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==Districts==
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="5" |Regions [http://www.ontariocourts.ca/scj/locations/|website=Superior Court of Justice]
|-
!Fraser Region
!Interior Region
!Northern Region
!Vacouver Region
!Vancouver Island Region
|-
|
<!--Fraser Region: -->
* Chilliwack
* New Westminster
* Abbotsford
* Port Coquitlam
* Surrey
|
<!--Interior Region:-->
* Golden
* Grand Forks
* Invermere
* Kamloops
* Lillooet
* Merritt
* Nakusp
* Nelson
* Penticton
* Princeton
* Revelstoke
* Rossland
* Salmon Arm
* Sparwood
* Vernon
* Castlegar
* Clearwater
* Cranbrook
* Creston
* Fernie
|
<!--Northern Region:-->
* Terrace
* Tumbler Ridge
* Valemount
* Vanderhoof
* Williams Lake
* 100 Mile House
* Anahim Lake
* Burns Lake
* Chetwynd
* Dawson Creek
* Fort Nelson
* Fort St. James
* Fort St. John
* Fraser Lake
* Hazelton
* Houston
* Kitimat
* Kwadacha
* MacKenzie
* Masset
* McBride
* Prince George
* Prince Rupert
* Queen Charlotte City
* Quesnel
* Smithers
|
<!--Vancouver:-->
* North Vancouver
* Pemberton
* Richmond
* Sechelt
|
<!--Vancouver Island Region:-->
* Campbell River
* Courtenay
* Duncan
* Nanaimo
* Port Alberni
* Port Hardy
* Western Communities
|}


== Current Justices ==
== Current Justices ==


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="4" |'''Office of the Chief Judge'''
! colspan="6" |'''Office of the Chief Judge'''
|-
|-
!Name
!Name
! Jurisdiction
!Date Appointed
!Date Appointed
! Appointed By
! Appointed By
! Prior Position(s)
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
|-
|  Chief Justice ''Vacant''|| || ||
| Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0080-002036] [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/nine-new-judges-appointed-to-courtrooms-across-bc] [http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-04-10-2016] ||{{NA}} || {{dts|February, 2012}} (judge)|| Liberal|| Crown Counsel <br> Called to bar (1991)|| {{publishedBCPC|gillespie}} (~10)
|-
|-
| Associate Chief / Acting Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie <ref name="news.gov.bc.ca">{{cite web|title=Nine new judges appointed to courtrooms across B.C.|url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/nine-new-judges-appointed-to-courtrooms-across-bc|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="2006Assoc">{{cite news |title=Court welcomes new Associate Chief Judges |url=http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-04-10-2016 |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>|| {{dts|February, 2012}} (judge)|| || Crown Counsel
| Associate Chief Judge Susan Wishart <[http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-04-10-2016] ||{{NA}}|| 2009 (Judge) <Br>May 15, 2016 (ACJ) || Liberal|| Private practice (criminal) (1999 to 2009)|| {{publishedBCPC|Wishart}} (~2)
|-
|-
| Associate Chief Judge Susan Wishart <ref name="2006Assoc"/>|| 2009 (Judge) <Br>May 15, 2016 (ACJ) || Liberal|| Private practice (criminal) (1999 to 2009)
| Paul Dohm [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2005ag0035-001062.htm] || Lower Mainland
|-
|{{dts|December 2, 2005}} ||Liberal ||Crown Counsel<Br> Called to bar (1990)
| Judge Nancy Adams<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/Announcements/Announcement-Mar-10-17%20Appointment%20of%20Judge%20Adams.pdf |title=Appointment of Judge |publisher=Provincial Court of British Columbia |date=March 10, 2017}}</ref> || {{dts|March 21, 2017}} || Liberal|| Crown attorney<br> Private practice
|{{publishedBCPC|Dohm}} (~17)
|}
|}


===Fraser===
===Fraser===


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |'''Fraser Region'''
! colspan="6" |'''Fraser Region'''
|-
|-
! Name
! Name
! Jurisdiction
! Date Appointed
! Date Appointed
! Appointed By
! Appointed By
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! Other Details
! Other Details
|-
|-
| Judge Robert Hamilton (Regional Administrative Judge) <ref name="https">{{cite news |title=Five appointed to Provincial Court of B.C. |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/five-appointed-to-provincial-court-of-bc |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>|| || ||
| Robert Hamilton (Regional Administrative Judge) [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/five-appointed-to-provincial-court-of-bc] || South Fraser/Surrey ||August 8, 2011|| Liberal || Lindsay Kenney LLP<Br> Called to bar (~1992)
|{{publishedBCPC|hamilton}}
|{{publishedBCPC|hamilton}} (~11)
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|-
| Daniel Steinberg [https://issuu.com/cbabc/docs/20130411153405061]|| || Sept 1994 || || Private practice (1974 to 1994)
|{{publishedBCPC|Steinberg}} (~30)


