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| Judge Steven Point[https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges] || Abbotsford ||{{dts|February 20, 2014}} ||Liberal || BC's Lieutenant Governor (2007 to 2012)<Br> Chief Commissioner of BC Treaty Process (2005 to 2007) <Br>Provincial Court Judge (1999 to 2005)<br>Point and Shirley Law Firm (1986 and 1989) (criminal) | | Judge Steven Point [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges] || Abbotsford ||{{dts|February 20, 2014}} ||Liberal || BC's Lieutenant Governor (2007 to 2012)<Br> Chief Commissioner of BC Treaty Process (2005 to 2007) <Br>Provincial Court Judge (1999 to 2005)<br>Point and Shirley Law Firm (1986 and 1989) (criminal) | ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Point}} (~9) | |{{publishedBCPC|Point}} (~9) | ||
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| Judge Richard Browning [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-1] | | Judge Richard Browning [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-1] || | ||
| October 30, 2014 | | October 30, 2014 | ||
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| Judge Edna Ritchie [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-2] | | Judge Edna Ritchie [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-2] || ||{{dts|March 18, 2015}} ||Liberal || Fraser and Company <Br>Hope Heinrich<br>Called to bar (~1980) | ||
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| Judge Delaram Jahani [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0047-002046] || ||{{dts|December 12, 2017}} || NDP|| Boyd Jahani Barristers (2003 to 2017) <br> Called to bar (~1998) | | Judge Delaram Jahani [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0047-002046] || ||{{dts|December 12, 2017}} || NDP|| Boyd Jahani Barristers (2003 to 2017) <br> Called to bar (~1998) | ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Jahani}} (~0) | |{{publishedBCPC|Jahani}} (~0) | ||
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|Kristen Mundstock [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Mar-08-18%20New%20Judges%20Appointed.pdf] | |||
| Fraser Region | |||
| March 12, 2018 | |||
| NDP | |||
| Patten, MacDonald and Crabtree<Br> Queen's grad (1993) | |||
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|Diana Dorey [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0012-000439] | |||
|Fraser Region | |||
|April 9, 2018 | |||
| NDP | |||
| UBC grad (1990) | |||
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|Judge Diana Doery || || April 9, 2018 || || Dolden Wallace Folick <Br>Davis & Company<br>Called to bar (~1991)|| | |Judge Diana Doery || || April 9, 2018 || || Dolden Wallace Folick <Br>Davis & Company<br>Called to bar (~1991)|| | ||
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|Anja Brown [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Jun-28-18%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Brown,%20MacDonald%20and%20Thomas.pdf] | |||
| Port Coquitlam | |||
|July 3, 2018 | |||
| NDP | |||
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|Trudy Macdonald [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Jun-28-18%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Brown,%20MacDonald%20and%20Thomas.pdf] | |||
| Fraser Region | |||
|July 3, 2018 | |||
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|Judge David Albert [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0077-001939] | |Judge David Albert [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0077-001939] | ||
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| Bull, Housser & Tupper (criminal)<Br>Legal Aid<Br> Called to bar (1991) | | Bull, Housser & Tupper (criminal)<Br>Legal Aid<Br> Called to bar (1991) | ||
|{{publishedBCPC|sicotte}} (~0) | |{{publishedBCPC|sicotte}} (~0) | ||
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|D. Silverman [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019AG0043-000923] | |||
|Surrey | |||
|2019 | |||
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|Private practice (criminal) (1993 to 2017) | |||
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| Judge Michelle Daneliuk [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0014-001446] || ||{{dts|September 6, 2017}} || Liberal|| Private practice (criminal) (1995 to 2017) | | Judge Michelle Daneliuk [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0014-001446] || ||{{dts|September 6, 2017}} || Liberal|| Private practice (criminal) (1995 to 2017) | ||
|{{publishedBCPC|daneliuk}} (~1) | |{{publishedBCPC|daneliuk}} (~1) | ||
