Nova Scotia Provincial Court

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(~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of July 2020, unless otherwise indicated.

Current Judges

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Chief Judge Pamela S. Williams [1]	HRM	September 19, 2003 (Judge) 2013 (Chief)	PC (2003) NDP (2013)	NS Legal Aid, Youth Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~23)
Judge Corrine Sparks [2]	Dartmouth	March 30, 1987	PC (Buchanan/?)	Ruck and Mitchell (1981 to 1987) Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge A. Peter Ross	Sydney	1990	PC (Buchanan/?)	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (~1978)	Published criminal decisions (~45)
Judge Barbara Beach	Halifax, Youth	1994	Liberal (Savage/?)	NS Legal Aid Called to bar (~1978)	Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Alanna Murphy [3]	Dartmouth	November 13, 2002	PC (Hamm/Baker)	NS Public Prosecution Service (1987 to 2002) Chief Crown (2000 to 2002) Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge James H. Burrill [4]	Yarmouth	September 19, 2003	PC (Hamm/)	NS Public Prosecution Service (1987 to 2003) Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~20)
Judge Laurel J. Halfpenny-MacQuarrie [5]	Port Hawkesbury	September 19, 2003	PC (Hamm/)	NS Public Prosecution Service Private Practice Called to bar (1990)	Published criminal decisions (~9)
Judge Frank P. Hoskins [6]	Dartmouth	September 5, 2008	PC (MacDonald/Clarke)	NS Public Prosecution Service (1991 to 1995, 1996 to 2008) Private practice (1995 to 1996) Called to bar (1990)	Published criminal decisions (~26)
Judge Theodore K. Tax [7]	Dartmouth	October 1, 2008	PC (MacDonald/Clarke)	Federal DOJ Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~64)
Judge Marci Lin Melvin [8]	Kentville	November 12, 2008	PC (MacDonald/Clarke)	NS Legal Aid Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Jean M. Whalen [9]	Dartmouth	January 16, 2009	PC (MacDonald/Clarke)	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (~1985)	Published criminal decisions (~50)
Judge Del W. Atwood [10] [11]	Pictou	November 10, 2009	NDP (Dexter/Landry)	NS Public Prosecution Service (2002 to 2009) Crown Attorney (Nlfd) (1993 to 2002) Legal aid (1986 to 1992) Called to bar (~1985)	Published criminal decisions (~184)
Judge Jean M. Dewolfe [12]	Kentville	November 10, 2009	NDP (Dexter/Landry)	Muttart Tufts Dewolfe and Coyle (family) (1990 to 2009) Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Richard J. MacKinnon [13]	Antigonish	November 10, 2009	NDP (Dexter/Landry)	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Gregory E. Lenehan [14]	Halifax	October 19, 2010	NDP (Dexter/Landry)	NS Public Prosecution Service (1989 to 2010)	Published criminal decisions (~4)
Judge Paul V. Scovil [15]	Bridgewater	August 2, 2011	NDP (Dexter/Landry)	NS Public Prosecution Service (1998 to 2011) Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~44)
Judge Timothy D. Landry [16] [17]	Digby/Yarmouth	September 19, 2012	NDP (Dexter/Landry)	NS Legal Aid (1994 to 2012) Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Daniel A. MacRury [18]	Dartmouth	July 30, 2014	Liberal (McNeil/Diab)	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Timothy Daley [19]	Pictou	March 17, 2015	Liberal (McNeil/Diab)	Private practice (mix) Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Elizabeth Buckle [20] [21]	Halifax Amherst	March 31, 2015	McNeil / Diab (Lib)	Beveridge, MacPherseon & Buckle (criminal) (2008 to 2015) PPSC Crown (2004 to 2008) Heller Rubel Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~17)
Judge E. Ann Marie MacInnes [22]	Sydney	November 10, 2015	McNeil / Whalen (Lib)	NS Legal Aid Called to bar (1991)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Alain Bégin [23] [24]	Truro	September 1, 2016	McNeil / Whalen (Lib)	McLellan Richards & Bégin (2000 to 2016) Private practice Called to bar (1995)	Published criminal decisions (~15)
Judge Ronda van der Hoek [25]	Kentville/Windsor	January 23, 2017	McNeil / Whalen (Lib)	Public Prosecution Service of Canada Called to bar (1997)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Cathy Benton [26] [27] [28]	Bridgewater/ Shubenacadie	January 23, 2017	McNeil / Whalen (Lib)	NS Legal Aid Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge Rickcola Brinton [29]	Halifax	March 31, 2017	McNeil / Whalen (Lib)	NS Legal Aid, Youth (2001 to 2017) Called to bar (~2000)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Rosalind Michie [30]	Amherst	March 31, 2017	McNeil / Whalen (Lib)	NS Public Prosecution Service (2001 to 2017) Called to bar (1997)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Judge Amy Sakalauskas [31] [32]	Sydney	March 31, 2017	McNeil / Whalen (Lib)	Private practice Called to bar (2003)	Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Diane L. McGrath [33]	Sydney	September 19, 2017	McNeil / Furey (Lib)	NS Prosecution Service NS Legal Aid Private Practice Called to bar (1993)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Judge Anne Marie Simmons [34]	Halifax	November 10, 2017	McNeil / Furey (Lib)	Public Prosecution Service of Canada (2005 to 2017) NS Crown Attorney private practice Called to bar (~1984)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Chris Manning [35]	Kentville	May 31, 2018	McNeil / Furey (Lib)	Private Practice (criminal) NS Legal Aid Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Perry Borden [36]	Halifax	July 9, 2020	McNeil / Furey (Lib)	NS Crown Attorney (2007 to 2020) Private Practice (criminal) Called to bar (2003)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Aleta Cromwell [37]	Halifax	July 9, 2020	McNeil / Furey (Lib)	DOJ Called to bar (1999)	Published criminal decisions (~0)