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|-
| Therese Alexander|| ||1996 || NDP || Stone and Alexander (civil)
| {{publishedBCPC|Alexander}} (~29)
|-
| Wendy Young [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/1996/9610oct/68judge.asp] || Chilliwack ||{{dts|October 30, 1996}} ||NDP ||Crown counsel <Br> Called to bar (1977)
|{{publishedBCPC|Young}} (~36)
|-
| Gary I. Cohen [http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/Gary_Cohen] ||  ||1999 || NDP || private practice (family)
|{{publishedBCPC|Cohen}} (~8)
|-
| Shehni Dossa [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/2000/mar2000/0010.asp] || Port Coquitlam  ||{{dts|March 10, 2000}} ||NDP ||Hean Wylie & Company<br>Called to bar (1983)
|{{publishedBCPC|Dossa}} (~40)
|-
| Kenneth Dennis Skilnick [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2003ag0011-000092.htm] ||  || {{dts|Jan. 22, 2003}} || Liberal|| Community Legal Services<Br> Called to bar (1980)
|{{publishedBCPC|Dennis}} (~1)
|-
|-
| Judge Therese Alexander|| 1996 || NDP || Stone and Alexander (civil)
| Donald Gardner [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2005ag0035-001062.htm] || Abbotsford
| {{publishedBCPC|Alexander}}
|Nov. 18, 2005 ||Liberal ||private practice (criminal)<br>Called to bar (1979)
|{{publishedBCPC|Gardner}} (~64)
|-
|-
| Judge Kimberley Arthur-Leung <ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE APPOINTED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2008ag0011-000316.htm |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>|| March 31, 2008 || || Private practice
| Daniel Weatherly  [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2005ag0016-000351.htm ] || Prince George || {{dts|March 24, 2005}} || Liberal || Private practice (criminal)<br>Called to bar (1986)
| {{publishedBCPC|Arthur-Leung}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Weatherly}} (~6)
|-
|-
| Judge Dawn Boblin <ref name="news.gov.bc_2017AG0033-001827">{{cite web|url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0033-001827 |title=B.C. appoints three provincial court judges |work=BC Gov News |date=October 30, 2017}}</ref>|| {{dts|November 6, 2017}} ||Liberal ||
| Kimberley Arthur-Leung [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2008ag0011-000316.htm] || Lower Mainland ||March 31, 2008 ||Liberal || Private practice<Br> Called to bar (1989)
|{{publishedBCPC|Boblin}}
| {{publishedBCPC|Arthur-Leung}} (~27)
|-
|-
| Judge Patricia Bond <ref name="news.gov.bc.ca"/>|| February 27, 2012|| Liberal||North Shore Law LLP
| Patricia Janzen [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/nine-new-judges-appointed-to-courtrooms-across-bc] || ||{{dts|February 21, 2012}} || Liberal ||Labour Relations Board<br>Human Rights Tribunal <Br>Canadian Human Rights Commission
|{{publishedBCPC|Bond}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Janzen}} (~11)
|-
|-
| Judge Gregory John Brown<ref name="news.gov.bc.ca"/>||{{dts|February 16, 2012}} || || McEachern, Harris and Brown (family and civil)
| Gregory John Brown [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/nine-new-judges-appointed-to-courtrooms-across-bc]|| Abbotsford  ||{{dts|February 16, 2012}} ||Liberal  || McEachern, Harris and Brown (family and civil)
|{{publishedBCPC|Brown}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Brown}}
|-
|-
| Judge Richard Browning <ref name="Oct2014">{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints two provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-1 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>
| Patricia Bond [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/nine-new-judges-appointed-to-courtrooms-across-bc]||  ||February 27, 2012|| Liberal||North Shore Law LLP
| October 30, 2014 
|{{publishedBCPC|Bond}} (~0)
|-
| Garth Smith [https://www.cbabc.org/News-Media/In-The-Media/2012/B-C-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-proj] [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects] [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects] ||
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}}
| Liberal
| Liberal
|
|PPSC Crown<Br>Called to bar (1990)
|{{publishedBCPC|Browning}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Smith}}
|-
| Andrea Brownstone [https://www.cbabc.org/News-Media/In-The-Media/2012/B-C-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-proj] [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects] ||
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}}
| {{Clark1}}
| Law Society BC (2005 to 2012) <Br>Called to bar (~1979)
|{{publishedBCPC|Brownstone}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Andrea Brownstone<ref name="Dec2012">{{cite news |title=B.C. APPOINTS NEW JUDGES AND ANNOUNCES BACKLOG PROJECTS |url=https://www.cbabc.org/News-Media/In-The-Media/2012/B-C-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-proj |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Dec2012(2)">{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints new judges and announces backlog projects |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref>
| James Sutherland [https://www.cbabc.org/News-Media/In-The-Media/2012/B-C-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-proj] [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects] [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects]||
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}}
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}}
| Liberal
| Liberal
|
| Sutherland Jette Barristers (criminal)<Br>Called to bar (1990)
|{{publishedBCPC|Brownstone}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Sutherland}} (~17)
|-
|-
| Judge Valliammai Chettiar<ref>{{cite news |title=udge’s appointment makes news around the world |url=http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-24-01-2017 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>
| Steven Point [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges] ||  Abbotsford  ||{{dts|February 20, 2014}} ||Liberal || BC's Lieutenant Governor (2007 to 2012)<Br> Chief Commissioner of BC Treaty Process (2005 to 2007) <Br>Provincial Court Judge (1999 to 2005)<br>Point and Shirley Law Firm (1986 and 1989) (criminal)
|{{dts|January 24, 2017}}  
|{{publishedBCPC|Point}} (~9)
|Liberal
|In-House counsel<br>private practice
|{{publishedBCPC|Chettiar}}
|-
|-
| Judge Gary Cohen<ref>{{cite web |title=Gary Cohen |url=http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/Gary_Cohen |website=Clicklaw Books |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>|| 1999 || NDP || private practice (family)
| Richard Browning [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-1]  ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Cohen}}
| October 30, 2014 
| Liberal
| Sole practitioner<br> Called to bar (~1990)
|{{publishedBCPC|Browning}} (~29)
|-
|-
| Judge Pedro de Couto (Senior Judge)|| {{dts|January 2, 1998}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Resume of Orders in Council Volume 24, Number 31 |url=http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/oic/1997/resume31.htm |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref> || NDP ||
| Edna Ritchie [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-2] || ||{{dts|March 18, 2015}} ||Liberal || Fraser and Company <Br>Hope Heinrich<br>Called to bar (~1980)
|{{publishedBCPC|Couto}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Ritchie}} (~4)
|-
|-
| Judge Paul Dohm<ref name="archive.news.gov.bc.ca">{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES APPOINTED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2005ag0035-001062.htm |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>
| Kathryn Ferriss [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0181-001190] || ||{{dts|July 25, 2015}} ||Liberal || legal aid (family)
|{{dts|December 2, 2005}} ||Liberal ||Crown Counsel
|{{publishedBCPC|Ferriss}} (~0)
|{{publishedBCPC|Dohm}}
|-
|-
| Judge Shehni Dossa <ref name="Mar2000">{{cite news |title=Four Judges Appointed |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/2000/mar2000/0010.asp |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>||{{dts|March 10, 2000}} ||Liberal ||Hean Wylie & Company
| Jay Solomon [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0181-001190] || ||{{dts|July 27, 2015}} ||Liberal || Private practice (criminal) <Br>Called to bar (1990)
|{{publishedBCPC|Dossa}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Solomon}} (~6)
|-
|-
| Judge Kathryn Ferriss<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints five provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0181-001190 |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>||{{dts|July 25, 2015}} ||Liberal || legal aid (family)
| Deanne Gaffar [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2013-2017/2015JAG0293-001993.htm] ||  ||{{dts|December 4, 2015}}||Liberal || private practice (criminal)<Br> UBC (1993)
|{{publishedBCPC|Ferriss}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Gaffar}} (~9)
|-
|-
| Judge Deanne Gaffar <ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints new provincial court judges |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2013-2017/2015JAG0293-001993.htm |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>|| {{dts|December 4, 2015}}||Liberal || private practice (criminal)
| Alexander Wolf [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2013-2017/2015JAG0293-001993.htm] || ||{{dts|December 7, 2015}} ||Liberal || Private practice (2004 to 2015)<br>Crown attorney<Br>Dalhousie (1993)
|{{publishedBCPC|Gaffar}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Wolf}} (~34)
|-
|-
| Judge Donald Gardner<ref name="archive.news.gov.bc.ca"/>
| Eugene Jamieson [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0309-002128] || || {{dts|February 24, 2016}}|| Liberal ||legal officer for Office of Chief Provincial Court Judge
|Nov. 18, 2005 ||Liberal ||private practice (criminal)
|{{publishedBCPC|Jamieson}} (~0)
|{{publishedBCPC|Gardner}}
|-
|-
| Judge Gurmail Gill<ref>{{cite news |title=Provincial Court salutes outgoing Associate Chief Judges |url=http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-20-09-2016 |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>|| 1994 (Judge)<Br>2009 to 2016 (ACJ) || NDP (Judge)<br>Liberal (ACJ) ||
| Robert Gunnell [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0017-001017] || ||June 27, 2016 || Liberal || Findlay Gunnell Sandor (criminal) (1998 to 2016)  
|{{publishedBCPC|Gill}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Gunnell}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Peder Gulbransen (Senior Judge)<Br>(Abbotsford)||{{Dts|July 18, 2003}} || Liberal || Crown Counsel (1982 to 2003)<Br> Bate & Co <Br> Community Law Centre
| Robin McQuillan  [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0024-001350] || ||{{dts|August 15, 2016}} || Liberal ||sole practitioner (family) <br> Called to bar (~1990)
|{{publishedBCPC|Gulbransen}}
|{{publishedBCPC|McQuillan}} (~8)
|-
|-
| Judge Robert Gunnell <ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints three provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0017-001017 |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>||June 27, 2016 || Liberal || Findlay Gunnell Sandor (criminal) (1998 to 2016)  
| Peter La Prairie [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2013-2017/2016JAG0042-002739.htm] ||  ||{{dts|January 16, 2017}}|| Liberal || PPSC Crown <br> Called to bar (~1991)
|{{publishedBCPC|Gunnell}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Prairie}} (~1)
|-
|-
| Judge Brent Hoy (Senior Judge)|| || ||
| Valliammai Chettiar [http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-24-01-2017] ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Hoy}}
|{{dts|January 24, 2017}}
|Liberal
|In-House counsel<br>private practice
|{{publishedBCPC|Chettiar}} (~7)
|-
|-
| Judge Delaram Jahani <ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints two provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0047-002046 |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>|| {{dts|December 12, 2017}} || Liberal|| Boyd Jahani Barristers (2003 to 2017)
| Patricia Stark [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739] || ||{{dts|January 30, 2017}} ||Liberal ||Sole practitioner (2002 to 2017)<Br>Crown counsel (1992 to 2002)
|{{publishedBCPC|Jahani}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Stark}} (~1)
|-
|-
| Judge Eugene Jamieson<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints three new provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0309-002128 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> || {{dts|February 24, 2016}}|| Liberal ||legal officer for Office of Chief Provincial Court Judge
| Dawn Boblin [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0033-001827] || Fraser Region ||{{dts|November 6, 2017}} ||NDP|| Crown attorney <br>Called to bar (~1993)
|{{publishedBCPC|Jamieson}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Boblin}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Patricia Janzen<ref name="news.gov.bc.ca"/> ||{{dts|February 21, 2012}} || Liberal ||Labour Relations Board<br>Human Rights Tribunal <Br>Canadian Human Rights Commission
| Andrea Ormiston [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0033-001827]||  ||{{dts|November 6, 2017}} ||NDP|| Crown attorney <br>Called to bar (~2002) || {{publishedBCPC|Ormiston}} (~1)
|{{publishedBCPC|Janzen}}
|-
|-
| Judge Mark Jette <ref name="news.gov.bc_2017AG0033-001827"/>|| {{dts|November 10, 2017}} ||Liberal ||
| Mark Jette [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0033-001827]|| Fraser Region ||{{dts|November 10, 2017}} ||NDP||Sutherland Jetté Barristers (criminal) <Br>Called to bar (~1991)
|{{publishedBCPC|Jette}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Jette}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Peter La Prairie [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2013-2017/2016JAG0042-002739.htm] || {{dts|January 16, 2017}}||   || PPSC Crown
| Delaram Jahani [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0047-002046] ||  ||{{dts|December 12, 2017}} || NDP|| Boyd Jahani Barristers (2003 to 2017) <br> Called to bar (~1998)
|{{publishedBCPC|Prairie}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Jahani}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Robin McQuillan <ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints two new provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0024-001350 |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>||{{dts|August 15, 2016}} || Liberal ||sole practitioner (family)
|Kristen Mundstock [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Mar-08-18%20New%20Judges%20Appointed.pdf]
|{{publishedBCPC|McQuillan}}
| Fraser Region
| March 12, 2018
| NDP
| Patten, MacDonald and Crabtree<Br> Queen's grad (1993)
|
|-
|-
| Judge Richard Miller (Senior Judge)|| || ||
|Judge Diana Dorey [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0012-000439] || Fraser Region|| April 9, 2018 || NDP || Dolden Wallace Folick <Br>Davis & Company<br>Called to bar (~1991)<Br>UBC grad (1990)||
|{{publishedBCPC|Miller}}
|-
|-
| Judge Andrea Ormiston<ref name="news.gov.bc_2017AG0033-001827"/>|| {{dts|November 6, 2017}} ||Liberal  ||
|Anja Brown [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Jun-28-18%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Brown,%20MacDonald%20and%20Thomas.pdf]
| Port Coquitlam
|July 3, 2018
| NDP
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge Steven Point<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints two provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>|| {{dts|February 20, 2014}} || || BC's Lieutenant Governor (2007 to 2012)<Br> Chief Commissioner of BC Treaty Process (2005 to 2007) <Br>Provincial Court Judge (1999 to 2005)<br>Point and Shirley Law Firm (1986 and 1989) (criminal)
|Trudy Macdonald [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Jun-28-18%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Brown,%20MacDonald%20and%20Thomas.pdf]
|{{publishedBCPC|Point}}
| Fraser Region
|July 3, 2018
|NDP
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge Deirdre Pothecary (Senior Judge)|| || ||
|Judge David Albert [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0077-001939]
|{{publishedBCPC|Pothecary}}
| Surrey
|October 25, 2018
| NDP
|Private practice<br>PPSC Crown <Br>Squamish Nation <Br>Called to bar (1994)
|{{publishedBCPC|Albert}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Edna Ritchie<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints two Provincial Court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-2 |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>||{{dts|March 18, 2015}} ||Liberal ||
|Judge Georgia Docolas [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0077-001939]
|{{publishedBCPC|Ritchie}}
| Surrey
|October 25, 2018
|NDP
|Private practice<Br>Crown attorney<br> Altman Kahn Zack<br> Called to bar (1992)
|{{publishedBCPC|docolas}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Jill Rounthwaite (currently sitting part-time)|| || ||
|Judge Jennifer Lopes [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0077-001939]
|{{publishedBCPC|Rounthwaite}}
| Surrey
|October 22, 2018
|NDP
|Crown attorney<br>Called to bar (1999)
|{{publishedBCPC|lopes}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Kenneth Dennis Skilnick [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2003ag0011-000092.htm] || {{dts|Jan. 22, 2003}} || || Called to bar (1980)
|Judge Craig Sicotte [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0077-001939]
|{{publishedBCPC|Dennis}}
| Surrey
|Oct. 29, 2018
|NDP
| Bull, Housser & Tupper (criminal)<Br>Legal Aid<Br> Called to bar (1991)
|{{publishedBCPC|sicotte}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Garth Smith<ref name="Dec2012" /><ref name="Dec2012(2)" />
|David Silverman [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019AG0043-000923]
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}}
|Surrey
| Liberal
|2019
|NDP
|Private practice (criminal) (1993 to 2017) <br> Called to bar (1991)<br> UBC grad (1991)