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|Jeremy Guild [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Mar-08-18%20New%20Judges%20Appointed.pdf] | |||
|Interior Region | |||
| March 12, 2018 | |||
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|Judge Andrew Tam [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0012-000439] || Interior || April 4, 2018 || || Mulligan Tam Pearson (1999 to 2018)<Br>Called to bar (~1998) || {{publishedBCPC|tam}} (~0) | |Judge Andrew Tam [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0012-000439] || Interior || April 4, 2018 || || Mulligan Tam Pearson (1999 to 2018)<Br>Called to bar (~1998) || {{publishedBCPC|tam}} (~0) | ||
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|St’at’imc/ Nlaka'pamux Legal Services Society<Br>Called to bar (1994) | |St’at’imc/ Nlaka'pamux Legal Services Society<Br>Called to bar (1994) | ||
|{{publishedBCPC|phillips}} (~0) | |{{publishedBCPC|phillips}} (~0) | ||
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|Clarke Burnett [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019AG0011-000247] | |||
|Kelowna | |||
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| Judge Rita Bowry | | Judge Rita Bowry [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2008ag0001-000027.htm] || || {{dts|January 25, 2009}}|| Liberal ||Sole practitioner (1997 to 2009) (family)<br>Seyl & Bowry (1995 to 1997)<br>Gibb and Syal | ||
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| Judge Cassandra Malfair | | Judge Cassandra Malfair [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739]<ref name="provincialcourt.bc.ca"/>|| ||{{dts|January 9, 2017}} || Liberal||Crown counsel (2007 to 2017)<br>Private practice<br> Called to bar (~2000) | ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Malfair}} (~1) | |{{publishedBCPC|Malfair}} (~1) | ||
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| Judge Peter Whyte | | Judge Peter Whyte [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0047-002046] || || {{dts|December 12, 2017}} ||Liberal || Crown attorney (2015 to 2017)<Br>PPSC Crown attorney<br> Lake Whyte LLP<br> Called to bar (~2006) | ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Whyte}} (~1) | |{{publishedBCPC|Whyte}} (~1) | ||
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| | |George Leven [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Mar-08-18%20New%20Judges%20Appointed.pdf] | ||
| Northern Region | | Northern Region | ||
| March 27, 2018 | | March 27, 2018 | ||
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|Judge Peter McDermick [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0012-000439] || Northern || April 8, 2018 || ||Private practice (criminal) (2001 to 2018)<br>Crown counsel (securities) <br>Called to bar (~1997) || {{PublishedBCPC|mcdermick}} (~0) | |Judge Peter McDermick [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018AG0012-000439] || Northern || April 8, 2018 || ||Private practice (criminal) (2001 to 2018)<br>Crown counsel (securities) <br>Called to bar (~1997) || {{PublishedBCPC|mcdermick}} (~0) | ||
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|Linda Thomas [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Jun-28-18%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Brown,%20MacDonald%20and%20Thomas.pdf] | |Linda Thomas [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/announcements/Announcement-Jun-28-18%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Brown,%20MacDonald%20and%20Thomas.pdf] | ||
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| Judge Nancy Phillips | | Judge Nancy Phillips [http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-20-09-2016] || ||2001 || || Associate Chief Justice (2009 to 2016)<Br>Crown attorney<Br>Private practice | ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Phillips}} (~35) | |{{publishedBCPC|Phillips}} (~35) | ||
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| Judge Steven Merrick | | Judge Steven Merrick [http://www.lawsociety.mb.ca/forms/continuing-professional-development/000/presenter-bios/Presenter%20Bio%20-%20Judge%20Steven%20Merrick.pdf] || || 2010 ||Liberal || Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal | ||
|{{publishedBCPC|merrick}} (~31) | |{{publishedBCPC|merrick}} (~31) | ||
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| Judge Reginald Harris | | Judge Reginald Harris [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010ag0004-000135.htm] || ||{{dts|February 5, 2010}}|| Liberal || Smart, Harris & Martland (criminal) | ||
