Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick

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

• Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick (Historical)

Family Division

(Full complement of 8)

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