R. Bruce Harvey ||1989 - 2004|| ||
|William Ehrcke [https://web.archive.org/web/20050424032336/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31014.html]  ||Vancouver||{{dts| October 28, 2003}}||{{Chretien3}}|| Crown attorney (1981 to 2003) <br>Called to bar (1980)
|{{publishedBCSC|Ehrcke}} (~170)
|-
|-
| Justice Alexander G. Henderson||1995 - 2003|| ||
|Robert Johnston [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2004/11/british-columbia-judicial-appointments-announced.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20050829073414/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2004/doc_31306.html]  ||Victoria|| {{dts|November 26, 2004}}||{{Martin}}||Cox Taylor
|{{publishedBCSC|Johnston}} (~28)
|-
|-
| Justice Christopher E. Hinkson||2007 - 2010|| ||
| Carol J. Ross [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223813/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26080.html]  ||Vancouver || {{dts|March 21, 2001}} (supernumary as of April 1, 2016)||{{Chretien2}}||Hordo, Ross and Bennett<br> Called to bar (1982)
|{{publishedBCSC|Ross}} (~27)
|-
|-
|Justice Ronald R. Holmes ||1989 - 2009|| ||
| Loryl D. Russell  [https://web.archive.org/web/20050511014133/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2005/doc_31448.html] ||Vancouver || {{dts|April 14, 2005}} || {{Martin}} ||Sole practitioner <br> Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedBCSC|Russell}}
|-
|-
|Justice Sherman W. Hood ||1989 - 2007|| ||
| Catherine A. Wedge [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923004717/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26106.html]  ||Vancouver|| {{dts|April 4, 2001}}||{{Chretien2}}|| Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedBCSC|Wedge}} (~105)
|-
|-
|Justice D.A. Hogarth||1990 - 1996|| ||
|}
 