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| Judge Laura Bakan | | Judge Laura Bakan [https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-two-provincial-court-judges-2] || ||{{dts|March 18, 2015}} ||Liberal || Guild Yule (criminal)<Br>Called to bar (1994) | ||
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| Judge Wilson Lee | | Judge Wilson Lee [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015JAG0309-002128] || || {{dts|January 14, 2016}}||Liberal || Private practice | ||
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| Judge Adrian Brooks | | Judge Adrian Brooks [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009ag0015-000388.htm] || || {{dts|April 1, 2009}} ||Liberal || Private practice (criminal) | ||
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| Judge Brian Hutcheson | | Judge Brian Hutcheson [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016JAG0042-002739] || || 2016 ||Liberal || Swift Datoo Law Corporation <Br>Called to bar (1985) | ||
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| Judge Elizabeth Bayliff | | Judge Elizabeth Bayliff [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2002ag0022-000290.htm] || Northern ||November 9, 2001 ||Liberal ||Crown counsel | ||
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| Judge Herman Seidemann | | Judge Herman Seidemann [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2002ag0022-000290.htm] ||Northern||November 9, 2001 ||Liberal ||Silversides, Seidemann & Kucher | ||
|{{publishedBCPC|Seidemann}} (~14) | |{{publishedBCPC|Seidemann}} (~14) | ||
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| Judge Michael Gray | | Judge Michael Gray [https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2004ag0041-000922.htm] || Northern ||{{dts|November 5, 2004}} || Liberal|| Crown attorney (2000 to 2004)<br> Legal Services Society (1991 to 2004) | ||
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|T. Dion [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019AG0043-000923] | |T. Dion [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019AG0043-000923] | ||
|Port Coquitlam | |Port Coquitlam | ||
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| | |Oliver Fleck [https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020AG0050-001327] | ||
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| | |Andrea Davis [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/Announcements/2020/Announcement%2021-12-2020%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Davis,%20Duncan,%20Reeves%20and%20Vandor.pdf] | ||
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| | |Emmet Duncan [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/Announcements/2020/Announcement%2021-12-2020%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Davis,%20Duncan,%20Reeves%20and%20Vandor.pdf] | ||
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| | |Darin Reeves [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/Announcements/2020/Announcement%2021-12-2020%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Davis,%20Duncan,%20Reeves%20and%20Vandor.pdf] | ||
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| | |Diana Vandor [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/Announcements/2020/Announcement%2021-12-2020%20Appointment%20of%20Judges%20Davis,%20Duncan,%20Reeves%20and%20Vandor.pdf] | ||
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==Previous Judges== | ==Previous Judges== |
Revision as of 11:22, 17 May 2021
These tables are adapted from Wikipedia and remain licenced under the same terms and conditions |
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Office of the Chief Judge | |||||
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Name | Jurisdiction | Date Appointed | Appointed By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie [1] [2][3] | N/A | February, 2012 (judge) | Liberal | Crown Counsel Called to bar (1991) |
Published criminal decisions (~10) |
Associate Chief Judge Susan Wishart [3] | N/A | 2009 (Judge) May 15, 2016 (ACJ) |
Liberal | Private practice (criminal) (1999 to 2009) | Published criminal decisions (~2) |
Judge Nancy Adams [2] | Vancouver | March 21, 2017 | Liberal | Crown attorney Private practice |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
Fraser
Fraser Region | |||||
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Name | Jurisdiction | Date Appointed | Appointed By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
Judge Robert Hamilton (Regional Administrative Judge) [4] | South Fraser/Surrey | August 8, 2011 | Liberal | Lindsay Kenney LLP Called to bar (~1992) |
Published criminal decisions (~11) |