|
|
|{{publishedBCPC|Smith}}
|-
|-
| Judge Jay Solomon<ref name="ReferenceA"/> || {{dts|July 27, 2015}} ||Liberal || Private practice (criminal)
|T. Dion [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019AG0043-000923]
|{{publishedBCPC|Solomon}}
|Port Coquitlam
|2019
|NDP
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge Patricia Stark<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints seven provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> ||{{dts|January 30, 2017}} ||Liberal ||Sole practitioner (2002 to 2017)<Br>Crown counsel (1992 to 2002)<Br>
|Emmet Duncan [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/Announcements/2020/Announcement%2021-12-2020%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Davis,%20Duncan,%20Reeves%20and%20Vandor.pdf]
|{{publishedBCPC|Stark}}
| Surrey
|2020
|NDP
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge Daniel Steinberg|| || ||
|Satinder Sidhu [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020AG0019-000377]
|{{publishedBCPC|Steinberg}}
|Surrey
|2020
|NDP
| Crown attorney <Br> Called to Bar (1996)
|
|-
|-
| Judge James Sutherland<ref name="Dec2012" /><ref name="Dec2012(2)" />
|Jeffrey Campbell [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020AG0019-000377]
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}}
|Coquitlam
| Liberal
|2020
|NDP
|
|
|
|{{publishedBCPC|Sutherland}}
|-
|-
| Judge Daniel Weatherly<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE APPOINTED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2005ag0016-000351.htm |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref> || {{dts|March 24, 2005}} || Liberal || Private practice (criminal)
|Andrea Davis [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/Announcements/2020/Announcement%2021-12-2020%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Davis,%20Duncan,%20Reeves%20and%20Vandor.pdf]
|{{publishedBCPC|Weatherly}}
| Surrey
|2020
|NDP
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge Alexander Wolf<ref name="ReferenceB"/> || {{dts|December 7, 2015}} ||Liberal || Private practice (2004 to 2015)<br>Crown attorney
|Dunn
|{{publishedBCPC|Wolf}}
|Fraser
|July 27, 2021
|
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge Thomas Woods (Senior Judge)|| || ||
|Christopher Churchill [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024AG0006-000141]
|{{publishedBCPC|Woods}}
|
|March 21, 2024
|
|-
|-
| Judge Wendy Young [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/1996/9610oct/68judge.asp] || {{dts|October 30, 1996}} || ||Crown counsel <Br> Called to bar (1977)
|Colleen Elden [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024AG0006-000141]
|{{publishedBCPC|Young}}
|
|March 4, 2024
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|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |'''Interior'''
! colspan="6" |'''Interior'''
|-
|-
!Name
!Name
! Jurisdiction
!Date Appointed
!Date Appointed
! Appointed By
! Appointed By
! Prior Position(s)
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
|-
| Judge Ellen Burdett (Regional Administrative Judge) [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2002ag0027-000472.htm] || 1993 || || Crown attorney<br>Professor at UBC Law<br>Called to bar (1981)
| Marguerite E. Shaw (Regional Admin. Judge) [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010ag0023-001140.htm] || Kelowna||Sept. 24, 2010 ||Liberal ||
|{{publishedBCPC|shaw}} (~3)
<!-- END OF MGMT -->
|-
|-
| Judge Mariane Ruth Armstrong <ref>{{cite news |title=British Columbia appoints five provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0014-001446 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> ||{{dts|September 6, 2017}}
| Ellen Burdett [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2002ag0027-000472.htm] || || 1993 (Judge)<Br>January 31, 2019 (Snr) || NDP || Crown attorney<br>Professor at UBC Law<br>Called to bar (1981)
||Liberal ||
|{{publishedBCPC|burdett}} (~31)
|-
|-
| Judge Robert Brown <ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| {{dts|December 7, 2015}} ||Liberal ||Thompson, LeRose & Brown
| Christopher David Cleaveley [https://issuu.com/cbabc/docs/20130411153405061] || ||  Sept 1994<br> June 30, 2018 (snr) || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|cleaveley}} (~11)
|-
|-
| Judge Jane Cartwright (Senior Judge)|| || ||
| Stella Frame [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2006ag0041-001539.htm] || ||{{dts|December 28, 2006}} ||Liberal ||Boughton Law Corporation <br> Called to bar (1989)<br> Victoria (1988)
|{{publishedBCPC|frame}} (~79)
|-
|-
| Judge Christopher Cleaveley || || ||
| Stephen Harrison || ||{{dts|July 9, 2007}} ||Liberal ||
|{{publishedBCPC|harrison}} (~18)
|-
|-
| Judge Michelle Daneliuk<ref>{{cite news |title=British Columbia appoints five provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0014-001446 |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref> || {{dts|September 6, 2017}} || Liberal|| Private practice (criminal) (1995 to 2017)
| Dennis Morgan [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2007ag0035-001346.htm] || ||November 5, 2007 || Liberal || Legal Services Society (1994 to 2007)
|{{publishedBCPC|morgan}} (~32)
|-
|-
| Judge Edmond de Walle (Senior Judge)|| || ||
| Roy Dickey [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010ag0023-001140.htm] || ||2010  || Liberal||Harrop, Phillips, Powell & Gibbons<Br>Crown Counsel (2009 to 2010)
|{{publishedBCPC|dickey}} (~12)
|-
|-
| Judge Roy Dickey <ref>{{cite web|title=FIVE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010ag0023-001140.htm|accessdate=29 April 2018}}</ref>|| || ||Harrop, Phillips, Powell & Gibbons<Br>Crown Counsel (2009 to 2010)
| Grant Sheard ||Cranbrook ||May 17, 2010 || ||  
|{{publishedBCPC|sheard}} (~2)
|-
|-
| Judge Lynal Doerksen<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints seven provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> || || ||
| Mayland McKimm [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/five-appointed-to-provincial-court-of-bc]||Vernon || {{dts|July 24, 2011}}|| Liberal|| Legal Services Society<Br> McKimm & Lott <br> Called to bar (1984)
|{{publishedBCPC|mckimm}} (~10)
|-
|-
| Judge Stella Frame<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE APPOINTED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2006ag0041-001539.htm |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref> ||{{dts|December 28, 2006}} || ||Boughton Law Corporation
| Gregory Koturbash [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/nine-new-judges-appointed-to-courtrooms-across-bc]|| Penticton || February 14, 2012 || Liberal|| Crown attorney
|{{publishedBCPC|koturbash}} (~18)
|-
|-
| Judge Stephen Harrison || {{dts|July 9, 2007}} ||Liberal ||
| Lisa Wyatt [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-three-provincial-court-judges] || ||{{dts|December 30, 2013}} || Liberal || Pushor Mitchell LLP (family) (1996 to 2004)<Br> Porter Ramsay <Br>Called to bar (1991)
|{{publishedBCPC|wyatt}} (~2)
|-
|-
| Judge Cathie Heinrichs <ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints seven provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>|| || ||
| Richard Hewson [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-three-provincial-court-judges ] || ||{{dts|December 23, 2013}} ||Liberal ||Sole practitioner (2000 to 2013)<br>Davidson & Co (1997 to 2000)<br> Boulton Muldoon (1995 to 1997)<Br>Called to bar (1995)
|{{publishedBCPC|hewson}} (~25)
|-
|-
| Judge Richard Hewson<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints three provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-three-provincial-court-judges |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> ||{{dts|December 23, 2013}} ||Liberal ||Sole practitioner <br>Davidson & Co
| Robert Brown  || ||{{dts|December 7, 2015}} ||Liberal ||Thompson, LeRose & Brown
|{{publishedBCPC|Brown}} (~2)
|-
|-
| Judge Wilfred Klinger (Senior Judge)<ref>{{cite news |title=British Columbia appoints five provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0014-001446 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceC"/>|| 1979 (Judge) 2009 (Senior) || ||
| Lynal Doerksen [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739] || ||2016  || Liberal||Crown attorney
|{{publishedBCPC|doerksen}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Gregory Koturbash <ref name="news.gov.bc.ca"/>|| || ||
| Cathie Heinrichs [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739]|| ||2016  ||Liberal ||Sole practitioner (2000 to 2016)<br> Called to bar (1994)
|{{publishedBCPC|heinrichs}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Mayland McKimm<ref name="https"/> || {{dts|July 24, 2011}}|| ||
| Philip Seagram [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0309-002128] || ||{{dts|January 11, 2016}} || Liberal|| Private practice (criminal)<br> Crown attorney
|{{publishedBCPC|seagram}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Monica McParland <ref>{{cite news |title=British Columbia appoints five provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0014-001446 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>|| || ||
| Monica McParland [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0014-001446]|| ||August 28, 2017 ||Liberal || Pushor Mitchell LLP (criminal)<Br>Crown attorney<br> PPSC Crown<Br>Called to bar (~1998)
|{{publishedBCPC|mcparland}} (~2)
|-
|-
| Judge Dennis Morgan<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE APPOINTED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2007ag0035-001346.htm |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref> || November 5, 2007 || || Legal Services Society (1994 to 2007)
| Mariane Ruth Armstrong [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0014-001446] || ||{{dts|September 6, 2017}}
||Liberal || Crown attorney (1989 to 2017)
|{{publishedBCPC|armstrong}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Philip Seagram<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints three new provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0309-002128 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>||{{dts|January 11, 2016}} || || Private practice (criminal)
| Michelle Daneliuk [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0014-001446] ||  ||{{dts|September 6, 2017}} || Liberal|| Private practice (criminal) (1995 to 2017)
|{{publishedBCPC|daneliuk}} (~1)
|-
|-
| Judge Marguerite Shaw<ref>{{cite web|title=FIVE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010ag0023-001140.htm|accessdate=29 April 2018}}</ref> ||Sept. 24, 2010 || ||
|Jeremy Guild [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Mar-08-18%20New%20Judges%20Appointed.pdf]
|Interior Region
| March 12, 2018
|
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge Grant Sheard || || ||
|Andrew Tam [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0012-000439] || Interior || April 4, 2018 || || Mulligan Tam Pearson (1999 to 2018)<Br>Called to bar (~1998) || {{publishedBCPC|tam}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Mark Takahashi (Senior Judge) [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/1996/9610oct/68judge.asp] || {{dts|October 30, 1996}} || || sole practitioner (criminal)<br>Called to bar (1978)
| Raymond Phillips [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0107-002401]
|Kamloops
|January 14, 2019
| NDP
|St’at’imc/ Nlaka'pamux Legal Services Society<Br>Called to bar (1994)
|{{publishedBCPC|phillips}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge James Threlfall (Senior Judge)|| || ||
|Clarke Burnett [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019AG0011-000247]
|Kelowna
| 2019
|NDP
|
|{{publishedBCPC|Burnett}} (~0)  
|-
|Karen Leung [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024AG0006-000141]
|  
| March 4, 2024
| NDP
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge Lisa Wyatt<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints three provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-three-provincial-court-judges |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> ||{{dts|December 30, 2013}} || Liberal ||
| Mandy Klein [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024AG0019-000487]
|
|April 29, 2024
| NDP
| BC Prosecution (2017 to 2024)<br>called to bar (2007)
| {{publishedBCPC|Klein}} (~0)
<!-- END OF SORTED -->
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |'''Northern Region'''
! colspan="6" |'''Northern Region'''
|-
|-
!Name
!Name
!Jurisdiction
!Date Appointed
!Date Appointed
! Appointed By
! Appointed By
! Prior Position(s)
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
|-
| Judge Michael Brecknell (Regional Administrative Judge)|| || ||
| Michael Brecknell (Regional Administrative Judge)|| || June 9, 2000 [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/2000/jun2000/0064.asp] || || Hope Heinrich<Br> Called to bar (1986)
|-
|{{publishedBCPC|Brecknell}} (~161)
| Judge Elizabeth Bayliff  (Senior Judge)<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES ANNOUNCED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2002ag0022-000290.htm |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>||November 9, 2001 ||Liberal ||Crown counsel
<!--END OF MGMT-->
|-
|-
| Judge Richard Blaskovits<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES ANNOUNCED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2002ag0022-000290.htm |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>||November 9, 2001 ||Liberal  || Crown attorney
| Richard Blaskovits [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2002ag0022-000290.htm] || ||November 9, 2001 (Judge)<br>August 31, 2018 (Snr) ||Liberal  || Crown attorney
|{{publishedBCPC|Blaskovits}} (~5)
|-
|-
| Judge Rita Bowry<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE APPOINTED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2008ag0001-000027.htm |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>|| {{dts|January 25, 2009}}|| Liberal ||Sole practitioner (1997 to 2009) (family)<br>Seyl & Bowry (1995 to 1997)<br>Gibb and Syal
| Brian Daley [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2005ag0012-000193.htm] || ||2005 || Liberal || Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedBCPC|Daley}} (~7)
|-
|-
| Judge Brian Daley [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2005ag0012-000193.htm] || || || Called to bar (1981)
| Calvin Andrew Struyk [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2008ag0012-000317.htm] || || {{dts|March 20, 2008}} || Liberal|| Called to bar (1991)
|{{publishedBCPC|Struyk}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Judge Judith Doulis<ref name="provincialcourt.bc.ca">{{cite web |title=Mother and daughter judges on BC Provincial Court! |url=http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-07-02-2017 |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB"/> ||{{dts|December 7, 2015}} || ||Crown Counsel<Br> Private practice
| Rita Bowry [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2008ag0001-000027.htm] || || {{dts|January 25, 2009}}|| Liberal  ||Sole practitioner (1997 to 2009) (family)<br>Seyl & Bowry (1995 to 1997)<br>Gibb and Syal
|{{publishedBCPC|Bowry}} (~1)
|-
|-
| Judge Victor Galbraith<ref name="news.gov.bc.ca"/> || February 13, 2012|| Liberal ||BC Crown counsel
| Victor Galbraith [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/nine-new-judges-appointed-to-courtrooms-across-bc] || Prince George|| February 13, 2012|| Liberal ||BC Crown counsel
|{{publishedBCPC|Galbraith}} (~2)
|-
|-
| Judge Michael Gray (Senior Judge) <ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE APPOINTED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2004ag0041-000922.htm |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>|| {{dts|November 5, 2004}} || Liberal|| Crown attorney (2000 to 2004)<br> Legal Services Society (1991 to 2004)
| Terence Wright [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/nine-new-judges-appointed-to-courtrooms-across-bc] || Smithers ||March 1, 2012 ||Liberal ||Warner Bandstra Brown
|{{publishedBCPC|Wright}} (~1)
|-
|-
| Judge William Jackson<ref name="Dec2012" /><ref name="Dec2012(2)" />
| William F. M. Jackson [https://www.cbabc.org/News-Media/In-The-Media/2012/B-C-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-proj] [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects] ||
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}}
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}}
| Liberal
| Liberal
| BC Crown counsel
| BC Crown counsel<br>Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedBCPC|Jackson}} (~7)
|-
| Shannon Keyes [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges] || ||{{dts|February 20, 2014}} || Liberal|| Crown counsel (2000 to 2014)<Br> Cobbett and Cotton Barristers (1994 to 2000)<br> Rubin-Haws and Associates (1993 to 1994)<br> Sole practitioner<br>Rubin-Haws and Associates (1987 to 1988)<br>Called to bar (1986)
|{{publishedBCPC|Keyes}} (~17)
|-
| Dwight Stewart [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-3] ||  ||{{dts|April 15, 2015}} || Liberal || Crown counsel (2012 to 2015)<br>Private practice<br>Called to bar (1995)
|{{publishedBCPC|Stewart}} (~0)
|-
| Judith Doulis [http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-07-02-2017] [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2013-2017/2015JAG0293-001993.htm] || ||{{dts|December 7, 2015}} ||Liberal ||Crown Counsel<Br> Private practice <br> Called to bar (1998)
|{{publishedBCPC|Doulis}} (~36)
|-
| Susan Mengering [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739] || || 2016 || Liberal|| Crown attorney <br>Called to bar (~2001)
|{{publishedBCPC|Mengering}} (~1)
|-
| Karen Whonnock [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0024-001350] || ||{{dts|August 8, 2016}} ||Liberal || of the Colville Tribal Court
|{{publishedBCPC|Whonnock}} (~2)
|-
|-
| Judge Shannon Keyes <ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints two provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>||{{dts|February 20, 2014}} || Liberal|| Crown counsel (2000 to 2014)<Br> Cobbett and Cotton Barristers (1994 to 2000)<br> Rubin-Haws and Associates (1993 to 1994)