==Chief Justices of the Supreme Court==
Prior to 1909, when the British Columbia Court of Appeal was established, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was considered the Chief Justice of British Columbia.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Duration
! Nominated By
! class="unsortable"|Prior Position(s)
|-
|-
|Justice R. B. Hunter||1992 - 2002|| ||
|Christopher E. Hinkson [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041257/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32491.html] || 2013–present || ||  
|-
|-
|Justice Robert B. M. Hutchison ||1990 - 2004|| ||
| Robert James Bauman [https://web.archive.org/web/20100302095953/http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=2805] || 2009–2013 || ||
|-
|-
|Justice R.M. J. Hutchinson ||1990 - 2002|| ||
| Donald Brenner|Donald Ian Brenner || 2000–2009|| ||
|-
|-
|Justice Hope Hyslop ||May 15, 2009 - 2017|| ||
| Bryan Williams || 1996–2000|| ||
|-
|-
|Justice Ian B. Josephson||1990 - 2017|| ||
| William A. Esson ||1989–1996  || || Appointed to BCCA
|-
|-
|Justice Brian M. Joyce [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923004717/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_26106.html] ||2001 - 2016|| || Called to Bar (1978)
| Beverley McLachlin || 1988–1989 || ||
|-
|-
|Justice Pamela A. Kirkpatrick ||1992 - 2005|| ||
| Allan McEachern (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1988) || 1979–1988 || ||
|-
|-
|Justice Deborah Kloegman ||1996 - 2014|| ||
| Nathaniel Nemetz (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1979) || 1973–1979 || ||
|-
|-
|Justice M. Marvyn Koenigsberg ||1992 - 2017|| ||
| John Owen Wilson ||1963-1973 || ||
|-
|-
|Justice George Lamperson||1982 - 2006|| ||
| Sherwood Lett (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1963) || 1955–1963 || ||
|-
|-
|Justice C. Ross Lander ||1982 - 2007|| ||
| Wendell Burpee Farris (died 1955) ||1942–?1955  || ||
|-
|-
|Justice Peter D. Leask <Ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822213108/http://justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2005/doc_31734.html}}</ref> ||2005 - 2017|| Paul Martin|| Called to bar (1969)<Br> Leask Bahen
| Aulay MacAulay Morrison || 1929–1942 || ||
|-
|-
|Justice S.M. Leggatt ||1990 - 2000|| ||
| Gordon Hunter || 1902–1929 || ||
|-
|-
|Justice Peter D. Lowry ||1991 - 2003|| ||
| Angus John McColl ||1898–1902 || ||
|-
|Justice Kenneth M. Lysyk ||1983 - 2003|| ||
|-
|Justice Malcolm D. Macaulay [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923003502/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1997/bc15.html] ||1997 - 2015|| ||
|-
|Justice B. D. Macdonald||1982 - 1999|| ||
|-
|Justice Anne W. MacKenzie <ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223903/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/BC10.html}}</ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20140811053530/http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2010/04/26/pm-announces-appointment-new-associate-chief-justice-supreme-court-british-columbia] ||1996 - 2010|| ||
|-
|Justice Frank Maczko||1988 - 2008|| ||
|-
|Justice Donna Jean Martinson [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225130/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/bc0527.html] ||1998 - 2009|| || UBC Professor of law <Br>MacPherson and Associates <bR>Helmer & Martinson<Br> Crown attorney (1973 to 1979)
|-
|Justice Ronald A McKinnon||1990 - 2015|| ||
|-
|Justice Thomas Melnick||1990 - 2015|| ||
|-
|Justice Frederick A. Melvin||1990 - 2006<br>2002 (sup.)[https://web.archive.org/web/20030923022750/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30690.html] || ||
|-
|Justice Robert W. Metzger [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923023524/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25411.html] ||2000 - 2013|| ||
|-
|Justice P.J. Millward||1990 - 1999|| ||
|-
|Justice Nancy Morrison <ref>{{cite news|title=British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223524/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/bc11.html}}</ref> ||1996 - 2011|| ||
|-
|Justice K.C. Murphy ||1990 - 1997|| ||
|-
|Justice Kathryn E. Neilson [https://web.archive.org/web/20031116003023/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/bc0702.html] ||1999 - 2008|| ||
|-
|Justice H.A.D. Oliver ||1990 - 1996|| ||
|-
|Justice Wallace T. Oppal||1985 - 2003|| ||
|-
|Justice Dermod D. Owen-Flood||1987 - 2006|| ||
|-
|Justice Raymond M.P. Paris||1980 - 2005|| ||
|-
|Justice W. Glen Parrett||1990 - 2015|| ||
|-
|Justice Ian H. Pitfield [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923003502/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1997/bc15.html] ||1997-2010|| ||
|-
|Justice Robert E. Powers [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923021459/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/doc_24492.html] ||1999-2013|| || Called to bar (1976)