Judge Daniel Steinberg [3] | Sept 1994 | Private practice (1974 to 1994) | Published criminal decisions (~30) | ||
Judge Therese Alexander | 1996 | NDP | Stone and Alexander (civil) | Published criminal decisions (~29) | |
Judge Wendy Young [4] | Chilliwack | October 30, 1996 | NDP | Crown counsel Called to bar (1977) |
Published criminal decisions (~36) |
Judge Gary I. Cohen [5] | 1999 | NDP | private practice (family) | Published criminal decisions (~8) | |
Judge Shehni Dossa [5] | Port Coquitlam | March 10, 2000 | NDP | Hean Wylie & Company Called to bar (1983) |
Published criminal decisions (~40) |
Judge Kenneth Dennis Skilnick [6] | Jan. 22, 2003 | Liberal | Community Legal Services Called to bar (1980) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
Judge Donald Gardner[6] | Abbotsford | Nov. 18, 2005 | Liberal | private practice (criminal) Called to bar (1979) |
Published criminal decisions (~64) |
Judge Daniel Weatherly[7] | Prince George | March 24, 2005 | Liberal | Private practice (criminal) Called to bar (1986) |
Published criminal decisions (~6) |
Judge Paul Dohm[6] | Lower Mainland | December 2, 2005 | Liberal | Crown Counsel Called to bar (1990) |
Published criminal decisions (~17) |
Judge Kimberley Arthur-Leung [8] | Lower Mainland | March 31, 2008 | Liberal | Private practice Called to bar (1989) |
Published criminal decisions (~27) |
Judge Patricia Janzen[2] | February 21, 2012 | Liberal | Labour Relations Board Human Rights Tribunal Canadian Human Rights Commission |
Published criminal decisions (~11) | |
Judge Gregory John Brown[2] | Abbotsford | February 16, 2012 | Liberal | McEachern, Harris and Brown (family and civil) | Published criminal decisions |
Judge Patricia Bond [2] | February 27, 2012 | Liberal | North Shore Law LLP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge Garth Smith[9][10] [7] | December 04, 2012 | Liberal | PPSC Crown Called to bar (1990) |
Published criminal decisions | |
Judge Andrea Brownstone[9][10] | December 04, 2012 | Liberal | Law Society BC (2005 to 2012) Called to bar (~1979) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge James Sutherland[9][10] [8] | December 04, 2012 | Liberal | Sutherland Jette Barristers (criminal) Called to bar (1990) |
Published criminal decisions (~17) | |
Judge Steven Point [9] | Abbotsford | February 20, 2014 | Liberal | BC's Lieutenant Governor (2007 to 2012) Chief Commissioner of BC Treaty Process (2005 to 2007) Provincial Court Judge (1999 to 2005) Point and Shirley Law Firm (1986 and 1989) (criminal) |
Published criminal decisions (~9) |
Judge Richard Browning [10] | October 30, 2014 | Liberal | Sole practitioner Called to bar (~1990) |
Published criminal decisions (~29) | |
Judge Edna Ritchie [11] | March 18, 2015 | Liberal | Fraser and Company Hope Heinrich Called to bar (~1980) |
Published criminal decisions (~4) | |
Judge Kathryn Ferriss [12] | July 25, 2015 | Liberal | legal aid (family) | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge Jay Solomon [13] | July 27, 2015 | Liberal | Private practice (criminal) Called to bar (1990) |
Published criminal decisions (~6) | |
Judge Deanne Gaffar [14] | December 4, 2015 | Liberal | private practice (criminal) UBC (1993) |
Published criminal decisions (~9) | |
Judge Alexander Wolf [15] | December 7, 2015 | Liberal | Private practice (2004 to 2015) Crown attorney Dalhousie (1993) |
Published criminal decisions (~34) | |
Judge Eugene Jamieson [16] | February 24, 2016 | Liberal | legal officer for Office of Chief Provincial Court Judge | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge Robert Gunnell [17] | June 27, 2016 | Liberal | Findlay Gunnell Sandor (criminal) (1998 to 2016) | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge Robin McQuillan [18] | August 15, 2016 | Liberal | sole practitioner (family) Called to bar (~1990) |
Published criminal decisions (~8) | |
Judge Peter La Prairie [19] | January 16, 2017 | Liberal | PPSC Crown Called to bar (~1991) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
Judge Valliammai Chettiar [20] | January 24, 2017 | Liberal | In-House counsel private practice |
Published criminal decisions (~7) | |
Judge Patricia Stark [21] | January 30, 2017 | Liberal | Sole practitioner (2002 to 2017) Crown counsel (1992 to 2002) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
Judge Dawn Boblin [11] | Fraser Region | November 6, 2017 | NDP | Crown attorney Called to bar (~1993) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
Judge Andrea Ormiston [22] | November 6, 2017 | NDP | Crown attorney Called to bar (~2002) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
