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Judges

Name Appointed Nominated By Prior Position(s)
Chief Justice Joseph Michael MacDonald 2005 Paul Martin Supreme Court (1995 to 2004)
Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1980 to 1995)
Justice Duncan R. Beveridge[1][2] 2009 Stephen Harper Supreme Court (March 3, 2008 to 2009)
Beveridge, MacPherson and Buckle (1994 to 2008)
MacInnes, Wilson, Flinn Wickwire (1989 to 1994)
Burke Beveridge (1984 to 1989)
Crown attorney (1980 to 1984)
Called to bar (1979)
Justice Cindy A. Bourgeois[3][4] 2014 Stephen Harper Supreme Court (2009 to 2014)

Hicks, LeMoyne LLP (1992 to 2009)
Called to bar (1992)

Justice Peter M.S. Bryson[5][6] 2010 Stephen Harper Supreme Court (2009 to 2010)
McInnes Cooper (1982 to 2009)
Justice Anne Derrick [7] July 18, 2017 Justin Trudeau Provincial Court (2007 to 2017)
Beaton Derrick (1984 to 2007)
Justice David P.S. Farrar [8][9] 2010 Harper Supreme Court (2009 to 2010)
Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1985 to 2009)
Mockler Allen Dixon
Justice Joel E. Fichaud[10] September 26, 2003 Chretien Patterson Palmer
Justice Elizabeth Van den Eynden[11][12] 2015 Harper Supreme Court (2013 to 2015)
MacIntosh, MacDonnell & MacDonald (1988 to 2013)

Supernumerary

Position / Name Appointed Nominated By Prior Position(s)
Justice M. Jill Hamilton [1] October 31, 2001 Chretien Supreme Court (1995 to 2001)
Called to bar (1975)
Justice Linda L. Oland[13] July 28, 2000 Chretien Supreme court (1998 to 2000)
McInnes Cooper
Called to bar (1977)
Justice Jamie W. S. Saunders[14] 2000 Chretien Supreme Court (1990 to 2000)
Private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (1974)
Justice J. Edward Scanlan[15] October 2, 2013 Harper

Past judges

Name Duration Nominated By Prior Position(s)
Chief Justice Constance Glube (1998 - 2005)
Justice Gerald Freeman (1998 - 2006)
Justice Thomas Cromwell [2] [3] (1997 - 2008)
Justice Nancy J. Bateman (1995 - 2010)
Justice John Flinn (1995 - 2002)
Justice Ronald Newton Pugsley (1993 - 2000)
Justice Elizabeth Ann Roscoe (1992 - 2010)
Justice J. Doane Hallett (1990 - 1997)
Justice David Ritchie Chipman (1987 - 2000)
Justice Kenneth McNeill Matthews (1985 - 1997)
Justice Lorne Otis Clarke (1985 - 1997)
Justice Vincent A.J. Morrison (1982 - 1987)
Justice Leonard Lawson Pace (1978 - 1990) Attorney General, minister of labour, minister of highways, and minister of mines (1974 to 1978)

Chief Justice of Nova Scotia

The Chief Justice of Nova Scotia is the highest position in the Nova Scotia judiciary. Since the creation of the Court of Appeal, this title is held by the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal. Prior to that the title was held by the Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court Appeal Division (1966–1993) or the Supreme Court (before 1966). For completeness the list includes Chief Justices of Cape Breton Island, which merged with Nova Scotia in 1820.

Chief Justices of Cape Breton Island
  • William Smith (1798 -)
  • William Woodfall (1803 -)
  • Archibald Charles Dodd (1806 - 1820)
Chief Justices of Nova Scotia
Chief Justices of the Court of Appeal

References

  1. https://www.dal.ca/news/2008/03/06/judge.html
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20090208001014/http://justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32232.html
  3. http://courts.ns.ca/News_of_Courts/Bourgeois_appointment_NSCA.htm
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20090622193112/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32393.html
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20090924035542/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32417.html
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220038/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32538.html
  7. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/07/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20090924035542/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32417.html
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220102/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32478.html
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20040616225551/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31002.html
  11. http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2015/doc_33096.html
  12. http://courts.ns.ca/News_of_Courts/NSSC_four_appointments_13-10.htm
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20020420140034/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25462.html
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20020420140034/http://canada.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25462.html
  15. http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32968.html
  16. Barry Cahill, “The Career of Chief Justice Bryan Finucane,” Nova Scotia Historical Society Collections, vol. 42 (1986), pp. 153-69.
  17. Sir Joseph Chisholm, "Three Justices of Nova Scotia"; Hon. Charles Morris (1711-81), Hon. Jeremy Pemberton (1741-90), and Hon. Sampson Salter Blowers (1743-1842); Nova Scotia Historical Society, Vol. #28 (1949):by #28 (1949); pp. 10. Note. Pemberton's portrait hangs in the Nova Scotia Courts
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