|-
|Justice Bruce M. Preston ||1987 - 2010|| ||
|-
|Justice Robert A. Prior [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041257/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32491.html] ||2010 - 2010|| || PPSC <br>Called to bar (1997)
|-
|Justice Georgina M. Quijano||1995 - 2005|| ||
|-
|Justice Bryan F. Ralph [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923003908/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1997/bc16.html] ||1997 - 2007|| ||
|-
|Justice Eric Rice [https://web.archive.org/web/20050424025541/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_30948.html] ||2003 - 2011|| ||
|-
|Justice R. Robinson ||1990 - 1997|| ||
|-
|Justice Peter J. Rogers [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024222/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_28201.html] ||2001 - 2017|| || Called to bar (1982)
|-
|Justice Selwyn R. Romilly||1995 - 2015|| ||
|-
|Justice John F. Rowan ||1988 - 2001|| ||
|-
|Justice John E.D. Savage <Ref>{{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>||2008 - 2014|| Harper ||Called to bar (1978)<Br>Crease Harman & Company (1978 to 2008)
|-
|Justice W. B. Scarth ||1990 - 2009|| ||
|-
|Justice W.S. Selbie ||1990 - 1996|| ||
|-
|Justice S. James Shabbits||1992 - 2011|| ||
|-
|Justice Duncan W. Shaw ||1987 - 2007|| ||
|-
|Justice Jon S. Sigurdson ||1994 - 2017|| ||
|-
|Justice Janet A. Sinclair Prowse||1990 - 2009|| ||
|-
|Justice Thimersingh M. Singh||1990 - 2008|| ||
|-
|-
|Justice H.L. Skipp ||1989 - 2001|| ||
| Theodore Davie ||1895–1898 || ||
|-
|-
|Justice William B. Smart||2006 - 2013|| ||
| Matthew Baillie Begbie (incumbent Chief Justice of the Colony of British Columbia at the time B.C. joined Canada) || 1869–1894|| ||
|-
|Justice C. Lynn Smith [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923002830/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/bc20.html] ||1998 - 2012|| ||UBC law professor (1981 to 1997)<br>McCarthy Tétrault (1974 to 1981)
|-
|Justice Daphne M. Smith <ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223643/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/BC14.html}}</ref> ||1996 - 2008|| ||Mair, Jensen, Blair<br>Call to bar (1976)
|-
|Justice J.E. Spencer ||1981 - 1999|| ||
|-
|Justice Allan M. Stewart||1988 - 2011|| ||
|-
|Justice Sunni S. Stromberg-Stein <ref>{{cite news|title=BRITISH COLUMBIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223632/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/BC8.html}}</ref> ||1996 - 2013|| ||
|-
|Justice James D. Taylor||1995 - 2006|| ||
|-
|Justice John D. Truscott [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923022750/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30690.html] ||2002 - 2017|| ||
|-
|Justice M. L. Tyrwhitt-Drake||1990 - 1997|| ||
|-
|Justice David F. Tysoe ||1992 - 2007|| ||
|-
|Justice David H. Vickers ||1991 - 2009|| ||
|-
|Justice Terrance P. Warren ||1991 - 2009|| ||
|-
|Justice C. Warren Wilkinson ||1989 - 2001|| ||
|-
|Justice Peter M. Willcock ||2009 - 2013|| ||
|-
|Justice Paul Williamson ||1994 - 2013|| ||
|-
|Justice Alexander Fraser Wilson<Ref>{{Cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111230108/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/BC4.html}}</ref> ||1994 - 2009|| Jean Chretien || Called to bar (1975)<Br> Silversides, Wilson & Seidemann (1976 to 1995)
|-
|Justice R. Dean Wilson ||1994 - 2011|| ||
|-
|Justice Randall S.K. Wong ||1990 - 2016|| ||
|-
|Justice William G.E. Grist [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223903/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/BC10.html] || 1996 - ? || ||
|-
|Justice James Bauman [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223903/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/BC10.html] || 1996 - ?  || ||
|-
|Peter Walter Lambert Martin [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111224554/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/AL0612.html] || June 12, 1998 - ? || Jean Chretien || Crown Attorney (1978 to 1995) <br> Called to bar (1977)
|-
|Laura B. Gerow [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923022750/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30690.html] || || ||
|-
|James W. Williams [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923022750/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30690.html] || October 11, 2002 - ? || || Called to bar (1985)
|-
|Robert Crawford [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024044/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_27774.html] ||2001 - ?  || ||
|-
| Stephen F. Kelleher [https://web.archive.org/web/20050424025541/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_30948.html] || 2003 - ? || ||  
|}
|}