| Cassandra Malfair [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739]|| ||{{dts|January 9, 2017}} || Liberal||Crown counsel (2007 to 2017)<br>Private practice<br> Called to bar (~2000)
|{{publishedBCPC|Malfair}} (~1)
|-
|-
| Judge Cassandra Malfair<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints seven provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="provincialcourt.bc.ca"/>|| {{dts|January 9, 2017}} || Liberal||Crown counsel (2007 to 2017)<br>Private practice
| Peter Whyte [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0047-002046] || || {{dts|December 12, 2017}} ||Liberal || Crown attorney (2015 to 2017)<Br>PPSC Crown attorney<br> Lake Whyte LLP<br> Called to bar (~2006)
|{{publishedBCPC|Whyte}} (~1)
|-
|-
| Judge Susan Mengering<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints seven provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>|| || ||
|George Leven [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Mar-08-18%20New%20Judges%20Appointed.pdf]
| Northern Region
| March 27, 2018
| NDP
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge Herman Seidemann (Senior Judge)<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES ANNOUNCED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2002ag0022-000290.htm |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>||November 9, 2001 ||Liberal ||Silversides, Seidemann & Kucher
|Judge Peter McDermick [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0012-000439] || Northern || April 8, 2018 ||  NDP||Private practice (criminal) (2001 to 2018)<br>Crown counsel (securities) <br>Called to bar (~1997) || {{PublishedBCPC|mcdermick}} (~0)
|-
|Linda Thomas [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Jun-28-18%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Brown,%20MacDonald%20and%20Thomas.pdf]
|Northern Region
|July 5, 2018
|NDP
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge Dwight Stewart <ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints two Provincial Court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-3 |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref> || {{dts|April 15, 2015}} || Liberal || Crown counsel (2012 to 2015)
|David Patterson [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019AG0079-001404] [https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-patterson-441ab416b/]
|Prince Rupert
| August 12, 2019
|NDP
|MTC law (1997 to 2019)<Br>Cooper and Co (1994 to 1996)<br>Blane & Co (1993 to 1994)<br>Called to bar (1993)<Br>UBC grad (1992)
|
|-
|-
| Judge Calvin Andrew Struyk [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2008ag0012-000317.htm] || {{dts|March 20, 2008}} || || Called to bar (1991)
|Darin Reeves [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/Announcements/2020/Announcement%2021-12-2020%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Davis,%20Duncan,%20Reeves%20and%20Vandor.pdf]
| Northern Region
|2020
|NDP
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge Karen Whonnock <ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints two new provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0024-001350 |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>||{{dts|August 8, 2016}} ||Liberal || judge of the Colville Tribal Court
|J. Martin Nadon [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/Announcements/2021/Announcement-12-03-2021%20-%20Judicial%20Appointments%20Nadon,%20Harris,%20Stanford.pdf] [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2020-2024/2021AG0030-000455.htm]
| Prince George
|2021
|NDP
| Crown attorney (2001 to 2021)
|
|-
|-
| Judge Peter Whyte <ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints two provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0047-002046 |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>|| {{dts|December 12, 2017}} ||Liberal || Crown attorney
| Sheryl Wagner [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024AG0006-000141]
(2015 to 2017) Lake Whyte LLP
|
|March 4, 2024
|
|-
|-
| Judge Terence Wright <ref name="news.gov.bc.ca"/>||March 1, 2012 ||Liberal ||Warner Bandstra Brown
|Sabena Thompson [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024AG0019-000487]
|  
| April 15, 2024
| NDP
| BC Prosecution (2005 to 2024)
| {{publishedBCPC|thompson}}
<!--END OF SORTED -->
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |'''Vancouver Region'''
! colspan="6" |'''Vancouver Region'''
|-
|-
!Name
!Name
! Jurisdiction
!Date Appointed
!Date Appointed
! Appointed By
! Appointed By
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! Other Details
! Other Details
|-
|-
| Judge James Wingham (Regional Administrative Judge) [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2004ag0021-000323.htm] ||  April 30, 2004 || ||Wingham Kinsman<br> Called to bar (1982)
| John Milne (Regional Admin. Judge) [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2002ag0099-001116.htm] ||  ||{{dts|December 20, 2002}}|| Liberal ||Buri Milne
|{{publishedBCPC|wingham}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Milne}} (~4)
<!-- END OF MGMT-->
<!-- END OF UNSORTED -->
|-
|-
| Judge Nancy Adams [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2013-2017/2017JAG0006-000541.htm] || March 21, 2017 || || Crown counsel<br> Private practice
| Nancy Adams [http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/Announcements/Announcement-Mar-10-17%20Appointment%20of%20Judge%20Adams.pdf] ||Vancouver|| {{dts|March 21, 2017}} || Liberal|| Crown attorney<br> Private practice||{{publishedBCPC|Adams}} (~1)
|{{publishedBCPC|adams}}
|-
|-
| Judge James Bahen [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010ag0030-001570.htm] || January 4, 2011 || || Private practice (criminal)  
| Jodie Werier (snr)
|{{publishedBCPC|bahen}}
|  
| April 1995
|  
|Davis and Company (family)<Br> Called to bar (1980, 1983)<Br>Manitoba grad (1979)
|{{publishedBCPC|Werier}} (~13)
|-
|-
| Judge Laura Bakan<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints two Provincial Court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-2 |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref> ||{{dts|March 18, 2015}} ||Liberal ||
| Rose Raven [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/1996/9604apr/28appnt.asp] || Surrey || April 19, 1996 ||  ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Bakan}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Raven}} (~13)
|-
|-
| Judge Elisabeth Burgess [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2007ag0029-001105.htm] (Senior Judge)|| September 24, 2007|| ||
| Harbans Dhillon || || {{Dts|May 3, 1999}} || NDP ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Burgess}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Dhillon}} (~36)
|-
|-
| Judge Joanne Challenger [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/1999/9911nov/991119_99105.asp] || November 19, 1999 || ||
| Paul Meyers [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/1999/9906june/9966.asp]|| || June 18, 1999||  
|{{publishedBCPC|challenger}}
| Meyers & Co. (1989 to 1999)<Br>Called to bar (1972)
|{{publishedBCPC|meyers}} (~58)
|-
|-
| Judge Patrick Chen<ref name="Mar2000"/> (Senior Judge)|| {{dts|March 10, 2000}} || ||Chen & Leung (civil)
| Joanne Challenger [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/1999/9911nov/991119_99105.asp] || New Westminster || November 19, 1999 || NDP ||Sole practitioner (1991 to 1999)<Br>Crown attorney<br>Called to bar (~1986)
|{{publishedBCPC|chen}}
|{{publishedBCPC|challenger}} (~164)
|-
|-
| Judge Bonnie Craig<ref name="Dec2012" /><ref name="Dec2012(2)" />
| Nancy Phillips [http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-20-09-2016]  ||  ||2001 || || Associate Chief Justice (2009 to 2016)<Br>Crown attorney<Br>Private practice
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}} || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Phillips}} (~35)
|{{publishedBCPC|Craig}}
|-
|-
| Judge Kathryn Denhoff<ref name="Dec2012" /><ref name="Dec2012(2)" />
| Malcolm MacLean [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2003ag0067-000789.htm ] ||  ||{{dts|September 5, 2003}} ||Liberal ||Davis and Company <br>Crown Attorney (1982 to 1984)
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}} || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|maclean}} (~16)
|{{publishedBCPC|Denhoff}}
|-
|-
| Judge Harbans Dhillon || {{Dts|May 3, 1999}} || ||
| Joseph E. Galati
|{{publishedBCPC|Dhillon}}
| Vancouver
| 2004
| UBC grad (1979)
| Anderson and Galati
|{{publishedBCPC|galati}} (~28)
|-
|-
| Judge Patrick Doherty<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints two Provincial Court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-3 |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref> || {{dts|April 15, 2015}} || ||
| Donna Senniw
|{{publishedBCPC|Doherty}}
|  
|March 4, 2004
|  
|
|{{publishedBCPC|Senniw}} (~4)
|-
|-
| Judge Bryce Dyer (Senior Judge) [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2005ag0012-000193.htm] ||  February 25, 2005 || || sole practitioner (1998)<br> Called to bar (1973)
| James Wingham [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2004ag0021-000323.htm] || ||  April 30, 2004 ||Liberal ||Wingham Kinsman<br> Called to bar (1982)
|{{publishedBCPC|Dyer}}
|{{publishedBCPC|wingham}} (~33)
|-
|-
| Judge Joseph Galati || || || Anderson and Galati
| Ellen Gordon [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2004ag0040-000921.htm] || ||November 5, 2004 ||Liberal
|{{publishedBCPC|galati}}
| Gordon and Sutherland Law Offices (1998 to 2004)<br> Private practice (criminal)<Br>Called to bar (1984)
|{{publishedBCPC|gordon}} (~36)
|-
|-
| Judge Maria Giardini<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE APPOINTED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2006ag0032-001278.htm |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref> || {{dts|October 24, 2006}} ||Liberal ||Davis & Company (1995 to 2006)
| Karen Walker [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2005ag0025-000710.htm] [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/2000/mar2000/0010.asp] || ||July 29, 2005 ||Liberal || Private practice (criminal)<Br>Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedBCPC|giardini}}
|{{publishedBCPC|walker}} (~6)
|-
|-
| Judge Ellen Gordon [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2004ag0040-000921.htm] || November 5, 2004 || || Private practice <br> Called to bar (1984)
| Gregory Rideout [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2005ag0035-001062.htm] ||Lower Mainland || November 18, 2005 ||Liberal || Private practice<Br> Called to bar (1979)
|{{publishedBCPC|gordon}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Rideout}} (~94)
|-
|-
| Judge Thomas Gove (Senior Judge)|| || ||
| Maria Giardini [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2006ag0032-001278.htm] || ||{{dts|October 24, 2006}} ||Liberal  ||Davis & Company (1995 to 2006)
|{{publishedBCPC|gove}}
|{{publishedBCPC|giardini}} (~120)
|-
|-
| Judge Reginald Harris<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW JUDGE ADDED TO PROVINCIAL COURT IN SURREY |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010ag0004-000135.htm |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>||{{dts|February 5, 2010}}|| Liberal || Smart, Harris & Martland (criminal)
| David St. Pierre [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009ag0016-000390.htm] || ||{{dts|March 27, 2009}} || Liberal|| Cobb St. Pierre Lewis (1998 to 2009)
|{{publishedBCPC|harris}}
|{{publishedBCPC|pierre}} (~53)
|-
|-
| Judge Wilson Lee<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints three new provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0309-002128 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> || {{dts|January 14, 2016}}||Liberal  || Private practice
| Steven Merrick [http://www.lawsociety.mb.ca/forms/continuing-professional-development/000/presenter-bios/Presenter%20Bio%20-%20Judge%20Steven%20Merrick.pdf] || || 2010 ||Liberal  || Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal
|{{publishedBCPC|Lee}}
|{{publishedBCPC|merrick}} (~31)
|-
|-
| Judge Malcolm MacLean <ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE APPOINTED IN VANCOUVER |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2003ag0067-000789.htm |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>|| {{dts|September 5, 2003}} ||Liberal ||Davis and Company <BR>Crown Attorney (1982 to 1984)
| Reginald Harris [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010ag0004-000135.htm] || ||February 15, 2010 || Liberal || Smart, Harris & Martland (criminal) <be> Called to bar (1998) <br> UBC grad
|{{publishedBCPC|maclean}}
|{{publishedBCPC|harris}} (~59)
|-
|-
| Judge Steven Merrick <ref>{{cite web|title=Presenter Profile|url=http://www.lawsociety.mb.ca/forms/continuing-professional-development/000/presenter-bios/Presenter%20Bio%20-%20Judge%20Steven%20Merrick.pdf|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref>|| 2010 ||Liberal || Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal
| James Bahen [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010ag0030-001570.htm] || ||January 4, 2011 || Liberal|| Private practice (criminal)
|{{publishedBCPC|merrick}}
|{{publishedBCPC|bahen}} (~11)
|-
|-
| Judge Paul Meyers|| || ||
| Bonnie Craig [https://www.cbabc.org/News-Media/In-The-Media/2012/B-C-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-proj] [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects] ||
|{{publishedBCPC|meyers}}
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}} || Liberal|| Crown attorney<br>Called to bar (1993)
|{{publishedBCPC|Craig}} (~4)
|-
|-
| Judge John Milne <ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE APPOINTED IN SMITHERS |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2002ag0099-001116.htm |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>|| {{dts|December 20, 2002}}|| ||Buri Milne
| Kathryn Denhoff [https://www.cbabc.org/News-Media/In-The-Media/2012/B-C-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-proj] [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects] ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Milne}}
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}} || Liberal||Davis LLP (1994 to 2012)<br>Called to bar (1996)
|{{publishedBCPC|Denhoff}} (~4)
|-
|-
| Judge Douglas Moss (Senior Judge)|| || ||
| Jennifer Oulton [https://www.cbabc.org/News-Media/In-The-Media/2012/B-C-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-proj] [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects] ||
|{{publishedBCPC|moss}}
|-
| Judge Jennifer Oulton<ref name="Dec2012" /><ref name="Dec2012(2)" />
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}}  
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}}  
|  
| Liberal
|
|Crown attorney <Br>Called to bar (1997)
|{{publishedBCPC|oulton}}
|{{publishedBCPC|oulton}} (~10)
|-
|-
| Judge Nancy Phillips<ref>{{cite news |title=Provincial Court salutes outgoing Associate Chief Judges |url=http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-20-09-2016 |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>|| 2001 || || Associate Chief Justice (2009 to 2016)<Br>Crown attorney<Br>Private practice
| Lyndsay Smith [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-three-provincial-court-judges] || ||Jan. 6, 2014 || Liberal ||Sole practitioner (1998 to 2012)<Br>Crown attorney <Br>Called to bar (1988)
|{{publishedBCPC|Phillips}}
|{{publishedBCPC|smith}} (~4)
|-
|-
| Judge Rose Raven || || ||
| Laura Bakan [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-2] || ||{{dts|March 18, 2015}} ||Liberal  || Guild Yule (criminal)<Br>Called to bar (1994)
|{{publishedBCPC|Raven}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Bakan}} (~2)
|-
|-
| Judge Gregory Rideout<ref name="archive.news.gov.bc.ca"/> || November 18, 2005 || || Private practice
| Danny Sudeyko [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0181-001190] || ||{{dts|July 25, 2015}} ||Liberal ||Private practice (criminal)<br> Called to bar (1988)
|{{publishedBCPC|Rideout}}
|{{publishedBCPC|sudeyko}} (~10)
|-
|-
| Judge William Rodgers (Senior Judge)|| || ||
| Wilson Lee [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0309-002128] || || {{dts|January 14, 2016}}||Liberal  || Private practice
|{{publishedBCPC|rodgers}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Lee}} (~1)
|-
|-
| Judge Donna Senniw || || ||
| Nancy Adams [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2013-2017/2017JAG0006-000541.htm] || ||March 21, 2017 || Liberal|| Crown counsel<br> Private practice
|{{publishedBCPC|Senniw}}
|{{publishedBCPC|adams}} (~1)
|-
|-
| Judge Lyndsay Smith <ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints three provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-three-provincial-court-judges |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>||Jan. 6, 2014 || ||
|G. Lee [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019AG0043-000923]
|{{publishedBCPC|smith}}
|Richmond
|2019
|NDP
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge David St. Pierre<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW JUDGE FOR PORT COQUITLAM PROVINCIAL COURT |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009ag0016-000390.htm |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> || {{dts|March 27, 2009}} || || Cobb St. Pierre Lewis (1998 to 2009)
|Diana Vandor [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/Announcements/2020/Announcement%2021-12-2020%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Davis,%20Duncan,%20Reeves%20and%20Vandor.pdf]
|{{publishedBCPC|pierre}}
| Richmond
|-
|2020
| Judge Danny Sudeyko<ref name="ReferenceA"/>||{{dts|July 25, 2015}} || ||Private practice (criminal)
|NDP
|{{publishedBCPC|sudeyko}}
|
|-
|
| Judge Karen Walker<ref>{{cite news |title=FOUR NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES APPOINTED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2005ag0025-000710.htm |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Mar2000"/>||July 29, 2005 || || Private practice (criminal)
 
