Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador: Difference between revisions

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

Current Judges

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Chief Judge Pamela Goulding [1] [2]	St. John's	January 30, 2012 (J) September 28, 2015(CJ)	PC	Director of Public Prosecutions	Published criminal decisions (~25)
Associate Chief Judge Michael Madden [3] [4] [5]	St. John's	February 3, 2010(J) 2015 (ACJ)	PC	Crown prosecutor	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Kymil Howe	Corner Brook	March 11, 1993	Liberal	Crown attorney private practice	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge David Orr	St. John's	August 25, 1994	Liberal	Noonan, Oakley, Orr (criminal) Queen’s grad (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~51)
Judge Wayne Gorman [6]	Corner Brook	November 9, 2000	PC	Director of Public Prosecutions Crown counsel Called to bar (1983)	Published criminal decisions (~250)
Judge Harold Porter [7]	Grand Bank	October 12, 2001	Liberal	Crown attorney (1988 to 2001)	Published criminal decisions (~70)
Judge Colin J. Flynn [8]	St. John's	April 30, 2001	Liberal	Director of Public Prosecutions Department of Justice (Criminal)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Catherine Allen-Westby[9]	Corner Brook	October 28, 2002	Liberal	Monaghan, Marshall, Allen-Westby, Murphy and Watton	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Bruce Short [10]	Habour Grace	November 1, 2003	Liberal	Legal aid	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Wynne Anne Trahey [11]	Wabush	June 8, 2007	PC	Crown attorney Marshall, White, Ottenheimer & Green Collins and Associates Lewis, Day, Cook, Dawe & Eaton Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge D. Mark Pike [12]	St. John's	November 17, 2008	PC	Department of Justice Benson Myles PLC	Published criminal decisions (~15)
Judge Jacqueline Jenkins [13]	Gander	September 24, 2008	PC	Private practice	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Jacqueline Brazil [14] [15]	St. John's	February 4, 2010	PC	Crown Lawyer	Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge Lois Skanes [16]	St.John's	February 15, 2010	PC	Private practice Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~22)
Judge James G. Walsh [17]	St.John's	September 3, 2012	PC	Private practice (criminal) Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions
Judge Lori A. Marshall [18]	St. John's	August 13, 2012	PC	Legal Aid (2008 to 2012) sole practitioner Called to bar (1991)	Published criminal decisions (~21)
Judge Phyllis Harris [19]	Happy Valley-Goose Bay	June 10, 2014	PC	Public Prosecutions Office (1999 to 2014)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Lynn E. Cole [20] [21]	Stephenville	March 13, 2014	PC	Lawyer with Legal Aid Called to bar (1991)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Mark T. Linehan [22] [23]	Gander	March 4, 2014	PC	Crown prosecutor Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions (~14)
Judge Paul Noble [24]	Clarenville	September 17, 2015	PC	Dept of Justice RCMP	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Kari Ann Pike [25]	Happy Valley-Goose Bay	August 7, 2017	Liberal	Crown attorney	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Robin Fowler [26]	Grand Falls-Windsor	August 7, 2017	Liberal	Crown Attorney (2000 to 2013) Public Prosecution Service of Canada (2013 to 2017)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Rolf Pritchard [27]	Happy Valley-Goose Bay	June 13, 2019	Liberal	provincial government (2001 to 2019) private practice Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions (~0)

Supernumerary or Per Diem

Name	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Judge Gregory O. Brown (Per Diem)	February 28, 1992 April 30, 2013(per diem)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge William English [28] (Per Diem)	November 9, 2000 May 2, 2014 (per diem)	Liberal	Director of NL Legal Aid Called to bar (1976)	Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge John Joy [29]	August 1, 2006 July 28, 2017 (per diem)	PC	White, Ottenheimer and Baker	Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Patrick J.B. Kennedy [30]	April 11, 2001 May 9, 2014 (per diem)	Liberal	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~32)

Previous Judges

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Laura A. Mennie [31]		February 1, 2012	PC		Published criminal decisions(~15)
David Peddle [32]		December 1974 (Maj) Dec 1979 (Judge)			Published criminal decisions Appointed to NLSC (1988)

