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==Distribution of Judges==
{{quotation1|
; Court of Appeal and Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick
15 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick and of the Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick are as follows:
{{removed|(a) and (b)}}
:(c) the Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench, $371,400 each; and
:(d) the 20 other judges of the Court of Queen’s Bench, $338,800 each.
R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 15;
R.S., 1985, c. 41 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1;
2001, c. 7, s. 7;
2006, c. 11, s. 1;
2012, c. 31, s. 210;
2017, c. 20, s. 203;
2022, c. 10, s. 344.
| [https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/J-1/section-15.html (DOJ)]
}}
 
== Current Justices ==
== Current Justices ==
(Full complement of 17)[https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-j-1/latest/rsc-1985-c-j-1.html]
(Full complement of 22)[https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-j-1/latest/rsc-1985-c-j-1.html]


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name  !! County !! Appointment !! Nominated By !! Prior Position(s) !! Other Details
! Name  !! County !! Appointment !! Nominated By !! Prior Position(s) !! Other Details
|-
|-
| Chief Justice Tracey K. DeWare [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32757.html]  || Moncton ||{{dts|June 22, 2012}} (Judge) || Harper || Stewart McKelvey (2005 to 2012)<br> Called to bar (1994)
| Chief Justice Tracey K. DeWare [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32757.html]  || Moncton ||{{dts|June 22, 2012}} (Judge) || {{Harper2}} || Stewart McKelvey (2005 to 2012)<br>Murphy Collette Murphy (1999 to 2005)<br>Wingate O'Neil DeWare (1998 to 1999)<br> Called to bar (1994) <br> UNB grad (1994)
| {{publishedNBQB|deware}} (~19){{asof|2020}}
| {{publishedNBQB|deware}} (~19){{asof|2020}}
|-
|-
| Justice William T. Grant [https://web.archive.org/web/20050424030336/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31020.html] || Saint John || 2003 || || Called to bar (1978)
| Zoël R. Dionne [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2007/12/new-brunswick-judicial-appointment-announced.html] || Moncton || December 17, 2007 || {{Harper2}} || Private practice (1983 to 2007)<br>Called to bar (1983)
| {{publishedNBQB|grant}} (~90)
|-
| Justice Thomas E. Cyr || Edmundston || || || Called to bar (1982)
| {{publishedNBQB|cyr}} (~7)
|-
| Justice Zoël R. Dionne [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2007/12/new-brunswick-judicial-appointment-announced.html] || Moncton || December 17, 2007 || Harper  || Private practice (1983 to 2007)<br>Called to bar (1983)
| {{publishedNBQB|dionne}} (~0)
| {{publishedNBQB|dionne}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Justice Jean-Paul Ouellette [https://web.archive.org/web/20110921190751/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32245.html] || Miramichi || 2008 ||Harper  ||Godbout Ouellette (1987 to 2008)
| Jean-Paul Ouellette [https://web.archive.org/web/20110921190751/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32245.html] || Miramichi || 2008 ||{{Harper2}} ||Godbout Ouellette (1987 to 2008)
| {{publishedNBQB|Ouellette}} (~8)
| {{publishedNBQB|Ouellette}} (~8)
|-
|-
| Justice Frederick P. Ferguson [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2008/12/new-brunswick-judicial-appointments-announced.html] || Miramichi || {{dts|December 12, 2008}}||Harper || Provincial Court (2003 to 2008) <br> Crown attorney (1976 to 2003)<br> Called to bar (1976)