|{{publishedBCPC|walker}}
<!--END OF SORTED -->
|-
| Judge Jodie Werier|| || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Werier}}
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |'''Vancouver Island Region'''
! colspan="6" |'''Vancouver Island Region'''
|-
|-
!Name
!Name
!Jurisdiction
!Date Appointed
!Date Appointed
! Appointed By
! Appointed By
Line 418: Line 720:
! Other Details
! Other Details
|-
|-
| Judge Carmen Rogers (Regional Administrative Judge)|| || ||
| Carmen Rogers (Regional Administrative Judge)|| Victoria || || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|rogers}}
|{{publishedBCPC|rogers}} (~4)
<!-- END OF MGMT -->
|-
| Robert Higinbotham (snr)|| || || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Higinbotham}} (~22)
|-
|-
| Judge Jennifer Barrett<ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||June 20, 2016 || || Quadra Legal Centre (2007 to 2016)
| Justine Saunders || || || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Barrett}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Saunders}} (~18)
<!--END OF UNSORTED -->
|-
|-
| Judge Evan Blake (Senior Judge)|| || ||
| Ronald Webb [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2004ag0027-000632.htm] ||  ||Aug. 6, 2004||Liberal || Crown attorney (1992 to 2004)
|{{publishedBCPC|Blake}}
|{{publishedBCPC|webb}} (~9)
|-
|-
| Judge Adrian Brooks<ref>{{cite news |title=TWO PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES APPOINTED FOR VICTORIA |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009ag0015-000388.htm |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> || {{dts|April 1, 2009}} || || Private practice (criminal)
| Lisa Mrozinski<Br>(Nelson) [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009ag0014-000387.htm] || ||March 17, 2009 ||Liberal||Ministry of the Attorney General (1991 to 2009)
|{{publishedBCPC|Brooks}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Mrozinski}} (~38)
|-
|-
| Judge Loretta Chaperon (Senior Judge)|| || ||
| Adrian Brooks [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009ag0015-000388.htm] || || {{dts|April 1, 2009}} ||Liberal || Private practice (criminal)
|{{publishedBCPC|Chaperon}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Brooks}} (~7)
|-
|-
| Judge Douglas Cowling (Senior Judge)|| || ||
| Parker MacCarthy [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010ag0023-001140.htm]  ||||October 18, 2010 ||Liberal ||Ramsay Lampman Rhodes
|{{publishedBCPC|Cowling}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Maccarthy}} (~122)
|-
|-
| Judge Catherine Crockett<ref>{{cite news |title=Appointment of Three Judges |url=http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Apr-20-16%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Crockett%20Harvey%20and%20MacDonald.pdf |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> ||April 20, 2016 || || BC Crown attorney<br>Public Prosecution Service Canada
| Ted Gouge [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/nine-new-judges-appointed-to-courtrooms-across-bc]|| ||February 27, 2012 ||{{Clark1}} ||Ministry of Attorney General, Legal Services<Br>Lawson, Lundell, Lawson & McIntosh
|{{publishedBCPC|Crockett}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Gouge}} (~75)
|-
|-
| Judge Roger Cutler<ref name="Dec2012" /><ref name="Dec2012(2)" />
| Roger Cutler [https://www.cbabc.org/News-Media/In-The-Media/2012/B-C-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-proj] [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects] ||
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}} || ||
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}} ||{{Clark1}} || Crown attorney<br>Called to bar (1995)
|{{publishedBCPC|Cutler}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Cutler}} (~7)
|-
|-
| Judge Peter Doherty (Senior Judge)|| || ||
| Ronald Lamperson [https://www.cbabc.org/News-Media/In-The-Media/2012/B-C-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-proj] [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects] ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Doherty}}
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}} ||{{Clark1}} || Marshall and Lamperson<Br>Called to bar (1990)
|{{publishedBCPC|Lamperson}} (~6)
|-
|-
| Judge Barbara Flewelling <ref name="Oct2014" />
| Barbara Flewelling [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-1] ||
|{{dts|October 31, 2014}}
|{{dts|October 31, 2014}}
|  
| Liberal
| Private practice<br>Called to bar (1995)
|{{publishedBCPC|Flewelling}} (~22)
|-
| Christine Lowe [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0181-001190] || ||{{dts|July 27, 2015}} || Liberal|| Crown attorney <br>Called to bar (1989)
|{{publishedBCPC|Lowe}} (~0)
|-
| Catherine Crockett [http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Apr-20-16%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Crockett%20Harvey%20and%20MacDonald.pdf] || Campbell River||April 20, 2016 || Liberal|| BC Crown attorney<br>Public Prosecution Service Canada
|{{publishedBCPC|Crockett}} (~6)
|-
| Brian Harvey [http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Apr-20-16%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Crockett%20Harvey%20and%20MacDonald.pdf]  || Nanimo ||April 20, 2016 ||Liberal || Sole practitioner (1996 to 2016)
|{{publishedBCPC|Harvey}} (~4)
|-
| Jennifer Barrett [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0017-001017] || ||June 20, 2016 || Liberal|| Quadra Legal Centre (2007 to 2016)
|{{publishedBCPC|Barrett}} (~0)
|-
| Brian Hutcheson [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739] || || 2016 ||Liberal || Swift Datoo Law Corporation <Br>Called to bar (1985)
|{{publishedBCPC|Hutcheson}} (~0)
|-
|Karina Sacca [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020AG0019-000377]
|Victoria
|April 8, 2020
| NDP
| Called to Bar (1997)
|
|
|{{publishedBCPC|Flewelling}}
<!-- END OF SORTED -->
 