==Previous Justices Before 1996==
==Previous Justices==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* [[Supreme Court of British Columbia (Previous Justices)]]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Duration
! Nominated By
|-
|D.L. Clancy
| 2002 (sup.)  
|
|}


==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/reg/C/CourtRules/CourtRules221_90/221_90.htm BCSC Rules]
* [http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/reg/C/CourtRules/CourtRules221_90/221_90.htm BCSC Rules]


{{Court Composition}}
==See Also==
* [[Membership of Federal Appointments Committees]]
{{Court Membership}}

Latest revision as of 11:03, 14 May 2024

(~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of Oct 2018, unless otherwise indicated.
This page was last substantively updated or reviewed September 2022. (Rev. # 93081)
See also: Court Membership

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: [omitted (a) and (b)]

(c) the Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $371,400 each; and
(d) the 86 other judges of the Supreme Court, $338,800 each.

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

See also: Supreme Court of British Columbia (Previous Justices)

(Full complement of 90)[1]

Name District Appointed Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Justice Christopher E. Hinkson [2] N/A 8 November 2013 (CJ)
2007 (Judge) 		Harper / MacKay (CPC) (CJ)
Harper (Judge) 		Court of Appeal (2010 to 2013)
Supreme Court (2007 to 2010)
Harper Grey (1976 to 2007)
Called to bar (~1976) 		Published criminal decisions (~14)
(as of the end of 2020)
Associate Chief Justice Heather J. Holmes [3] [4] Vancouver March 21, 2001 (Judge)
June 22, 2018 (ACJ)		 Chrétien / McLellan (Lib) (Judge)
J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) (ACJ)		 McCarthy, Tétrault
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~165)
T. Mark McEwan [5] Nelson August 7, 1996 Chrétien / Rock (Lib) McEwan, Harrison & Co. (1979 to 1996)
Called to bar (1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~117)
(as of the end of December 2022)
David M. Masuhara [6] [7] Vancouver October 11, 2002 Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib) BC Gas Utility Company
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions (~9)
(as of the end of Decembef 2022)
Brenda J. Brown [8] New Westminster April 18, 2002 Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib) Davis & Company (1995 to 2002)
Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~56)
Lance W. Bernard [9] New Westminster July 24, 2003 Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib) Crown attorney
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~52)
J. Miriam Gropper [10] Vancouver April 14, 2005 Martin / Cotler (Lib) Black, Gropper and Company
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~49)
Joel R. Groves [11] Vancouver May 19, 2005 Martin / Cotler (Lib) Supreme court Master (2000 to 2005)
Gillespie Renkema Barnett Broadway (family)
UBC grad 		Published criminal decisions (~4)
[12]
Nathan H. Smith Vancouver May 19, 2005 Martin / Cotler (Lib) Published criminal decisions (~21)
Elliott M. Myers [13] Vancouver November 22, 2005 Martin / Cotler (Lib) Bull Housser Tupper
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~32)
Geoffrey R. J. Gaul [14] Victoria January 31, 2008 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Crown attorney
Called to bar (1989) 		Published criminal decisions (~38)
J. Christopher Grauer [15] Vancouver April 11, 2008 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Dives, Grauer & Harper
Bull, Housser & Tupper, Barristers (1981 to 1999)
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~22)
D. Jane Dardi [16] Vancouver June 18, 2008 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Private practice (etates)
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions (~5)
Kathleen M. Ker [17] New Westminster June 18, 2008 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Crown attorney
private practice
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~33)
Paul W. Walker [18] Vancouver June 18, 2008 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Guild Yule LLP
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~8)
Neill Brown [19] Chilliwack July 30, 2008 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Sole practitioner (1998 to 2008)
Linley Duignan (1978 to 1998)
Called to bar (1975) 		Published criminal decisions (~52)
Elaine J. Adair [20] Vancouver November 28, 2008 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) McCarthy Tétrault LLP (1982 to 2008)