External links

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-|Associate Chief Judge Michael Madden <ref>{{cite web|title=New judges named to N.L. courts|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/new-judges-named-to-n-l-courts-1.940622|website=CBC News|accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref> [https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2015/just/1008n06.aspx] [https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2010/just/0204n06.htm] || St. John's ||  {{dts|February 3, 2010}}(J)<br> 2015 (ACJ)||PC || Crown prosecutor
+|Associate Chief Judge Michael Madden [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/new-judges-named-to-n-l-courts-1.940622] [https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2015/just/1008n06.aspx] [https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2010/just/0204n06.htm] || St. John's ||  {{dts|February 3, 2010}}(J)<br> 2015 (ACJ)||PC || Crown prosecutor
 |{{publishedNLPC|madden}} (~0)
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-|Judge Wayne Gorman<ref>{{cite web|title=Two new judges appointed to the Provincial Court|url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2000/just/1109n05.htm|website=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador|accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref> || Corner Brook || {{dts|November 9, 2000}}|| PC || Director of Public Prosecutions<br>Crown counsel<br> Called to bar (1983)
+|Judge Wayne Gorman [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2000/just/1109n05.htm] || Corner Brook || {{dts|November 9, 2000}}|| PC || Director of Public Prosecutions<br>Crown counsel<br> Called to bar (1983)
 |{{publishedNLPC|Gorman}} (~250)
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-| Judge Harold Porter<ref>{{cite news |title=Minister appoints new provincial court judge |url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2001/just/1012n11.htm |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref>|| Grand Bank || {{dts|October 12, 2001}} || Liberal || Crown attorney (1988 to 2001)
+| Judge Harold Porter [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2001/just/1012n11.htm] || Grand Bank || {{dts|October 12, 2001}} || Liberal || Crown attorney (1988 to 2001)
 |{{publishedNLPC|Porter}} (~70)
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-|Judge Colin J. Flynn <ref>{{cite web|title=News Releases|url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2001/just/0412n08.htm|website=Government of Newfoundland|publisher=Government of Newfoundland|accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref> ||St. John's || {{dts|April 30, 2001}} || Liberal || Director of Public Prosecutions<br> Department of Justice (Criminal)
+|Judge Colin J. Flynn [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2001/just/0412n08.htm] ||St. John's || {{dts|April 30, 2001}} || Liberal || Director of Public Prosecutions<br> Department of Justice (Criminal)
 |{{publishedNLPC|Flynn}} (~1)
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-| Judge Catherine Allen-Westby<ref>{{cite news |title=Minister appoints new Provincial Court Judge |url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2002/just/1104n04.htm |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> || Corner Brook ||{{dts|October 28, 2002}} || Liberal || Monaghan, Marshall, Allen-Westby, Murphy and Watton
+| Judge Catherine Allen-Westby[http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2002/just/1104n04.htm] || Corner Brook ||{{dts|October 28, 2002}} || Liberal || Monaghan, Marshall, Allen-Westby, Murphy and Watton
 |{{publishedNLPC|Allen-Westby}} (~0)
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-|Judge Bruce Short<ref>{{cite news |title=Minister appoints new provincial court judge |url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2003/just/0918n02.htm |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> ||Habour Grace || {{dts|November 1, 2003}} || Liberal || Legal aid
+|Judge Bruce Short [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2003/just/0918n02.htm] ||Habour Grace || {{dts|November 1, 2003}} || Liberal || Legal aid
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-| Judge D. Mark Pike<ref>{{cite news |title=Minister Announces Appointment of Chief Judge |url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2009/just/1002n06.htm |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> ||St. John's || {{dts|November 17, 2008}} ||PC || Department of Justice <Br> Benson Myles PLC
+| Judge D. Mark Pike [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2009/just/1002n06.htm] ||St. John's || {{dts|November 17, 2008}} ||PC || Department of Justice <Br> Benson Myles PLC
 |{{publishedNLPC|Pike}} (~15)
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-| Judge Jacqueline Jenkins<ref>{{cite news |title=Provincial Court Judge Appointed for Stephenville |url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2008/just/0915n02.htm |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> || Gander || {{dts|September 24, 2008}} || PC || Private practice
+| Judge Jacqueline Jenkins [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2008/just/0915n02.htm] || Gander || {{dts|September 24, 2008}} || PC || Private practice
 |{{publishedNLPC|Jenkins}} (~2)
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-|Judge Jacqueline Brazil<ref>{{cite web|title=New judges named to N.L. courts|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/new-judges-named-to-n-l-courts-1.940622|website=CBC News|accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref> [https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2010/just/0204n06.htm] || St. John's || {{dts|February 4, 2010}}||PC || Crown Lawyer
+|Judge Jacqueline Brazil [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/new-judges-named-to-n-l-courts-1.940622] [https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2010/just/0204n06.htm] || St. John's || {{dts|February 4, 2010}}||PC || Crown Lawyer