 
|}
 
==Senior Judges (Part-time/Semi-Retired)==
{| class="wikitable sortable" colspan="5" |
|-
|-
| Judge Ted Gouge <ref name="news.gov.bc.ca"/>||February 27, 2012 || ||Ministry of Attorney General, Legal Services<Br>Lawson, Lundell, Lawson & McIntosh
!Name
|{{publishedBCPC|Gouge}}
! Location
!Duration of Appointment
! Appointed By
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
|-
| Judge Brian Harvey<ref>{{cite news |title=Appointment of Three Judges |url=http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Apr-20-16%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Crockett%20Harvey%20and%20MacDonald.pdf |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> ||April 20, 2016 || ||
| Bryce Dyer [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2005ag0012-000193.htm] || Vancouver  ||February 25, 2005 || Liberal|| sole practitioner (1998)<br> Called to bar (1973)
|{{publishedBCPC|Harvey}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Dyer}} (~81)
|-
|-
| Judge Robert Higinbotham|| || ||
| Elizabeth Bayliff [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2002ag0022-000290.htm] || Northern ||November 9, 2001 ||Liberal ||Crown counsel
|{{publishedBCPC|Higinbotham}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Bayliff}} (~46)
|-
|-
| Judge Frances Howard (Senior Judge)|| || ||
|Judge Robin R. Smith || Quesnel|| || ||  
|{{publishedBCPC|Howard}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Smith}} (~58)
|-
|-
| Judge Brian Hutcheson<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. appoints seven provincial court judges |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> || || ||
| Thomas S. Woods || Fraser || || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Hutcheson}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Woods}} (~99)
|-
|-
| Judge Ronald Lamperson<ref name="Dec2012" /><ref name="Dec2012(2)" />
| Loretta Chaperon ||Island || || ||  
| {{dts|December 04, 2012}} || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Chaperon}} (~4)
|{{publishedBCPC|Lamperson}}
|-
|-
| Judge Christine Lowe<ref name="ReferenceA"/> ||{{dts|July 27, 2015}} || || Crown attorney
| Peter Doherty ||Island || ~1999 || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Lowe}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Doherty}} (~97)
|-
|-
| Judge Parker MacCarthy<ref>{{cite web|title=FIVE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010ag0023-001140.htm|accessdate=29 April 2018}}</ref> ||October 18, 2010 ||Liberal ||Ramsay Lampman Rhodes
| Richard D. Miller [https://issuu.com/cbabc/docs/20130411153405061] || Fraser || Sept 28, 1994|| || Crown attorney (1977 to 1994)
|{{publishedBCPC|Maccarthy}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Miller}} (~10)
|-
|-
| Judge Lisa Mrozinski<Br>(Nelson)<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW JUDGE ADDED TO PROVINCIAL COURT IN NELSON |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009ag0014-000387.htm |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> ||March 17, 2009 || ||Ministry of the Attorney General (1991 to 2009)
| Jill Rounthwaite ||Fraser || ~1995|| ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Mrozinski}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Rounthwaite}} (~150)
|-
|-
| Judge Justine Saunders || || ||
| Peder Gulbransen || Abbotsford ||{{Dts|July 18, 2003}} || Liberal || Crown Counsel (1982 to 2003)<Br> Bate & Co <Br> Community Law Centre
|{{publishedBCPC|Saunders}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Gulbransen}} (~110)
|-
|-
| Judge Ronald Webb<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE APPOINTED |url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2004ag0027-000632.htm |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>|| Aug. 6, 2004|| || Crown attorney (1992 to 2004)
| Douglas Cowling || Island || ||  ||
|{{publishedBCPC|webb}}
|{{publishedBCPC|Cowling}} (~26)
|}
|-
| Pedro de Couto || Fraser  ||{{dts|January 2, 1998}} || NDP ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Couto}} (~90)
|-
| Brent Hoy || Fraser|| || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Hoy}} (~33)
|-
| James Threlfall ||  Interior || || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|threlfall}} (~10)
|-
| Mark Takahashi [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/1996/9610oct/68judge.asp] || Nelson  ||{{dts|October 30, 1996}} || NDP || sole practitioner (criminal)<br>Called to bar (1978)
|{{publishedBCPC|takahashi}} (~8)
|-
| Jane P. Cartwright ||Interior || || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|cartwright}} (~38)
|-
| Bradford Chapman||Interior || || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|chapman}} (~1)
|-
| Evan C Blake || Island || || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Blake}} (~59)
|-
| Herman Seidemann [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2002ag0022-000290.htm] ||Northern||November 9, 2001 ||Liberal ||Silversides, Seidemann & Kucher
|{{publishedBCPC|Seidemann}} (~14)
|-
| Michael Gray [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2004ag0041-000922.htm] || Northern ||{{dts|November 5, 2004}} || Liberal|| Crown attorney (2000 to 2004)<br> Legal Services Society (1991 to 2004)
|{{publishedBCPC|Gray}} (~10)
|-
| Patrick Chen [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/2000/mar2000/0010.asp] (Senior )|| Vancouver || {{dts|March 10, 2000}} || NDP||Chen & Leung (civil)<Br>Called to bar (1980)
|{{publishedBCPC|chen}} (~60)
|-
| Thomas Gove|| Vancouver || ~1998 || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|gove}} (~93)
|-
|Judge Raymond Low || Vancouver || || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|low}} (~27)
|-
|Judge David R. Pendleton || Island || || ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Pendleton}} (~3)
|-
|Judge Ernest Quantz || Victoria ||November 19, 1999 || ||Crown attorney<br> Called to bar (~1993)
|{{publishedBCPC|Quantz}} (~21)
|-
| Elisabeth Burgess [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2007ag0029-001105.htm] ||Vancouver || September 24, 2007||Liberal||
|{{publishedBCPC|Burgess}} (~2)
|-
| Gurmail Singh Gill [http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-20-09-2016]|| Fraser ||October 4, 1994 (Judge)<Br>2009 to 2016 (ACJ) || NDP (Judge)<br>Liberal (ACJ) || Private practice
|{{publishedBCPC|Gill}} (~35)


{{div col end}}
==Previous Judges==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |
|-
|-
!Name
|R. Miller
!Duration of Appointment
|
! Appointed By
|2019
! Prior Position(s)
|NDP
|
|-
|Oliver Fleck [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020AG0050-001327]
|
|2020
|NDP
| Crown attorney (2012 to 2020)<br>Called to bar (1999)
|
|-
|Tamera Golinsky [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020AG0050-001327]
|
|2020
|NDP
|
|
|-
|-
|Marion Buller<ref>{{cite web |title=Honourable Marion Buller |url=https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/careers/departments/anthropology/profiles/buller-marion.php |website=University of Victoria |accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref>
|Wendy Bernt [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020AG0050-001327]
| 1994-2006
|  
|  
| Civil and criminal lawyer (1988 – 1994)
| 2020
| NDP
|
|
|-
|-
| Judge Gale Sinclair
|Michelle Stanford [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2020-2024/2021AG0030-000455.htm]
| 1988 to April 1, 2018 <ref>{{cite news |title=JUDICIAL RETIREMENT - THE HONOURABLE JUDGE GALE SINCLAIR |url=http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Apr-04-18%20Retirement%20Judge%20Sinclair.pdf |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>
|
|
|2021
|NDP
|
|
|-
|-
|Jodie Harris [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2020-2024/2021AG0030-000455.htm]
|
|2021
|NDP
|
|}
|}
==Previous Judges==
* [[Provincial Court of British Columbia (Historical)]]


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[British Columbia Court of Appeal]]
* [[British Columbia Court of Appeal]]


==References==
<references />


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca Provincial Court of British Columbia Website]
*[http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca Provincial Court of British Columbia Website]
* [http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/about-the-court/judicial-officers/judges-court/by-district list of judges by district]  
* [http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/about-the-court/judicial-officers/judges-court/by-district list of judges by district]  
 
* [https://news.gov.bc.ca/ministries/attorney-general AG announcements]
 
* [http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/pdf/Provincial%20Court%20Judge%20Complement.pdf update 2019]
{{Court Composition}}
{{Court Membership}}