Judge Mark Jette [23] | Fraser Region | November 10, 2017 | NDP | Sutherland Jetté Barristers (criminal) Called to bar (~1991) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
Judge Delaram Jahani [24] | December 12, 2017 | NDP | Boyd Jahani Barristers (2003 to 2017) Called to bar (~1998) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Kristen Mundstock [25] | Fraser Region | March 12, 2018 | NDP | Patten, MacDonald and Crabtree Queen's grad (1993) |
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Diana Dorey [26] | Fraser Region | April 9, 2018 | NDP | UBC grad (1990) | |
Judge Diana Doery | April 9, 2018 | Dolden Wallace Folick Davis & Company Called to bar (~1991) |
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Anja Brown [27] | Port Coquitlam | July 3, 2018 | NDP | ||
Trudy Macdonald [28] | Fraser Region | July 3, 2018 | NDP | ||
Judge David Albert [29] | Surrey | October 25, 2018 | NDP | Private practice PPSC Crown Squamish Nation Called to bar (1994) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
Judge Georgia Docolas [30] | Surrey | October 25, 2018 | NDP | Private practice Crown attorney Altman Kahn Zack Called to bar (1992) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
Judge Jennifer Lopes [31] | Surrey | October 22, 2018 | NDP | Crown attorney Called to bar (1999) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
Judge Craig Sicotte [32] | Surrey | Oct. 29, 2018 | NDP | Bull, Housser & Tupper (criminal) Legal Aid Called to bar (1991) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
D. Silverman [33] | Surrey | 2019 | NDP | Private practice (criminal) (1993 to 2017) |
Interior
Interior | |||||
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Name | Jurisdiction | Date Appointed | Appointed By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
Judge Marguerite E. Shaw (Regional Admin. Judge) [34] | Kelowna | Sept. 24, 2010 | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~3) | |
Judge Ellen Burdett [35] | 1993 (Judge) January 31, 2019 (Snr) |
NDP | Crown attorney Professor at UBC Law Called to bar (1981) |
Published criminal decisions (~31) | |
Judge Christopher David Cleaveley [36] | Sept 1994 June 30, 2018 (snr) |
Published criminal decisions (~11) | |||
Judge Stella Frame [37] | December 28, 2006 | Liberal | Boughton Law Corporation Called to bar (1989) Victoria (1988) |
Published criminal decisions (~79) | |
Judge Stephen Harrison | July 9, 2007 | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~18) | ||
Judge Dennis Morgan [38] | November 5, 2007 | Liberal | Legal Services Society (1994 to 2007) | Published criminal decisions (~32) | |
Judge Roy Dickey [39] | 2010 | Liberal | Harrop, Phillips, Powell & Gibbons Crown Counsel (2009 to 2010) |
Published criminal decisions (~12) | |
Judge Grant Sheard | Cranbrook | May 17, 2010 | Published criminal decisions (~2) | ||
Judge Mayland McKimm [40] | Vernon | July 24, 2011 | Liberal | Legal Services Society McKimm & Lott Called to bar (1984) |
Published criminal decisions (~10) |
Judge Gregory Koturbash [2] | Penticton | February 14, 2012 | Liberal | Crown attorney | Published criminal decisions (~18) |
Judge Lisa Wyatt [41] | December 30, 2013 | Liberal | Pushor Mitchell LLP (family) (1996 to 2004) Porter Ramsay Called to bar (1991) |
Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
Judge Richard Hewson [42] | December 23, 2013 | Liberal | Sole practitioner (2000 to 2013) Davidson & Co (1997 to 2000) Boulton Muldoon (1995 to 1997) Called to bar (1995) |
Published criminal decisions (~25) | |
Judge Robert Brown [12] | December 7, 2015 | Liberal | Thompson, LeRose & Brown | Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
Judge Lynal Doerksen [43] | 2016 | Liberal | Crown attorney | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge Cathie Heinrichs [44] | 2016 | Liberal | Sole practitioner (2000 to 2016) Called to bar (1994) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge Philip Seagram [45] | January 11, 2016 | Liberal | Private practice (criminal) Crown attorney |
Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge Monica McParland [46] | August 28, 2017 | Liberal | Pushor Mitchell LLP (criminal) Crown attorney PPSC Crown Called to bar (~1998) |
Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
Judge Mariane Ruth Armstrong [47] | September 6, 2017 | Liberal | Crown attorney (1989 to 2017) | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge Michelle Daneliuk [48] | September 6, 2017 | Liberal | Private practice (criminal) (1995 to 2017) | Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