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~14)
Frits E. Verhoeven [21] New Westminster January 22, 2009 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Edwards, Kenny and Bray, LLP (1983 to 2009)
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions (~68)
John S. Harvey [22] New Westminster January 22, 2009 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Herman & Harvey (1991 to 2009)
Boughton Peterson Yang and Anderson (1990 to 1991)
Braidwood and Company (1978 to 1989)
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions (~5)
Robert J. Sewell [23] Vancouver January 22, 2009 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) McCarthy Tétrault (1989 to 2009)
Shrum, Liddle and Hebenton (1972 to 1989)
Called to bar (1972) 		Published criminal decisions (~4)
Terence A. Schultes [24] Vancouver May 14, 2009 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Crown attorney
Called to bar (1987) 		Published criminal decisions (~116)
Robert D. Punnett [25] Victoria June 19, 2009 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Private practice
Called to bar (1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~28)
Gregory T.W. Bowden [26] [27] Vancouver October 2, 2009 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Provincial Court Judge (2004 to 2009)
Private practice (tax)
Called to bar (1971) 		Published criminal decisions (~29)
Brian D. MacKenzie [28] Victoria October 23, 2009 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Provincial Court (1990 to 2009)
Legal Aid (criminal)
Called to bar (1974) 		Published criminal decisions (~40)
Anthony Saunders [29] New Westminster November 26, 2009 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Guild Yule LLP
Called to bar (1985) 		Published criminal decisions (~18)
S. Dev Dley [30] Kamloops March 19, 2010 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Provincial Court (June 23, 2008 to March 19, 2010)
private practice
Called to bar (1979) 		Published criminal decisions (~28)
Miriam A. Maisonville [31] Vancouver March 19, 2010 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Crown attorney (!994 to 2010)
Howard Rubin
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~31)
Shelley C. Fitzpatrick [32] Vancouver June 18, 2010 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Davis LLP (2001 to 2010)
Campney & Murphy (1986 to 2000)
Fillmore & Riley (1982 to 1985)
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~19)
Jennifer A. Power [33] Victoria August 6, 2010 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Crown attorney (1990 to 2010)
Family Maintenance Enforcement (1988 to 1989)
Called to bar (1987) 		Published criminal decisions (~80)
Murray B. Blok [34] New Westminster October 28, 2010 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) registrar of the Supreme Court (2002 to 2010)
Fasken Martineau (1983 to 2002)
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions (~50)
Jeanne E. Watchuk [35] Vancouver October 28, 2010 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Provincial Court
Called to bar (1974) 		Published criminal decisions (~41)
Robert W. Jenkins [36] New Westminster December 31, 2011 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Jenkins Marzban Logan (1994 to 2011)
Fasken Martineau (1986 to 1994)
Campney Murphy (1983 to 1985)
Buell Ellis (1972 to 1983)
Called to bar (1973) 		Published criminal decisions (~39)
Ronald S. Tindale [37] Prince George October 20, 2011 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Provincial Court (2010 to 2011)
Dick Byl Corporation (2010 to 2005)
Traxler Haines (1992 to 2005)
Crown attorney (1990 to 1992)
Heather Sadler Jenkins (1989 to 1990)
Called to bar (1989) 		Published criminal decisions (~71)
D. Allan Betton [38] [39] Kelowna June 24, 2011 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Provincial Court Judge (2007 to 2011) Published criminal decisions (~13)
Gordon C. Weatherill [40] Vancouver May 31, 2012 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Lawson Lundell LLP
Called to bar (1981)
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~40)
John J. Steeves [41] Victoria October 5, 2012 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Sole Practitioner (2003 to 2012)
Steeves & Company (1989 to 2000)
McGrady & Company (1986 to 1989)
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~8)
Robin A. M. Baird [42] Nanaimo October 5, 2012 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Provincial Court Judge (2011 to 2012)