Latest revision as of 14:15, 11 October 2024

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

Districts

Regions Court of Justice
Fraser Region Interior Region Northern Region Vacouver Region Vancouver Island Region
  • Chilliwack
  • New Westminster
  • Abbotsford
  • Port Coquitlam
  • Surrey
  • Golden
  • Grand Forks
  • Invermere
  • Kamloops
  • Lillooet
  • Merritt
  • Nakusp
  • Nelson
  • Penticton
  • Princeton
  • Revelstoke
  • Rossland
  • Salmon Arm
  • Sparwood
  • Vernon
  • Castlegar
  • Clearwater
  • Cranbrook
  • Creston
  • Fernie
  • Terrace
  • Tumbler Ridge
  • Valemount
  • Vanderhoof
  • Williams Lake
  • 100 Mile House
  • Anahim Lake
  • Burns Lake
  • Chetwynd
  • Dawson Creek
  • Fort Nelson
  • Fort St. James
  • Fort St. John
  • Fraser Lake
  • Hazelton
  • Houston
  • Kitimat
  • Kwadacha
  • MacKenzie
  • Masset
  • McBride
  • Prince George
  • Prince Rupert
  • Queen Charlotte City
  • Quesnel
  • Smithers
  • North Vancouver
  • Pemberton
  • Richmond
  • Sechelt
  • Campbell River
  • Courtenay
  • Duncan
  • Nanaimo
  • Port Alberni
  • Port Hardy
  • Western Communities

Current Justices

Office of the Chief Judge
Name Jurisdiction Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie [1] [2] [3] N/A February, 2012 (judge) Liberal Crown Counsel
Called to bar (1991)		 Published criminal decisions (~10)
Associate Chief Judge Susan Wishart <[4] N/A 2009 (Judge)
May 15, 2016 (ACJ)		 Liberal Private practice (criminal) (1999 to 2009) Published criminal decisions (~2)
Paul Dohm [5] Lower Mainland December 2, 2005 Liberal Crown Counsel
Called to bar (1990) 		Published criminal decisions (~17)

Fraser

Fraser Region
Name Jurisdiction Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Robert Hamilton (Regional Administrative Judge) [6] South Fraser/Surrey August 8, 2011 Liberal Lindsay Kenney LLP
Called to bar (~1992) 		Published criminal decisions (~11)
Daniel Steinberg [7] Sept 1994 Private practice (1974 to 1994) Published criminal decisions (~30)
Therese Alexander 1996 NDP Stone and Alexander (civil) Published criminal decisions (~29)
Wendy Young [8] Chilliwack October 30, 1996 NDP Crown counsel
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions (~36)
Gary I. Cohen [9] 1999 NDP private practice (family) Published criminal decisions (~8)
Shehni Dossa [10] Port Coquitlam March 10, 2000 NDP Hean Wylie & Company
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions (~40)
Kenneth Dennis Skilnick [11] Jan. 22, 2003 Liberal Community Legal Services
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Donald Gardner [12] Abbotsford Nov. 18, 2005 Liberal private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (1979) 		Published criminal decisions (~64)
Daniel Weatherly [13] Prince George March 24, 2005 Liberal Private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Kimberley Arthur-Leung [14] Lower Mainland March 31, 2008 Liberal Private practice
Called to bar (1989) 		Published criminal decisions (~27)
Patricia Janzen [15] February 21, 2012 Liberal Labour Relations Board
Human Rights Tribunal
Canadian Human Rights Commission 		Published criminal decisions (~11)
Gregory John Brown [16] Abbotsford February 16, 2012 Liberal McEachern, Harris and Brown (family and civil) Published criminal decisions
Patricia Bond [17] February 27, 2012 Liberal North Shore Law LLP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Garth Smith [18] [19] [20] December 04, 2012 Liberal PPSC Crown
Called to bar (1990) 		Published criminal decisions
Andrea Brownstone [21] [22] December 04, 2012 Clark / Bond (Lib) Law Society BC (2005 to 2012)
Called to bar (~1979) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
James Sutherland [23] [24] [25] December 04, 2012 Liberal Sutherland Jette Barristers (criminal)
Called to bar (1990) 		Published criminal decisions (~17)
Steven Point [26] Abbotsford February 20, 2014 Liberal BC's Lieutenant Governor (2007 to 2012)
Chief Commissioner of BC Treaty Process (2005 to 2007)
Provincial Court Judge (1999 to 2005)
Point and Shirley Law Firm (1986 and 1989) (criminal) 		Published criminal decisions (~9)
Richard Browning [27] October 30, 2014 Liberal Sole practitioner
Called to bar (~1990) 		Published criminal decisions (~29)
Edna Ritchie [28] March 18, 2015 Liberal Fraser and Company
Hope Heinrich
Called to bar (~1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~4)
Kathryn Ferriss [29] July 25, 2015 Liberal legal aid (family) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Jay Solomon [30] July 27, 2015 Liberal Private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (1990) 		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Deanne Gaffar [31] December 4, 2015 Liberal private practice (criminal)
UBC (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~9)
Alexander Wolf [32] December 7, 2015 Liberal Private practice (2004 to 2015)
Crown attorney
Dalhousie (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~34)
Eugene Jamieson [33] February 24, 2016 Liberal legal officer for Office of Chief Provincial Court Judge Published criminal decisions (~0)
Robert Gunnell [34] June 27, 2016 Liberal Findlay Gunnell Sandor (criminal) (1998 to 2016) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Robin McQuillan [35] August 15, 2016 Liberal sole practitioner (family)
Called to bar (~1990) 		Published criminal decisions (~8)
Peter La Prairie [36] January 16, 2017 Liberal PPSC Crown
Called to bar (~1991) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Valliammai Chettiar [37] January 24, 2017 Liberal In-House counsel
private practice 		Published criminal decisions (~7)
Patricia Stark [38] January 30, 2017 Liberal Sole practitioner (2002 to 2017)
Crown counsel (1992 to 2002) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Dawn Boblin [39] Fraser Region November 6, 2017 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (~1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Andrea Ormiston [40] November 6, 2017 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (~2002)		 Published criminal decisions (~1)
Mark Jette [41] Fraser Region November 10, 2017 NDP Sutherland Jetté Barristers (criminal)
Called to bar (~1991) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Delaram Jahani [42] December 12, 2017 NDP Boyd Jahani Barristers (2003 to 2017)
Called to bar (~1998) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Kristen Mundstock [43] Fraser Region March 12, 2018 NDP Patten, MacDonald and Crabtree
Queen's grad (1993)
Judge Diana Dorey [44] Fraser Region April 9, 2018 NDP Dolden Wallace Folick
Davis & Company
Called to bar (~1991)
UBC grad (1990)
Anja Brown [45] Port Coquitlam July 3, 2018 NDP
Trudy Macdonald [46] Fraser Region July 3, 2018 NDP
Judge David Albert [47] Surrey October 25, 2018 NDP Private practice
PPSC Crown
Squamish Nation
Called to bar (1994) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Georgia Docolas [48] Surrey October 25, 2018 NDP Private practice
Crown attorney
Altman Kahn Zack
Called to bar (1992) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Jennifer Lopes [49] Surrey October 22, 2018 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (1999) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Craig Sicotte [50] Surrey Oct. 29, 2018 NDP Bull, Housser & Tupper (criminal)
Legal Aid
Called to bar (1991) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
David Silverman [51] Surrey 2019 NDP Private practice (criminal) (1993 to 2017)
Called to bar (1991)
UBC grad (1991)
T. Dion [52] Port Coquitlam 2019 NDP
Emmet Duncan [53] Surrey 2020 NDP
Satinder Sidhu [54] Surrey 2020 NDP Crown attorney
Called to Bar (1996)
Jeffrey Campbell [55] Coquitlam 2020 NDP
Andrea Davis [56] Surrey 2020 NDP
Dunn Fraser July 27, 2021
Christopher Churchill [57] March 21, 2024
Colleen Elden [58] March 4, 2024

Interior

Interior
Name Jurisdiction Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Marguerite E. Shaw (Regional Admin. Judge) [59] Kelowna Sept. 24, 2010 Liberal Published criminal decisions (~3)
Ellen Burdett [60] 1993 (Judge)
January 31, 2019 (Snr)		 NDP Crown attorney
Professor at UBC Law
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~31)
Christopher David Cleaveley [61] Sept 1994
June 30, 2018 (snr)		 Published criminal decisions (~11)
Stella Frame [62] December 28, 2006 Liberal Boughton Law Corporation
Called to bar (1989)
Victoria (1988) 		Published criminal decisions (~79)
Stephen Harrison July 9, 2007 Liberal Published criminal decisions (~18)
Dennis Morgan [63] November 5, 2007 Liberal Legal Services Society (1994 to 2007) Published criminal decisions (~32)
Roy Dickey [64] 2010 Liberal Harrop, Phillips, Powell & Gibbons
Crown Counsel (2009 to 2010) 		Published criminal decisions (~12)
Grant Sheard Cranbrook May 17, 2010 Published criminal decisions (~2)
Mayland McKimm [65] Vernon July 24, 2011 Liberal Legal Services Society
McKimm & Lott
Called to bar (1984) 		Published criminal decisions (~10)
Gregory Koturbash [66] Penticton February 14, 2012 Liberal Crown attorney Published criminal decisions (~18)
Lisa Wyatt [67] December 30, 2013 Liberal Pushor Mitchell LLP (family) (1996 to 2004)
Porter Ramsay
Called to bar (1991) 		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Richard Hewson [68] December 23, 2013 Liberal Sole practitioner (2000 to 2013)
Davidson & Co (1997 to 2000)
Boulton Muldoon (1995 to 1997)
Called to bar (1995) 		Published criminal decisions (~25)
Robert Brown December 7, 2015 Liberal Thompson, LeRose & Brown Published criminal decisions (~2)
Lynal Doerksen [69] 2016 Liberal Crown attorney Published criminal decisions (~0)
Cathie Heinrichs [70] 2016 Liberal Sole practitioner (2000 to 2016)
Called to bar (1994) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Philip Seagram [71] January 11, 2016 Liberal Private practice (criminal)
Crown attorney 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Monica McParland [72] August 28, 2017 Liberal Pushor Mitchell LLP (criminal)
Crown attorney
PPSC Crown
Called to bar (~1998) 		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Mariane Ruth Armstrong [73] September 6, 2017 Liberal Crown attorney (1989 to 2017) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Michelle Daneliuk [74] September 6, 2017 Liberal Private practice (criminal) (1995 to 2017) Published criminal decisions (~1)
Jeremy Guild [75] Interior Region March 12, 2018
Andrew Tam [76] Interior April 4, 2018 Mulligan Tam Pearson (1999 to 2018)
Called to bar (~1998)		 Published criminal decisions (~0)
Raymond Phillips [77] Kamloops January 14, 2019 NDP St’at’imc/ Nlaka'pamux Legal Services Society
Called to bar (1994) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Clarke Burnett [78] Kelowna 2019 NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Karen Leung [79] March 4, 2024 NDP
Mandy Klein [80] April 29, 2024 NDP BC Prosecution (2017 to 2024)
called to bar (2007) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)

