New Brunswick Provincial Court

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

Current Judges

(Full complement of 26)

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Chief Judge Jolène Richard [1]	Moncton	November 13, 2008 (Judge) June 2, 2017 (CJ)	Liberal	Stewart McKelvey	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Associate Chief Judge Mary Jane Richards [2]	Fredricton	June 3, 2005 (Judge) February 28, 2014 (ACJ)	PC (Judge) PC (ACJ)	assistant deputy minister of Court Services and Chief Sheriff (2001 to 2005) private practice Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Judge Henrik G. Tonning [3]	Saint John	July 29, 1999	PC	sole practitioner (criminal) Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Pierre F. Dubé [4]	Burton	December 11, 2003	PC	Dubé & Dubé (1990 to 2003) Called to bar (1989)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge W. Andrew LeMesurier [5]	Saint John	December 11, 2003	PC	Clark, Drummie Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Brigitte Sivret [6]	Bathurst	April 1, 2007	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Paul E. Duffie [7]	Moncton	June 20, 2008	Liberal	Provincial MLA (1987 to 1999) Mayor of Grand Falls	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Julian A. G. Dickson [8]	Fredricton	October 1, 2009	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Kenneth Oliver [9]	Burton	April 5, 2012	PC	Crown Prosecutor	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Brigitte Volpé [10]	Edmundston	April 5, 2012	PC	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge D. Troy Sweet [11]	Moncton	April 5, 2012	PC	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Marco Robert Cloutier [12]	Saint John	January 30, 2013	PC	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~21)
Judge Brian McLean [13]	Woodstock	March 24, 2014	PC	Renouf McLean Called to bar (~1996)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Richard Andrew Palmer [14]	Saint John	November 7, 2014	Liberal	Palmer & Palmer Called to bar (~1991)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Éric P. Sonier [15] [[16]]	Tracadie-Sheila	January 27, 2016	Liberal	Sonier Duguay Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Suzanne C. Bernard [17]	Campbellton	January 27, 2016	Liberal	Crown attorney Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Joanne Durette [18]	Bathurst	June 1, 2017	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Johanne-Marguerite Landry [19]	Caraquet	June 1, 2017	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Natalie H. LeBlanc[20]	Miramichi	June 1, 2017	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Lucie N. Mathurin[21]	Moncton	June 1, 2017	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Kelly Ann Winchester[22]	St. John	June 1, 2017	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Luc J. Labonté[23]	Moncton	March 1, 2019	PC	Crown attorney (1997 to 2019) Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Cameron Gunn[24]	Miramichi	March 1, 2019	PC	Crown attorney (1988 to 2019) Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Nicole Angers		July 16, 2019

Supernumerary

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Judge Denise A. LeBlanc [25] [[26]]	Moncton	January 27, 2016 to 2018	Liberal	McInnes Cooper Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~2) Appointed to NBQB (2018)
Judge Geri A. Mahoney [27]	Miramichi	October 1, 2009 January 2019 (ret)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Ronald LeBlanc	Bathurst	April 2, 2002 April 3, 2017 (sup.)	PC		Published criminal decisions (~43)
Judge Yvette Finn	Caraquet	August 5, 1999 (Judge) January 23, 2017 (sup.)	PC		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge R. Leslie Jackson	Woodstock	November 7, 1997 - 2014 (J) January 9, 2006 (ACJ) December 15, 2006 (CJ) January 1, 2014 (Sup.)	Liberal (Judge) PC (ACJ)	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~49)
Judge Donald J. LeBlanc	Tracadie-Sheila	April 13, 2000 (Judge) April 30, 2015 (Sup.)	PC (Judge) Liberal (ACJ)		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge David C. Walker	Saint John	November 7, 1997 (Judge) November 7, 2014 (sup.)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~5)
Judge Anne Jeffries (per diem)	Saint John	November 7, 1997 (Judge) September 30, 2012 (Per Diem)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge William McCarroll	Saint John	December 15, 1989 (Judge) October 3, 2011 (sup.)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Alfred H. Brien	Saint John	August 15, 1988 (Judge) November 24, 2010 (sup.)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~58)
Judge Joseph C. Michaud	Moncton	July 27, 1990 (Judge) June 25, 2009 (sup.)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge J. Camille Vautour	Moncton	June 5, 1989 (Judge) June 5, 2014 (sup.)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Anne Dugas-Horsman	Moncton	August 22, 2001 (Judge) August 22, 2016 (sup.)	PC	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Jacques DesJardins		April 15, 1981 June 2008 (sup.)	PC		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Pierre W. Arseneault [28]	Moncton	October 1, 1988 December 15, 2006 (ACJ) January 17, 2014 (CJ) June 2, 2017 (Sup.)	Liberal (Judge) PC (ACJ)	McIntyre & McIntyre (1980 to 1988) D. Paul Hayes (1979 to 1980)	Published criminal decisions (~22)
Judge James G. McNamee (per diem)	Saint John	November 1, 1974 (Judge) June 1, 1997 (ACJ) November 1, 2003 (sup.) April 30, 2011 (Per Diem)	PC (Judge) Liberal (ACJ)		Published criminal decisions (~0)

Previous Judges

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Judge Irwin E. Lampert [29]	Moncton	October 1, 1988	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Fred Ferguson					Published criminal decisions (~45)
Judge S.M. Hutchinson					Published criminal decisions (~20)
Judge P.L. Cumming					Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Murray F. Cain					Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Denis T. Lordon	Miramichi				Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge Camille A. Dumas	Bathurst				Published criminal decisions (~0)
John Creaghan Friel [30]					Published criminal decisions (~1)
Drew Stymiest					Convicted of fraud (2006) Published criminal decisions (~0)

External links

• Provincial Court of New Brunswick website
• Mental Health Court website
• List of Judges by Region (gnb.ca)
• government announcements

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