Crown Prosecutor (1990 to 1995, 2004 to 2011)
Green & Claus LLP
Called to bar (1990)

Published criminal decisions (~38)
Gordon S. Funt [43] Vancouver October 5, 2012 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (1984 to 2012)
Called to bar (1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~9)
Kenneth W. Ball [44] New Westminster November 2, 2012 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Provincial Court (2003 to 2012)
DuMoulin Black Brazier and Hall (1977 to 2003)
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions (~42)
Douglas W. Thompson [45] Nanaimo December 13, 2012 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Hatter Thompson Shumka McDonagh
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions
Ronald A. Skolrood [46] Vancouver June 6, 2013 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Lawson Lundell LLP (1987 to 2013)
Called to bar (1988) 		Published criminal decisions (~9)
Lisa A. Warren [47] Vancouver June 6, 2013 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy (1993 to 2007)
Director of Legal Services, Health Employers Association of BC (2007 to 2013)
Called to bar (1991) 		Published criminal decisions
Sheri Ann Donegan [48] Kamloops June 6, 2013 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Provincial Court (2010 to 2012)
Crown Attorney (1998 to 2010)
Mair Jensen Blair (1992 to 1998)
Called to bar (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~35)
Margot L. Fleming [49] Vancouver June 6, 2013 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Somers & Company (1996 to 2013)
Called to bar (1996) 		Published criminal decisions (~5)
Gary P. Weatherill [50] Kelowna October 2, 2013 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Nixon Wenger
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~40)
Nigel P. Kent [51] Vancouver December 19, 2013 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Clark Wilson LLP
Parlee McLaws
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~19)
Neena Sharma [52] Vancouver December 19, 2013 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Ministry of Justice
Called to bar (1992) 		Published criminal decisions (~8)
George Macintosh [53] Vancouver December 19, 2013 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP (1974 to 2013)
Called to bar (1974) 		Published criminal decisions
Jennifer M.I. Duncan [54] Vancouver December 19, 2013 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Crown attorney
Called to bar (1992) 		Published criminal decisions (~54)
(as of the end of December 2021)
Emily M. Burke [55] Vancouver May 13, 2014 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Emily Burke Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Services (1995 to 2014)
Alexander, Holburn, Beaudin and Lang (1986 to 1990)
Lawson, Lundell, Lawson & McIntosh (1982 to 1984)
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Martha M. Devlin [56] New Westminster December 12, 2014 Harper / MacKay (CPC) PPSC Crown attorney (1994 to 2014)
Called to bar (1994) 		Published criminal decisions
Barbara M. Young [57] Vancouver June 19, 2015 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Master and Registrar of Bankruptcies (2006 to 2015)
Berge Horn (2003 to 2006)
Kendall Penty & Company (1997 to 2003)
Young Noble & Wirsig (1990 to 1997)
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~5)
Catherine Murray [58] Vancouver October 20, 2016 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Crown Attorney (1987 to 2016)
Robertson Peck (1986 to 1987)
Ramsay Thompson Lampman (1985 to 1986)
Called to bar (1985) 		Published criminal decisions
Maria Morellato [59] Vancouver June 17, 2016 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Mandell Pinder LLP (2009 to 2016)
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (1989 to 2008)
Industrial Relations Council
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Marguerite H. Church [60] Prince George June 17, 2016 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Provincial Court Judge (2011 to 2016)
Cundari Seibel LLP (2003 to 2011)
Rogers & Hyslop (1998 to 2002)
Department of Asian Legal Studies (1991 to 1994)
Rudd Watts & Stone (1988 to 1989)
Called to bar (1988) 		Published criminal decisions (~8)
Heather MacNaughton [61] Vancouver October 20, 2016 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Master of Supreme Court (2011 to 2016)
Heather M. MacNaughton and Associates (2010 to 2011)
Chair of BC HRT (2000 to 2010)
Ontario HR Board (1995 to 2000)
Lang Michener Lawrence & Shaw (1984 to 1995)
Called to bar (1984) 		Published criminal decisions (~4)
Michael Tammen [62] Vancouver June 14, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Sole practitioner (1999 to 2017)
Peck and Tammen (? to 1999)
Crown Attorney
Robertson Peck Thompson
UBC grad 		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Janet Winteringham [63] Vancouver August 15, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Winteringham MacKay Law Corporation
JJ McIntyre
UBC grad (1991) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Palbinder Kaur Shergill [64] New Westminster June 21, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Shergill & Company
Called to bar (1991) 		Published criminal decisions (~5)
Andrew P. A. Mayer [65] Vancouver April 12, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) General Counsel with the Prince Rupert Port Authority Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judicial Questionnaire
Warren B. Milman [66][67] Vancouver June 14, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) McCarthy Tétrault LLP Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judicial Questionnaire
Francesca V. Marzari [68] Vancouver December 19, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Young Anderson Barristers and Solicitors Published criminal decisions (~2)
Ward K. Branch [69] Vancouver June 8, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Branch McMaster LLP Published criminal decisions (~2)
W. Paul Riley [70] New Westminster May 11, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) General Counsel with Public Prosecution Service of Canada (1997 to 2017) Published criminal decisions (~11)
Judicial Questionnaire
Carla L. Forth [71] Vancouver June 14, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Guild Yule LLP Published criminal decisions (~1)
Nitya Iyer [72] Vancouver June 14, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Lovett Westmacott Published criminal decisions (~0)