Supernumerary Judges

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Judge Michael B. Sherar [38]	Halifax	1990 (Judge) January 2020 (Sup.)	PC	Blois Nickerson Called to bar (~1978)	Published criminal decisions (~12)
Judge Warren Zimmer	Truro	April 12, 2011 (Judge), 2017 (Sup.)	NDP	Private Practice (1984 to 2011) Crown Attorney (1978 to 1984) Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Marc C. Chisholm [39]	Halifax	September 19, 2003 (Judge), 2017 (Sup.)	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service (1980 to 2003) Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~40)
Judge William Digby [40] [41]	Halifax	June 10, 1997 (Judge), 2017 (Supernumerary)	Liberal	NS Legal Aid Director (1994 to 1997) NS Legal Aid (1973 to 1997) Called to bar (1972)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Flora I. Buchan	Dartmouth	1996 (judge), 2017 (Sup)	Liberal	private practice Called to bar (~1981)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Alan T. Tufts [42]	Kentville	1998 (Judge) 2013 (ACJ) May 31, 2018 (Sup)	Liberal (1998) NDP (2013)	Muttart Tufts Dewolfe and Coyle Called to bar (~1980)	Published criminal decisions (~61)
Judge William Dyer	Bridgewater				Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge John D. Comeau	Dartmouth	1981 [43]			Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Claudine MacDonald					Published criminal decisions (~8)

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Previous Judges

• Nova Scotia Provincial Court (Previous)

Contact Info

Halifax [45] Halifax Provincial Court 5250 Spring Garden Rd. Halifax, NS B3J 1E7 Phone: (902) 424-8718 Fax: (902) 424-0551 <[email protected]> Halifax (Youth Court) [46] Youth Justice Court Halifax Provincial Courthouse 5250 Spring Garden Rd. Halifax, NS B3J 1E7 Phone: (902) 424-8718 Fax: (902) 424-0551 Dartmouth [47] 277 Pleasant St. Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4B7 Phone: (902) 424-2390 Fax: (902) 424-0677 <[email protected]> Dartmouth (Mental Health Court) [48] Dartmouth Provincial Courthouse Courtroom #5, 1st Floor (Offices on the 2nd Floor) 277 Pleasant St. Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4B7 Phone: (902) 722-1040

Truro [49] Provincial Court 540 Prince Street Truro, NS B2N 1G1 Phone: (902) 893-5840 Fax: (902) 893-6261 Shubenacadie (Satellite) [50] 5 Mill Village Rd. Shubenacadie, NS B0N 1Y0 (902) 893-5840 (Truro Court) Pictou [51] 69 Water Street P.O. Box 1750 Pictou, NS B0K 1H0 Phone: (902) 485-7350 Fax: (902) 485-3552 <[email protected]> Antigonish [52] 11 James Street Antigonish, NS B2G 1R6 Phone: (902) 863-3676 Fax: (902) 863-7479

Amherst [53] 16 Church Street 3rd Floor Amherst, NS B4H 3A6 Phone: (902) 667-2256 Fax: (902) 667-1108 Kentville [54] 87 Cornwallis Street Kentville, NS B4N 2E5 Phone: (902) 679-6070 Fax: (902) 679-6178 <[email protected]> Windsor (Satellite) [55] 240 King Street Windsor, NS B0N 2T0 Phone: 679-6070 Digby [56] 119 Queen St. P.O. Box 1089 Digby, NS B0V 1A0 Phone: 245-4567 Fax: 245-6722 Annapolis Royal (satellite) [57] 377 Saint George Street P.O. Box 129 Annapolis Royal, NS B0S 1A0 Phone: 532-5462 Fax: 532-7225

Yarmouth [58] 164 Main Street Yarmouth, NS B5A 1C2 Phone: 742-0500 Fax: 742-0678 Shelburne (Satellite) [59] 136 Hammond Street Shelburne, NS B0T 1W0 Phone: 742-0500 Bridgewater [60] 141 High Street Bridgewater, NS B4V 1W2 Phone: (902) 543-4679 Fax: (902) 543-0678 Port Hawkesbury [61] 15 Kennedy Street Port Hawkesbury, NS B9A 2Y1 Phone: (902) 625-2665 Fax: (902) 625-4084 Sydney [62] 136 Charlotte Street Suites #4 & #5 Sydney, NS B1P 1C3 Phone: (902) 563-3510 Fax: (902) 563-3421

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