| Frederick P. Ferguson [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2008/12/new-brunswick-judicial-appointments-announced.html] || Miramichi || {{dts|December 12, 2008}}||{{Harper2}} || Provincial Court (2003 to 2008) <br> Crown attorney (1976 to 2003)<br> Called to bar (1976)
|{{publishedNBQB|ferguson}} (~39)
|{{publishedNBQB|ferguson}} (~39)
|-
|-
| Justice Terrence J. Morrison [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2008/12/new-brunswick-judicial-appointments-announced.html] || Woodstock ||{{dts|December 12, 2008}} ||Harper ||Cox Palmer (1983 to 2008)<br>Spencer & Company (1982 to 1983)<br> Called to bar (1982)
| Terrence J. Morrison [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2008/12/new-brunswick-judicial-appointments-announced.html] || Woodstock ||{{dts|December 12, 2008}} ||{{Harper2}} ||Cox Palmer (1983 to 2008)<br>Spencer & Company (1982 to 1983)<br> Called to bar (1982)
| {{publishedNBQB|morrison}} (~26)
| {{publishedNBQB|morrison}} (~26)
|-
|-
| Justice Bruce A. Noble [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2008/12/new-brunswick-judicial-appointments-announced.html] || Saint John ||{{dts|December 12, 2008}} ||Harper ||City of Fredricton (1989 to 2008)<br> Noble & Noble Law Offices (1977 to 1989)
| Bruce A. Noble [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2008/12/new-brunswick-judicial-appointments-announced.html] || Saint John ||{{dts|December 12, 2008}} ||{{Harper2}} ||City of Fredricton (1989 to 2008)<br> Noble & Noble Law Offices (1977 to 1989)
| {{publishedNBQB|noble}} (~0)
| {{publishedNBQB|noble}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Justice John J. Walsh [http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2008.12.1862.html] || Saint John || September 2009 || Harper || Provincial Court Judge (2008 to 2009)<br> Crown Attorney
| E. Thomas Christie [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33011.html]  || Saint John ||{{dts|December 18, 2013}} || {{Harper3}} || Christie Law Office (2007 to 2013)
| {{publishedNBQB|walsh}} (~27)
|-
| Justice E. Thomas Christie [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33011.html]  || Saint John ||{{dts|December 18, 2013}} || Harper || Christie Law Office (2007 to 2013)
| {{publishedNBQB|christie}} (~11)
| {{publishedNBQB|christie}} (~11)
|-
|-
| Justice Darrell J. Stephenson [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33011.html]  || Saint John  || {{dts|December 18, 2013}} || Harper || Stewart McKelvey (1986 to 2013)
| Darrell J. Stephenson [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33011.html]  || Saint John  || {{dts|December 18, 2013}} || {{Harper3}} || Stewart McKelvey (1986 to 2013)
| {{publishedNBQB|Stephenson}} (~8)
| {{publishedNBQB|Stephenson}} (~8)
|-
|-
| Justice Deborah Hackett[http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33088.html] || Saint John || December 14, 2014 || Harper ||Director of Policy and Planning with the New Brunswick Department of Justice (2006 to 2010) <br> Hanson O'Reilly Matheson (1996 to 1999) [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33088.html]
| Deborah Hackett[http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33088.html] || Saint John || December 14, 2014 || {{Harper3}} ||Director of Policy and Planning with the New Brunswick Department of Justice (2006 to 2010) <br> Hanson O'Reilly Matheson (1996 to 1999) [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33088.html]
| {{publishedNBQB|hackett}} (~0)
| {{publishedNBQB|hackett}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Justice Larry Landry[http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2015/doc_33095.html] || Campbellton  || {{dts|February 6, 2015}}|| Harper || Sole Practitioner (2007 to 2015)<br>McIntyre & Kierstead (1992 to 2007)