 |{{publishedNLPC|Brazil}} (~3)
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-|Judge Lois Skanes<ref>{{cite news |title=Minister Announces Judicial Appointments |url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2010/just/0204n06.htm |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> ||St.John's || {{dts|February 15, 2010}} || PC || Private practice<br> Called to bar (1985)
+|Judge Lois Skanes [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2010/just/0204n06.htm] ||St.John's || {{dts|February 15, 2010}} || PC || Private practice<br> Called to bar (1985)
 |{{publishedNLPC|Skanes}} (~22)
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-|Judge James G. Walsh<ref>{{cite news |title=Minister Announces Judicial Appointments |url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2012/just/0813n04.htm |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> || St.John's|| {{dts|September 3, 2012}} || PC || Private practice (criminal)<br>Called to bar (1985)
+|Judge James G. Walsh [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2012/just/0813n04.htm] || St.John's|| {{dts|September 3, 2012}} || PC || Private practice (criminal)<br>Called to bar (1985)
 |{{publishedNLPC|Walsh}}
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-|Judge Lori A. Marshall<ref>{{cite news |title=Minister Announces Judicial Appointments |url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2012/just/0813n04.htm |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> ||St. John's || {{dts| August 13, 2012}} || PC || Legal Aid (2008 to 2012)<Br> sole practitioner<Br>Called to bar (1991)
+|Judge Lori A. Marshall [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2012/just/0813n04.htm] ||St. John's || {{dts| August 13, 2012}} || PC || Legal Aid (2008 to 2012)<Br> sole practitioner<Br>Called to bar (1991)
 |{{publishedNLPC|Marshall}} (~21)
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-|Judge Phyllis Harris<ref>{{cite news |title=New Provincial Court Judge for Labrador |url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2014/just/0613n02.aspx |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> ||Happy Valley-Goose Bay || {{dts|June 10, 2014}} || PC || Public Prosecutions Office (1999 to 2014)
+|Judge Phyllis Harris [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2014/just/0613n02.aspx] ||Happy Valley-Goose Bay || {{dts|June 10, 2014}} || PC || Public Prosecutions Office (1999 to 2014)
 |{{publishedNLPC|Harris}} (~0)
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-|Judge Mark T. Linehan [https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2014/just/0313n04.htm] <ref>{{cite web|title=2 new judges appointed to provincial court|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/2-new-judges-appointed-to-provincial-court-1.2571164|website=CBC News|accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref> ||Gander  ||{{dts| March 4, 2014}} || PC|| Crown prosecutor <br>Called to bar (1996)
+|Judge Mark T. Linehan [https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2014/just/0313n04.htm]  [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/2-new-judges-appointed-to-provincial-court-1.2571164] ||Gander  ||{{dts| March 4, 2014}} || PC|| Crown prosecutor <br>Called to bar (1996)
 |{{publishedNLPC|Linehan}} (~14)
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-|Judge Paul Noble<ref>{{cite news |title=Provincial Court Judge Appointed |url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2015/just/0918n03.aspx |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> || Clarenville || {{dts|September 17, 2015}} || PC ||Dept of Justice<br> RCMP
+|Judge Paul Noble [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2015/just/0918n03.aspx] || Clarenville || {{dts|September 17, 2015}} || PC ||Dept of Justice<br> RCMP
 |{{publishedNLPC|Noble}} (~0)
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-|Judge William English<ref>{{cite web|title=Two new judges appointed to the Provincial Court|url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2000/just/1109n05.htm|website=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador|accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref> (Per Diem) || || November 9, 2000<br> May 2, 2014 (per diem) ||  Liberal || Director of NL Legal Aid<br> Called to bar (1976)
+|Judge William English [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2000/just/1109n05.htm] (Per Diem) || || November 9, 2000<br> May 2, 2014 (per diem) ||  Liberal || Director of NL Legal Aid<br> Called to bar (1976)
 |{{publishedNLPC|English}} (~3)
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-|Judge John Joy<ref>{{cite news |title=New Provincial Court judge appointed |url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2006/just/0605n07.htm |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> || || August 1, 2006 <Br> July 28, 2017 (per diem) ||PC || White, Ottenheimer and Baker
+|Judge John Joy [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2006/just/0605n07.htm] || || August 1, 2006 <Br> July 28, 2017 (per diem) ||PC || White, Ottenheimer and Baker
 |{{publishedNLPC|Joy}} (~6)
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-|Judge Patrick J.B. Kennedy <ref>{{cite web|title=News Releases|url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2001/just/0412n08.htm|website=Government of Newfoundland|publisher=Government of Newfoundland|accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref>|| ||April 11, 2001 <br> May 9, 2014 (per diem) || Liberal || Private Practice
+|Judge Patrick J.B. Kennedy [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2001/just/0412n08.htm] || ||April 11, 2001 <br> May 9, 2014 (per diem) || Liberal || Private Practice
 |{{publishedNLPC|Kennedy}} (~32)
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