Michael J. Brundrett [73] Vancouver June 21, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) British Columbia Ministry of Justice, Criminal Justice Branch
Called to bar (1992) 		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judicial Questionnaire
E. David Crossin [74] Vancouver September 29, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP Published criminal decisions (~9)
Bill Basran [75] Vancouver January 19, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Regional Director General of the Department of Justice (2007 to 2018) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judicial Questionnaire
Diane MacDonald [76] Vancouver February 7, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Counsel for B.C. Teachers’ Federation
Victory Square Law Office 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judicial Questionnaire
Sharon Matthews [77] Vancouver February 22, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Partner, Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judicial Questionnaire
Barbara J. Norell [78] New Westminster February 22, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Harper Grey (1986 to 2018)
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judicial Questionnaire
Wendy A. Baker [79] Vancouver February 22, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Miller Thomson LLP
Called to bar (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judicial Questionnaire
Thomas Crabtree [80] Chilliwack May 4, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Chief Judge, Provincial Court of B.C. Published criminal decisions (~0)
Geoffrey Gomery [81] Vancouver June 15, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)
Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP (1992 to 2018)
Davis & Company
Called to bar (1984) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judicial Questionnaire
Christopher J. Giaschi [82] Vancouver August 31, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Giaschi & Margolis (1997 to 2018)
McEwen Schmitt & Co
Called to bar (~1988) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judicial Questionnaire
Veronica Jackson [83] Vancouver October 9, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Ministry of Attorney General BC
Scurfield Tapper Cuddy
Crown attorney
Called to bar (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judicial Questionnaire
Steven Wilson [84] Kelowna October 19, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Judicial Questionnaire
Dennis K. Hori [85] Kelowna February 8, 2019 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Fulton & Company LLP
Called to bar (~1984) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Amy D. Francis [86] Vancouver March 8, 2019 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers LLP
Called to bar (2001) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Karen F. Douglas [87] Vancouver March 8, 2019 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Harper Grey LLP
McCarthy Tetrault
Called to bar (1989) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Elizabeth McDonald Vancouver June 4, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
David A. Crerar Vancouver June 25, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Alan M. Ross Vancouver June 25, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Sheila Tucker Vancouver June 25, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Peter H. Edelmann Vancouver December 20, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Andrew Majawa Vancouver March 16, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Matthew Taylor Vancouver March 16, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Sandra Wilkinson Vancouver May 1, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
H. William Veenstra Vancouver June 23, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Lindsay M. Lyster [88] Nelson July 3, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Moore Edgar Lyster LLP (2010 to 2020)
British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
UBC grad (1991) 		Published criminal decisions (~4)
(2021)
Simon R. Coval [89] September 2, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Jasmin Ahmad Vancouver September 9, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Ian Caldwell Abbotsford September 9, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Ardith Walkem Chiliwack December 14, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Simon R Coval Vancouver December 21, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
F. Matthew Kirchner Vancouver March 24, 2021 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Julianne K. Lamb [90] New Westminster April 27, 2021 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) UBC law prof (2014 to 2019)
Guild Yule LLP
Called to bar (1994)
UofT grad (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Lauren Blake [91] Vancouver April 27, 2021 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers
Davis & Co.
Called to bar (1996)
UBC grad (1994) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Jan Brongers [92] Vancouver April 27, 2021 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Bruce Elwood New Westminster February 7, 2022 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
John Gibb-Carsley New Westminster February 7, 2022 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Baljinder Kaur Girn New Westminster February 7, 2022 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Briana Hardwick Kelowna February 7, 2022 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Jacqueline D. Hughes Vancouver February 7, 2022 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
K. Michael Stephens Vancouver February 7, 2022 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Michael G. Thomas Vancouver February 7, 2022 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Bradford F. Smith [93] Kamloops June 1, 2023 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Defence counsel (2013 to 2023)
PPSC (X to 2013)
Called to bar (2000)
Jennifer Lynn Whately [94] Vancouver August 14, 2023 J. Trudeau / Virani (Lib) BC Securities Commission
Called to bar (2004)
David K. Jones [95] Vancouver August 14, 2023 J. Trudeau / Virani (Lib) Campney & Murphy
Called to bar (1995)
Gareth Morley [96] Victoria August 28, 2023 J. Trudeau / Virani (Lib) Called to bar (1999)