Northern

Northern Region
Name Jurisdiction Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Michael Brecknell (Regional Administrative Judge) June 9, 2000 [81] Hope Heinrich
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~161)
Richard Blaskovits [82] November 9, 2001 (Judge)
August 31, 2018 (Snr)		 Liberal Crown attorney Published criminal decisions (~5)
Brian Daley [83] 2005 Liberal Called to bar (1981) Published criminal decisions (~7)
Calvin Andrew Struyk [84] March 20, 2008 Liberal Called to bar (1991) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Rita Bowry [85] January 25, 2009 Liberal Sole practitioner (1997 to 2009) (family)
Seyl & Bowry (1995 to 1997)
Gibb and Syal 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Victor Galbraith [86] Prince George February 13, 2012 Liberal BC Crown counsel Published criminal decisions (~2)
Terence Wright [87] Smithers March 1, 2012 Liberal Warner Bandstra Brown Published criminal decisions (~1)
William F. M. Jackson [88] [89] December 04, 2012 Liberal BC Crown counsel
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~7)
Shannon Keyes [90] February 20, 2014 Liberal Crown counsel (2000 to 2014)
Cobbett and Cotton Barristers (1994 to 2000)
Rubin-Haws and Associates (1993 to 1994)
Sole practitioner
Rubin-Haws and Associates (1987 to 1988)
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~17)
Dwight Stewart [91] April 15, 2015 Liberal Crown counsel (2012 to 2015)
Private practice
Called to bar (1995) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judith Doulis [92] [93] December 7, 2015 Liberal Crown Counsel
Private practice
Called to bar (1998) 		Published criminal decisions (~36)
Susan Mengering [94] 2016 Liberal Crown attorney
Called to bar (~2001) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Karen Whonnock [95] August 8, 2016 Liberal of the Colville Tribal Court Published criminal decisions (~2)
Cassandra Malfair [96] January 9, 2017 Liberal Crown counsel (2007 to 2017)
Private practice
Called to bar (~2000) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Peter Whyte [97] December 12, 2017 Liberal Crown attorney (2015 to 2017)
PPSC Crown attorney
Lake Whyte LLP
Called to bar (~2006) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
George Leven [98] Northern Region March 27, 2018 NDP
Judge Peter McDermick [99] Northern April 8, 2018 NDP Private practice (criminal) (2001 to 2018)
Crown counsel (securities)
Called to bar (~1997)		 Published criminal decisions (~0)
Linda Thomas [100] Northern Region July 5, 2018 NDP
David Patterson [101] [102] Prince Rupert August 12, 2019 NDP MTC law (1997 to 2019)
Cooper and Co (1994 to 1996)
Blane & Co (1993 to 1994)
Called to bar (1993)
UBC grad (1992)
Darin Reeves [103] Northern Region 2020 NDP
J. Martin Nadon [104] [105] Prince George 2021 NDP Crown attorney (2001 to 2021)
Sheryl Wagner [106] March 4, 2024
Sabena Thompson [107] April 15, 2024 NDP BC Prosecution (2005 to 2024) Published criminal decisions

Vancouver

Vancouver Region
Name Jurisdiction Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
John Milne (Regional Admin. Judge) [108] December 20, 2002 Liberal Buri Milne Published criminal decisions (~4)
Nancy Adams [109] Vancouver March 21, 2017 Liberal Crown attorney
Private practice		 Published criminal decisions (~1)
Jodie Werier (snr) April 1995 Davis and Company (family)
Called to bar (1980, 1983)
Manitoba grad (1979) 		Published criminal decisions (~13)
Rose Raven [110] Surrey April 19, 1996 Published criminal decisions (~13)
Harbans Dhillon May 3, 1999 NDP Published criminal decisions (~36)
Paul Meyers [111] June 18, 1999 Meyers & Co. (1989 to 1999)
Called to bar (1972) 		Published criminal decisions (~58)
Joanne Challenger [112] New Westminster November 19, 1999 NDP Sole practitioner (1991 to 1999)
Crown attorney
Called to bar (~1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~164)
Nancy Phillips [113] 2001 Associate Chief Justice (2009 to 2016)
Crown attorney
Private practice 		Published criminal decisions (~35)
Malcolm MacLean [114] September 5, 2003 Liberal Davis and Company
Crown Attorney (1982 to 1984) 		Published criminal decisions (~16)
Joseph E. Galati Vancouver 2004 UBC grad (1979) Anderson and Galati Published criminal decisions (~28)
Donna Senniw March 4, 2004 Published criminal decisions (~4)
James Wingham [115] April 30, 2004 Liberal Wingham Kinsman
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~33)
Ellen Gordon [116] November 5, 2004 Liberal Gordon and Sutherland Law Offices (1998 to 2004)
Private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (1984) 		Published criminal decisions (~36)
Karen Walker [117] [118] July 29, 2005 Liberal Private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Gregory Rideout [119] Lower Mainland November 18, 2005 Liberal Private practice
Called to bar (1979) 		Published criminal decisions (~94)
Maria Giardini [120] October 24, 2006 Liberal Davis & Company (1995 to 2006) Published criminal decisions (~120)
David St. Pierre [121] March 27, 2009 Liberal Cobb St. Pierre Lewis (1998 to 2009) Published criminal decisions (~53)
Steven Merrick [122] 2010 Liberal Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal Published criminal decisions (~31)
Reginald Harris [123] February 15, 2010 Liberal Smart, Harris & Martland (criminal) <be> Called to bar (1998)
UBC grad 		Published criminal decisions (~59)
James Bahen [124] January 4, 2011 Liberal Private practice (criminal) Published criminal decisions (~11)
Bonnie Craig [125] [126] December 04, 2012 Liberal Crown attorney
Called to bar (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~4)
Kathryn Denhoff [127] [128] December 04, 2012 Liberal Davis LLP (1994 to 2012)
Called to bar (1996) 		Published criminal decisions (~4)
Jennifer Oulton [129] [130] December 04, 2012 Liberal Crown attorney
Called to bar (1997) 		Published criminal decisions (~10)
Lyndsay Smith [131] Jan. 6, 2014 Liberal Sole practitioner (1998 to 2012)
Crown attorney
Called to bar (1988) 		Published criminal decisions (~4)
Laura Bakan [132] March 18, 2015 Liberal Guild Yule (criminal)
Called to bar (1994) 		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Danny Sudeyko [133] July 25, 2015 Liberal Private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (1988) 		Published criminal decisions (~10)
Wilson Lee [134] January 14, 2016 Liberal Private practice Published criminal decisions (~1)
Nancy Adams [135] March 21, 2017 Liberal Crown counsel
Private practice 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
G. Lee [136] Richmond 2019 NDP
Diana Vandor [137] Richmond 2020 NDP

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island Region
Name Jurisdiction Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Carmen Rogers (Regional Administrative Judge) Victoria Published criminal decisions (~4)
Robert Higinbotham (snr) Published criminal decisions (~22)
Justine Saunders Published criminal decisions (~18)
Ronald Webb [138] Aug. 6, 2004 Liberal Crown attorney (1992 to 2004) Published criminal decisions (~9)
Lisa Mrozinski
(Nelson) [139]		 March 17, 2009 Liberal Ministry of the Attorney General (1991 to 2009) Published criminal decisions (~38)
Adrian Brooks [140] April 1, 2009 Liberal Private practice (criminal) Published criminal decisions (~7)
Parker MacCarthy [141] October 18, 2010 Liberal Ramsay Lampman Rhodes Published criminal decisions (~122)
Ted Gouge [142] February 27, 2012 Clark / Bond (Lib) Ministry of Attorney General, Legal Services
Lawson, Lundell, Lawson & McIntosh 		Published criminal decisions (~75)
Roger Cutler [143] [144] December 04, 2012 Clark / Bond (Lib) Crown attorney
Called to bar (1995) 		Published criminal decisions (~7)
Ronald Lamperson [145] [146] December 04, 2012 Clark / Bond (Lib) Marshall and Lamperson
Called to bar (1990) 		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Barbara Flewelling [147] October 31, 2014 Liberal Private practice
Called to bar (1995) 		Published criminal decisions (~22)
Christine Lowe [148] July 27, 2015 Liberal Crown attorney
Called to bar (1989) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Catherine Crockett [149] Campbell River April 20, 2016 Liberal BC Crown attorney
Public Prosecution Service Canada 		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Brian Harvey [150] Nanimo April 20, 2016 Liberal Sole practitioner (1996 to 2016) Published criminal decisions (~4)
Jennifer Barrett [151] June 20, 2016 Liberal Quadra Legal Centre (2007 to 2016) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Brian Hutcheson [152] 2016 Liberal Swift Datoo Law Corporation
Called to bar (1985) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Karina Sacca [153] Victoria April 8, 2020 NDP Called to Bar (1997)


Senior Judges (Part-time/Semi-Retired)

Name Location Duration of Appointment Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Bryce Dyer [154] Vancouver February 25, 2005 Liberal sole practitioner (1998)
Called to bar (1973) 		Published criminal decisions (~81)
Elizabeth Bayliff [155] Northern November 9, 2001 Liberal Crown counsel Published criminal decisions (~46)
Judge Robin R. Smith Quesnel Published criminal decisions (~58)
Thomas S. Woods Fraser Published criminal decisions (~99)
Loretta Chaperon Island Published criminal decisions (~4)
Peter Doherty Island ~1999 Published criminal decisions (~97)
Richard D. Miller [156] Fraser Sept 28, 1994 Crown attorney (1977 to 1994) Published criminal decisions (~10)
Jill Rounthwaite Fraser ~1995 Published criminal decisions (~150)
Peder Gulbransen Abbotsford July 18, 2003 Liberal Crown Counsel (1982 to 2003)
Bate & Co
Community Law Centre 		Published criminal decisions (~110)
Douglas Cowling Island Published criminal decisions (~26)
Pedro de Couto Fraser January 2, 1998 NDP Published criminal decisions (~90)
Brent Hoy Fraser Published criminal decisions (~33)
James Threlfall Interior Published criminal decisions (~10)
Mark Takahashi [157] Nelson October 30, 1996 NDP sole practitioner (criminal)
Called to bar (1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~8)
Jane P. Cartwright Interior Published criminal decisions (~38)
Bradford Chapman Interior Published criminal decisions (~1)
Evan C Blake Island Published criminal decisions (~59)
Herman Seidemann [158] Northern November 9, 2001 Liberal Silversides, Seidemann & Kucher Published criminal decisions (~14)
Michael Gray [159] Northern November 5, 2004 Liberal Crown attorney (2000 to 2004)
Legal Services Society (1991 to 2004) 		Published criminal decisions (~10)
Patrick Chen [160] (Senior ) Vancouver March 10, 2000 NDP Chen & Leung (civil)
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~60)
Thomas Gove Vancouver ~1998 Published criminal decisions (~93)
Judge Raymond Low Vancouver Published criminal decisions (~27)
Judge David R. Pendleton Island Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge Ernest Quantz Victoria November 19, 1999 Crown attorney
Called to bar (~1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~21)
Elisabeth Burgess [161] Vancouver September 24, 2007 Liberal Published criminal decisions (~2)
Gurmail Singh Gill [162] Fraser October 4, 1994 (Judge)
2009 to 2016 (ACJ)		 NDP (Judge)
Liberal (ACJ)		 Private practice Published criminal decisions (~35)
R. Miller 2019 NDP
Oliver Fleck [163] 2020 NDP Crown attorney (2012 to 2020)
Called to bar (1999)
Tamera Golinsky [164] 2020 NDP
Wendy Bernt [165] 2020 NDP
Michelle Stanford [166] 2021 NDP
Jodie Harris [167] 2021 NDP

Previous Judges

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Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island (PEISC)
Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island (PEIPC) 		Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (NSCA)
Nova Scotia Supreme Court (NSSC)
Nova Scotia Provincial Court (NSPC) 		Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal) (NLCA)
Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (NLSC)
Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (NLPC)
Territorial Courts (YKTC, YKSC, YKCA, NTTC, NTSC, NTCA, NUCJ, NUCA)
Membership of Federal Appointments Committees
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