| Larry Landry[http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2015/doc_33095.html] || Campbellton  || {{dts|February 6, 2015}}|| {{Harper3}} || Sole Practitioner (2007 to 2015)<br>McIntyre & Kierstead (1992 to 2007)
| {{publishedNBQB|landry}} (~5)
| {{publishedNBQB|landry}} (~5)
|-
|-
| Justice Marie-Claude Blais [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/05/new-brunswick-judicial-appointment-announced.html] || Saint John  || {{dts|May 5, 2015}} || Harper || Provincial Minister of Justice (PC)  <br> McInnes Cooper
| Marie-Claude Blais [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/05/new-brunswick-judicial-appointment-announced.html] || Saint John  || {{dts|May 5, 2015}} || {{Harper3}} || Provincial Minister of Justice (PC)  <br> McInnes Cooper
| {{publishedNBQB|blais}} (~0)
| {{publishedNBQB|blais}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Justice Richard Petrie [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/06/new-brunswick-judicial-appointments-announced.html] || Woodstock  || June 8, 2015 ||Harper || Stewart McKelvey (2000 to 2015)<br>Petrie Richmond Goss (1992 to 2000) <br> Called to bar (1992)
| Richard Petrie [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/06/new-brunswick-judicial-appointments-announced.html] || Woodstock  || June 8, 2015 ||{{Harper3}} || Stewart McKelvey (2000 to 2015)<br>Petrie Richmond Goss (1992 to 2000) <br> Called to bar (1992)
| {{publishedNBQB|petrie}} (~2)
| {{publishedNBQB|petrie}} (~2)
|-
|-
| Justice Chantal Daigle [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/10/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofn0.html] || Saint John  ||  {{dts|October 20, 2017}} || J. Trudeau || Stewart McKelvey (1995 to 2017)
| Chantal Daigle [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/10/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofn0.html] || Saint John  ||  {{dts|October 20, 2017}} || {{J. Trudeau1}} || Stewart McKelvey (1995 to 2017)
| {{publishedNBQB|daigle}} (~0)
| {{publishedNBQB|daigle}} (~0)
|-
|-
|Justice Ivan Robichaud [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-new-brunswick0.html]
|Ivan Robichaud [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-new-brunswick0.html]
|Bathurst
|Bathurst
|June 15, 2018
|June 15, 2018
|J. Trudeau
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Robichaud Guignard Gauvin<br> Called to bar (1987)
|Robichaud Guignard Gauvin<br> Called to bar (1987)
|{{publishedNBQB|Robichaud%20Ivan}} (~0)
|{{publishedNBQB|Robichaud%20Ivan}} (~0){{asof|2020}}
|-
|-
|Justice Denise LeBlanc [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-new-brunswick1.html]  
|Denise LeBlanc [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-new-brunswick1.html]  
|
|
|June 22, 2018
|June 22, 2018
|J. Trudeau
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Provincial Court (2016 to 2018)<br>McInnes Cooper<br>Called to bar (1986)
|Provincial Court (2016 to 2018)<br>McInnes Cooper<br>Called to bar (1986)
|{{publishedNBQB|leblanc}} (~0)
|{{publishedNBQB|leblanc}} (~0)
<!--APPOINTED TO Family division
|-
| Marie-Claude Bélanger-Richard [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-new-brunswick-700146341.html]
|Saint John
| November 9, 2018
|J. Trudeau
| Droit Veritas Law
|{{publishedNBQB|Bélanger-Richard}} (~0)
|- FAMILY DIVISION
|Christa A. Bourque
| Moncton
|
|J. Trudeau
|
|{{publishedNBQB|Bourque}} (~0)
-->
|-
|-
|Justice Marie-Claude Bélanger-Richard