Supernumerary

Name District Appointed Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Trevor C. Armstrong [97] [98] New Westminster October 1, 2010 (Judge)
January 16, 2021 (sup)		 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Private Practice
Called to bar (1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~14)
Harry A. Slade [99] Vancouver March 27, 2001 (judge)
March 31, 2021 (sup)		 Chrétien / McLellan (Lib) Ratcliff & Company (aboriginal)
Called to bar (1974) 		Published criminal decisions (~17)
Arne H. Silverman [100] [101] Vancouver November 26, 2004
November 26, 2019 [102]		 Martin / Cotler (Lib) sole practitioner (criminal)
Called to bar (1975) 		Published criminal decisions (~77)
Alison J. Beames [103] Kelowna August 7, 1996 Chrétien / Rock (Lib) Salloum, Doak
Milner & Steer
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~55)
Barry Michael Davies [104] Vancouver January 10, 1996 Chrétien / Rock (Lib) Pushor, Mitchell, Davies, Montgomery
Warren, Ladner, Berge & Co
McCarthy Tétrault
Called to bar (1979) 		Published criminal decisions (~83)
William Ehrcke [105] Vancouver October 28, 2003 Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib) Crown attorney (1981 to 2003)
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~170)
Robert Johnston [106] [107] Victoria November 26, 2004 Martin / Cotler (Lib) Cox Taylor Published criminal decisions (~28)
Carol J. Ross [108] Vancouver March 21, 2001 (supernumary as of April 1, 2016) Chrétien / McLellan (Lib) Hordo, Ross and Bennett
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~27)
Loryl D. Russell [109] Vancouver April 14, 2005 Martin / Cotler (Lib) Sole practitioner
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions
Catherine A. Wedge [110] Vancouver April 4, 2001 Chrétien / McLellan (Lib) Called to bar (1981) Published criminal decisions (~105)

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court

Prior to 1909, when the British Columbia Court of Appeal was established, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was considered the Chief Justice of British Columbia.

Name Duration Nominated By Prior Position(s)
Christopher E. Hinkson [111] 2013–present
Robert James Bauman [112] 2009–2013
Donald Ian Brenner 2000–2009
Bryan Williams 1996–2000
William A. Esson 1989–1996 Appointed to BCCA
Beverley McLachlin 1988–1989
Allan McEachern (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1988) 1979–1988
Nathaniel Nemetz (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1979) 1973–1979
John Owen Wilson 1963-1973
Sherwood Lett (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1963) 1955–1963
Wendell Burpee Farris (died 1955) 1942–?1955
Aulay MacAulay Morrison 1929–1942
Gordon Hunter 1902–1929
Angus John McColl 1898–1902
Theodore Davie 1895–1898
Matthew Baillie Begbie (incumbent Chief Justice of the Colony of British Columbia at the time B.C. joined Canada) 1869–1894

Previous Justices


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