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===Court of Justice===
===Court of Justice / Superior Court===
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! Jurisdiction
! Appointed
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|Chief Justice Neil Sharkey <ref>{{cite news|title=Nunavut Judicial Appointment Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920101045/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32318.html}}</ref>
|December 2008
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|Justice
|Andrew Mahar<ref>{{cite news|title= NUNAVUT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED |url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32710.html]|accessdate=11 August 2018}}</ref>
|March 2012
|Clinic Director in Kitikmeot, Defence Counsel
|Resigned, now a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories<br>
Solo Practitioner (2001 to 2012)
Legal Aid (1994 to 1997)
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|Justice
|Earl Johnson
|2002
|Senior Legal Counsel, Northwest Territories Department of Justice (Yellowknife) appointed in 2003 to support growing work of the Court, largely engaged in civil cases
|Retired
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|Senior Judge
|Neil Sharkey <ref>{{cite news|title=Nunavut Judicial Appointment Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920101045/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32318.html}}</ref>
|December 2008
|Legal Director at Maliiganik Tukisiniakvik (Iqaluit - 1986), first judge called to the bench from the Nunavut Bar, appellate practice, Justice of the Peace Administrator (1999)
|Legal Director at Maliiganik Tukisiniakvik (Iqaluit - 1986), first judge called to the bench from the Nunavut Bar, appellate practice, Justice of the Peace Administrator (1999)
|Active
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|Justice
|Susan Cooper
|Susan Cooper
|December 2009
|December 2009
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|Law Clerk to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Partner with law firm Chandler & Cooper
|Law Clerk to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Partner with law firm Chandler & Cooper
|Active
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|Justice
|Bonnie M. Tulloch [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32710.html]
|Bonnie M. Tulloch<ref>{{cite news|title= NUNAVUT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED |url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32710.html]|accessdate=11 August 2018}}</ref>
|March 2012
|March 2012
|Special Advisor on northern issues, Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Legal Aid Executive Director (Gjoa Haven) and Kivalliq Legal Aid Director (Rankin Inlet), Director of Akitsiraq Law School Society
|Special Advisor on northern issues, Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Legal Aid Executive Director (Gjoa Haven) and Kivalliq Legal Aid Director (Rankin Inlet), Director of Akitsiraq Law School Society
|Active
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|Justice
|Paul Bychok
|Paul Bychok
|December 2015
|December 2015
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|Crown Prosecutor
|Crown Prosecutor
|Active
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|Christian Lyons
|June 2018
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| [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/08/the-honourable-christian-lyonss-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
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;Past Judges
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! Name
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! Appointed
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! Other Details
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|Earl Johnson
|2002
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|Senior Legal Counsel, Northwest Territories Department of Justice (Yellowknife) appointed in 2003 to support growing work of the Court, largely engaged in civil cases
|
|-
|Andrew Mahar [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32710.html]
|March 2012
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|Clinic Director in Kitikmeot, Defence Counsel<br>
Solo Practitioner (2001 to 2012)<Br>
Legal Aid (1994 to 1997)
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|Senior Judge
|Robert Kilpatrick
|Robert Kilpatrick
|October 2009<br> <br>1999
|October 2009<br>1999
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Appointed at the creation of Nunavut in 1999, Administrative Crown Counsel, (British Columbia), Legal Counsel in Inuvik and Whitehorse
|Administrative Crown Counsel, (British Columbia), Legal Counsel in Inuvik and Whitehorse
|Retired
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|Senior Judge
|Beverley Browne
|Beverley Browne
|1993 - 2009
|1993 - 2009
|originally a Territorial Court Judge in pre-division Northwest Territories, made Senior judge in 1999 on the creation of Nunavut, strong supporter of the Akitsiraq Law School program, leader in music education (Iqaluit Music Society), church organist (St. Jude's Anglican Cathedral) and responsible for the integration of Inuit elders into functions in the Nunavut Courts.  
|originally a Territorial Court Judge in pre-division Northwest Territories, made Senior judge in 1999 on the creation of Nunavut, strong supporter of the Akitsiraq Law School program, leader in music education (Iqaluit Music Society), church organist (St. Jude's Anglican Cathedral) and responsible for the integration of Inuit elders into functions in the Nunavut Courts.  
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|Resigned, sitting on the Alberta Bench
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Revision as of 09:33, 8 February 2023

Yukon

Court of Appeal

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details

Supreme Court

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Justice Ronald S. Veale
Justice Edith M Campbell [1] March 15, 2018 J. Trudeau PPSC Crown
PPSC’s Competition Law Section

Territorial Court

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details


Northwest Territories

Court of Appeal

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details


Supreme Court

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details

Territorial Court

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details

Nunavut

Court of Appeal

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details

Court of Justice / Superior Court

Name Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Justice Neil Sharkey [1] December 2008 Legal Director at Maliiganik Tukisiniakvik (Iqaluit - 1986), first judge called to the bench from the Nunavut Bar, appellate practice, Justice of the Peace Administrator (1999)
Susan Cooper December 2009 Law Clerk to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Partner with law firm Chandler & Cooper
Bonnie M. Tulloch [2] March 2012 Special Advisor on northern issues, Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Legal Aid Executive Director (Gjoa Haven) and Kivalliq Legal Aid Director (Rankin Inlet), Director of Akitsiraq Law School Society
Paul Bychok December 2015 Crown Prosecutor
Christian Lyons June 2018 Judicial Questionnaire


  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110920101045/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32318.html
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