|Arthur Doyle [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-new-brunswick.html]
| Saint John
| June 4, 2019
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
| Cox & Palmer <br> Osgoode grad
|{{publishedNBQB|Doyle}} (~0)
|-
|Robert Dysart  [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-new-brunswick.html]
|Moncton
|June 4, 2019
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
| Stewart McKelvey <br>Dal grad (1996)
|{{publishedNBQB|Dysart}} (~0)
<!-- FAMILY DIVISION
|-
|Krista Colford
|Saint John
|Saint John
|
|
|J. Trudeau
|J. Trudeau
|
|
|{{publishedNBQB|Bélanger-Richard}} (~0)
|{{publishedNBQB|Colford}} (~0)
|- FAMILY DIVISION
|Nathalie L. Godbout
|Fredericton
|
|J. Trudeau
|
|{{publishedNBQB|Godbout}} (~0)-->
|-
|-
| Justice Michelle Boudreau-Dumas [https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/22540/two-judges-appointed-to-n-b-court-of-queen-s-bench]
| Michelle Boudreau-Dumas [https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/22540/two-judges-appointed-to-n-b-court-of-queen-s-bench]
|  
| Bathurst
|  
| November 19, 2020
|  
| {{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|  
|  
|{{publishedNBQB|Boudreau-Dumas}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Justice Kathryn Gregory [https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/22540/two-judges-appointed-to-n-b-court-of-queen-s-bench]
| Kathryn Gregory [https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/22540/two-judges-appointed-to-n-b-court-of-queen-s-bench]
|  
| Saint John
|  
| November 19, 2020
|  
| {{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|  
|  
|{{publishedNBQB|Gregory}} (~0) <!---
|- FAMILY DIVISION
|Marylène Pilote [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-a-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-new-brunswick-871320576.html]
| Edmunston
|
|J. Trudeau
|
|{{publishedNBQB|Pilote}} (~0) -->
|}
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! Name  !! County !! Appointment !! Nominated By !! Prior Position(s) !! Other Details
! Name  !! County !! Appointment !! Nominated By !! Prior Position(s) !! Other Details
|-
|-
| Justice Judy L. Clendening || Fredericton ||  ~1994 (Judge)<br>May 15, 2020 (Sup)|| ||
| Thomas E. Cyr || Edmundston || || || Called to bar (1982)
| {{publishedNBQB|cyr}} (~7)
|-
| William T. Grant [https://web.archive.org/web/20050424030336/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31020.html] || Saint John || 2003 || || Called to bar (1978)
| {{publishedNBQB|grant}} (~90)
|-
| Judy L. Clendening || Fredericton ||  ~1994 (Judge)<br>May 15, 2020 (Sup)|| {{Chretien1}} ||
| {{publishedNBQB|Clendenning}} (~36)
| {{publishedNBQB|Clendenning}} (~36)
|-
|-
| Justice Michel A. Robichaud [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2006/11/new-brunswick-judicial-appointments-announced.html] || Bathurst || November 23, 2006 || Harper || Robichaud Williamson Theriault & Johnstone<br> Called to bar (1990)
| Michel A. Robichaud [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2006/11/new-brunswick-judicial-appointments-announced.html] || Bathurst || November 23, 2006 || {{Harper1}} || Robichaud Williamson Theriault & Johnstone<br> Called to bar (1990)
| {{publishedNBQB|robichaud}} (~1)
| {{publishedNBQB|robichaud}} (~2){{asof|2020}}
|-
|-
| Justice Colette M. d'Entremont [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923004331/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_27795.html] || Moncton || 2001 || || Patterson, Palmer<br> Called to bar (1983)
| Colette M. d'Entremont [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923004331/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_27795.html] || Moncton || 2001 || {{Chretien2}} || Patterson, Palmer<br> Called to bar (1983)
