Nova Scotia Provincial Court

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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 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 (~16)
Judge Corrine Sparks [2]	Dartmouth	1987	PC	Ruck and Mitchell (1981 to 1987) Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge A. Peter Ross	Sydney	1990	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (~1978)	Published criminal decisions (~42)
Judge Barbara Beach	Halifax, Youth	1994	Liberal	NS Legal Aid Called to bar (~1978)	Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Alanna Murphy [3]	Dartmouth	November 13, 2002	PC	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	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	NS Public Prosecution Service Private Practice Called to bar (1990)	Published criminal decisions (~7)
Judge Frank P. Hoskins [6]	Dartmouth	September 5, 2008	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service (1991 to 1995, 1996 to 2008) Private practice (1995 to 1996) Called to bar (1990)	Published criminal decisions (~19)
Judge Theodore K. Tax [7]	Dartmouth	October 1, 2008	PC	Public Prosecution Service of Canada Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~54)
Judge Marci Lin Melvin [8]	Kentville	November 12, 2008	PC	NS Legal Aid Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Jean M. Whalen [9]	Dartmouth	January 16, 2009	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (~1985)	Published criminal decisions (~44)
Judge Del W. Atwood [10]	Pictou	November 10, 2009	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~170)
Judge Jean M. Dewolfe [11]	Kentville	November 10, 2009	PC	Muttart Tufts Dewolfe and Coyle (family) (1990 to 2009) Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Richard J. MacKinnon [12]	Antigonish	November 10, 2009	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Gregory E. Lenehan [13]	Halifax	October 19, 2010	NDP	NS Public Prosecution Service (1989 to 2010)	Published criminal decisions (~4) (as of December 2019)
Judge Paul V. Scovil [14]	Bridgewater	August 2, 2011	NDP	NS Public Prosecution Service (1998 to 2011) Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~36)
Judge Timothy D. Landry [15] [16]	Digby/Yarmouth	September 19, 2012	NDP	NS Legal Aid (1994 to 2012) Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Daniel A. MacRury [17]	Dartmouth	July 30, 2014	Liberal	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Timothy Daley [18]	Pictou	March 17, 2015	Liberal	Private practice (mix) Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Elizabeth Buckle [19] [20]	Halifax Amherst	March 31, 2015	Liberal	Beveridge, MacPherseon & Buckle (criminal) (2008 to 2015) PPSC Crown (2004 to 2008) Heller Rubel Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge E. Ann Marie MacInnes [21]	Sydney	November 10, 2015	Liberal	NS Legal Aid Called to bar (1991)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Alain Bégin [22] [23]	Truro	September 1, 2016	Liberal	McLellan Richards & Bégin (2000 to 2016) Private practice Called to bar (1995)	Published criminal decisions (~4)
Judge Ronda van der Hoek [24]	Kentville/Windsor	January 23, 2017	Liberal	Public Prosecution Service of Canada Called to bar (1997)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Cathy Benton [25] [26] [27]	Bridgewater/ Shubenacadie	January 23, 2017	Liberal	NS Legal Aid Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Rickcola Brinton [28]	Halifax	March 31, 2017	Liberal	NS Legal Aid, Youth (2001 to 2017) Called to bar (~2000)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Rosalind Michie [29]	Amherst	March 31, 2017	Liberal	NS Public Prosecution Service (2001 to 2017) Called to bar (1997)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Amy Sakalauskas [30] [31]	Sydney	March 31, 2017	Liberal	Private practice Called to bar (2003)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Diane L. McGrath [32]	Sydney	September 19, 2017	Liberal	NS Prosecution Service NS Legal Aid Private Practice Called to bar (1993)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Anne Marie Simmons [33]	Halifax	November 10, 2017	Liberal	Public Prosecution Service of Canada (2005 to 2017) private practice Called to bar (~1984)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Chris Manning [34]	Kentville	May 31, 2018	Liberal	Private Practice (criminal) NS Legal Aid Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~0)

Supernumerary Judges

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Judge Michael B. Sherar [35]	Halifax	1990 (Judge) January 2020 (Sup.)	PC	Blois Nickerson Called to bar (~1978)	Published criminal decisions (~12) (as of December 2019)
Judge Brian D. Williston	Sydney	1995 (Judge) December 2018 (sup.)	Liberal	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions (~8) (as of December 2019)
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) (as of December 2019)
Judge Marc C. Chisholm [36]	Halifax	September 19, 2003 (Judge), 2017 (Sup.)	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service (1980 to 2003) Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~39)
Judge William Digby [37] [38]	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) (as of December 2019)
Judge Flora I. Buchan	Dartmouth	1996 (judge), 2017 (Sup)	Liberal	private practice Called to bar (~1981)	Published criminal decisions (~1) (as of December 2019)
Judge Alan T. Tufts [39]	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) (as of December 2019)
Judge John D. Comeau	Dartmouth	1981 [40]			Published criminal decisions (~0) (as of December 2019)
Judge Claudine MacDonald					Published criminal decisions (~8) (as of December 2019)

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Previous Judges

• Nova Scotia Provincial Court (Previous)

External links

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