| {{publishedNBQB|entremont}} (~0)
| {{publishedNBQB|entremont}} (~0){{asof|2020}}
|-
|-
| Justice Hugh H. McLellan || Saint John || ~1990<br>May 25, 2013 (sup.)[http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2015/doc_33095.html] || ||
| Hugh H. McLellan || Saint John || ~1990<br>May 25, 2013 (sup.)[http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2015/doc_33095.html] || ||
| {{publishedNBQB|McLellan}} (~126)
| {{publishedNBQB|McLellan}} (~126)
|-
|-
| Justice Brigitte M. Robichaud [https://web.archive.org/web/20031116002425/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/NB0609.html] || Moncton ||June 9, 1999<br> {{dts|July 9, 2016}} (super)[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/10/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofn0.html ] || ||Stewart McKelvey<br>Savoie & Drapeau <br> Called to bar (1980)
| Brigitte M. Robichaud [https://web.archive.org/web/20031116002425/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/NB0609.html] || Moncton ||June 9, 1999<br> {{dts|July 9, 2016}} (super)[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/10/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofn0.html ]  
| {{Chretien2}}
|Stewart McKelvey<br>Savoie & Drapeau <br> Called to bar (1980)
| {{publishedNBQB|Robichaud}} (~1)
| {{publishedNBQB|Robichaud}} (~1)
|-
|-
| Justice Paulette C. Garnett [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923010304/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/nbo403.html] || Fredericton || {{dts|April 3, 1998}} || Chretien || Gilbert, McGloan & Gillis<br> Barry & O'Neil & Company<br>Clark, Drummie and Company (1977 to 1981)<br>Called to bar (1977)
| Réginald Léger [http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/2000e0958ju.htm][https://web.archive.org/web/20031116001553/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/nr/2000/doc_25708.html] || Bathurst ||{{dts|November 10, 2000}} (Judge)<br>February 6, 2017 (sup.) || {{Chretien2}}|| Alie LeBouthillier (1977 to 2000) <br>Crown attorney (1974 to 1977)
| {{publishedNBQB|Garnett}} (~25)
|-
| Justice Peter S. Glennie [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/05/new-brunswick-judicial-appointment-announced.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20031116002001/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1999/nb1404.html] || Saint John || April 14, 1999 (judge)<br> May 5, 2015 (sup.) || || Patterson Palmer
| {{publishedNBQB|Glennie}} (~60)
|-
| Justice Réginald Léger [http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/2000e0958ju.htm][https://web.archive.org/web/20031116001553/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/nr/2000/doc_25708.html] || Bathurst ||{{dts|November 10, 2000}} (Judge)<br>February 6, 2017 (sup.) || Chretien || Alie LeBouthillier (1977 to 2000) <br>Crown attorney (1974 to 1977)
| {{publishedNBQB|Leger}} (~26)
| {{publishedNBQB|Leger}} (~26)
|-
|-
| Justice Anne D. Wooder [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923004331/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_27795.html] || Fredericton || 2001 || Chretien || Cox Hanson<br> Called to bar (1981)
| Anne D. Wooder [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923004331/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2001/doc_27795.html] || Fredericton || 2001 || {{Chretien2}}|| Cox Hanson<br> Called to bar (1981)
| {{publishedNBQB|Wooder}} (~0)
| {{publishedNBQB|Wooder}} (~0)
|}
|}
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{{Court Composition}}
 
{{Court Membership}}

Latest revision as of 12:23, 26 July 2023

Distribution of Judges

Court of Appeal and Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick

15 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick and of the Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick are as follows: [omitted (a) and (b)]

(c) the Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench, $371,400 each; and
(d) the 20 other judges of the Court of Queen’s Bench, $338,800 each.

R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 15; R.S., 1985, c. 41 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 2001, c. 7, s. 7; 2006, c. 11, s. 1; 2012, c. 31, s. 210; 2017, c. 20, s. 203; 2022, c. 10, s. 344.

(DOJ)

Current Justices

(Full complement of 22)[1]

Name County Appointment Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Justice Tracey K. DeWare [2] Moncton June 22, 2012 (Judge) Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Stewart McKelvey (2005 to 2012)
Murphy Collette Murphy (1999 to 2005)
Wingate O'Neil DeWare (1998 to 1999)
Called to bar (1994)
UNB grad (1994)
Published criminal decisions (~19)
(as of the end of 2020)
Zoël R. Dionne [3] Moncton December 17, 2007 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Private practice (1983 to 2007)
Called to bar (1983)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Jean-Paul Ouellette [4] Miramichi 2008 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Godbout Ouellette (1987 to 2008) Published criminal decisions (~8)
Frederick P. Ferguson [5] Miramichi December 12, 2008 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Provincial Court (2003 to 2008)
Crown attorney (1976 to 2003)
Called to bar (1976)
Published criminal decisions (~39)
Terrence J. Morrison [6] Woodstock December 12, 2008 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Cox Palmer (1983 to 2008)
Spencer & Company (1982 to 1983)
Called to bar (1982)
Published criminal decisions (~26)
Bruce A. Noble [7] Saint John December 12, 2008 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) City of Fredricton (1989 to 2008)
Noble & Noble Law Offices (1977 to 1989)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
E. Thomas Christie [8] Saint John December 18, 2013 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Christie Law Office (2007 to 2013) Published criminal decisions (~11)
Darrell J. Stephenson [9] Saint John December 18, 2013 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Stewart McKelvey (1986 to 2013) Published criminal decisions (~8)
Deborah Hackett[10] Saint John December 14, 2014 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Director of Policy and Planning with the New Brunswick Department of Justice (2006 to 2010)
Hanson O'Reilly Matheson (1996 to 1999) [11]
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Larry Landry[12] Campbellton February 6, 2015 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Sole Practitioner (2007 to 2015)
McIntyre & Kierstead (1992 to 2007)
Published criminal decisions (~5)
Marie-Claude Blais [13] Saint John May 5, 2015 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Provincial Minister of Justice (PC)
McInnes Cooper
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Richard Petrie [14] Woodstock June 8, 2015 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Stewart McKelvey (2000 to 2015)
Petrie Richmond Goss (1992 to 2000)
Called to bar (1992)
Published criminal decisions (~2)
Chantal Daigle [15] Saint John October 20, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Stewart McKelvey (1995 to 2017) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Ivan Robichaud [16] Bathurst June 15, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Robichaud Guignard Gauvin
Called to bar (1987)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
(as of the end of 2020)
Denise LeBlanc [17] June 22, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Provincial Court (2016 to 2018)
McInnes Cooper
Called to bar (1986)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Arthur Doyle [18] Saint John June 4, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Cox & Palmer
Osgoode grad
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Robert Dysart [19] Moncton June 4, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Stewart McKelvey
Dal grad (1996)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Michelle Boudreau-Dumas [20] Bathurst November 19, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Kathryn Gregory [21] Saint John November 19, 2020 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Published criminal decisions (~0)

Supernumerary Justices

Name County Appointment Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Thomas E. Cyr Edmundston Called to bar (1982) Published criminal decisions (~7)
William T. Grant [22] Saint John 2003 Called to bar (1978) Published criminal decisions (~90)
Judy L. Clendening Fredericton ~1994 (Judge)
May 15, 2020 (Sup)
Chrétien / Rock (Lib) Published criminal decisions (~36)
Michel A. Robichaud [23] Bathurst November 23, 2006 Harper / Toews (CPC) Robichaud Williamson Theriault & Johnstone
Called to bar (1990)
Published criminal decisions (~2)
(as of the end of 2020)
Colette M. d'Entremont [24] Moncton 2001 Chrétien / McLellan (Lib) Patterson, Palmer
Called to bar (1983)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
(as of the end of 2020)
Hugh H. McLellan Saint John ~1990
May 25, 2013 (sup.)[25]
Published criminal decisions (~126)
Brigitte M. Robichaud [26] Moncton June 9, 1999
July 9, 2016 (super)[27]
Chrétien / McLellan (Lib) Stewart McKelvey
Savoie & Drapeau
Called to bar (1980)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
Réginald Léger [28][29] Bathurst November 10, 2000 (Judge)
February 6, 2017 (sup.)
Chrétien / McLellan (Lib) Alie LeBouthillier (1977 to 2000)
Crown attorney (1974 to 1977)
Published criminal decisions (~26)
Anne D. Wooder [30] Fredericton 2001 Chrétien / McLellan (Lib) Cox Hanson
Called to bar (1981)
Published criminal decisions (~0)

Former Justices

Family Division

(Full complement of 8)


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