Jeremy Guild [49] | Interior Region | March 12, 2018 | |||
Judge Andrew Tam [50] | Interior | April 4, 2018 | Mulligan Tam Pearson (1999 to 2018) Called to bar (~1998) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Raymond Phillips [51] | Kamloops | January 14, 2019 | NDP | St’at’imc/ Nlaka'pamux Legal Services Society Called to bar (1994) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
Clarke Burnett [52] | Kelowna | 2019 | NDP |
Northern
Northern Region | |||||
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Name | Jurisdiction | Date Appointed | Appointed By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
Judge Michael Brecknell (Regional Administrative Judge) | June 9, 2000 [53] | Hope Heinrich Called to bar (1986) |
Published criminal decisions (~161) | ||
Judge Richard Blaskovits [54] | November 9, 2001 (Judge) August 31, 2018 (Snr) |
Liberal | Crown attorney | Published criminal decisions (~5) | |
Judge Brian Daley [55] | 2005 | Liberal | Called to bar (1981) | Published criminal decisions (~7) | |
Judge Calvin Andrew Struyk [56] | March 20, 2008 | Liberal | Called to bar (1991) | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge Rita Bowry [57] | January 25, 2009 | Liberal | Sole practitioner (1997 to 2009) (family) Seyl & Bowry (1995 to 1997) Gibb and Syal |
Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
Judge Victor Galbraith[2] | Prince George | February 13, 2012 | Liberal | BC Crown counsel | Published criminal decisions (~2) |
Judge Terence Wright [2] | Smithers | March 1, 2012 | Liberal | Warner Bandstra Brown | Published criminal decisions (~1) |
Judge William F. M. Jackson[9][10] | December 04, 2012 | Liberal | BC Crown counsel Called to bar (1981) |
Published criminal decisions (~7) | |
Judge Shannon Keyes [58] | February 20, 2014 | Liberal | Crown counsel (2000 to 2014) Cobbett and Cotton Barristers (1994 to 2000) Rubin-Haws and Associates (1993 to 1994) Sole practitioner Rubin-Haws and Associates (1987 to 1988) Called to bar (1986) |
Published criminal decisions (~17) | |
Judge Dwight Stewart [59] | April 15, 2015 | Liberal | Crown counsel (2012 to 2015) Private practice Called to bar (1995) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge Judith Doulis [60] [61] | December 7, 2015 | Liberal | Crown Counsel Private practice Called to bar (1998) |
Published criminal decisions (~36) | |
Judge Susan Mengering [62] | 2016 | Liberal | Crown attorney Called to bar (~2001) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
Judge Karen Whonnock [63] | August 8, 2016 | Liberal | judge of the Colville Tribal Court | Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
Judge Cassandra Malfair [64][13] | January 9, 2017 | Liberal | Crown counsel (2007 to 2017) Private practice Called to bar (~2000) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
Judge Peter Whyte [65] | December 12, 2017 | Liberal | Crown attorney (2015 to 2017) PPSC Crown attorney Lake Whyte LLP Called to bar (~2006) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
George Leven [66] | Northern Region | March 27, 2018 | |||
Judge Peter McDermick [67] | Northern | April 8, 2018 | Private practice (criminal) (2001 to 2018) Crown counsel (securities) Called to bar (~1997) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Linda Thomas [68] | Northern Region | July 5, 2018 | NDP | ||
David Patterson [69] | Prince Rupert | August 12, 2019 | NDP | PPSC Crown (2010 to 2019) MTC law Called to bar (1993) UBC grad (1992) |
Vancouver
Vancouver Region | |||||
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Name | Jurisdiction | Date Appointed | Appointed By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
Judge John Milne (Regional Admin. Judge) [70] | December 20, 2002 | Liberal | Buri Milne | Published criminal decisions (~4) | |
Judge Jodie Werier (snr) | April 1995 | Davis and Company (family) Called to bar (1980, 1983) Manitoba grad (1979) |
Published criminal decisions (~13) | ||
Judge Rose Raven [71] | Surrey | April 19, 1996 | Published criminal decisions (~13) | ||
Judge Harbans Dhillon | May 3, 1999 | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~36) | ||
Judge Paul Meyers [72] | June 18, 1999 | Meyers & Co. (1989 to 1999) Called to bar (1972) |
Published criminal decisions (~58) | ||
Judge Joanne Challenger [73] | New Westminster | November 19, 1999 | NDP | Sole practitioner (1991 to 1999) Crown attorney Called to bar (~1986) |
Published criminal decisions (~164) |
Judge Nancy Phillips [74] | 2001 | Associate Chief Justice (2009 to 2016) Crown attorney Private practice |
Published criminal decisions (~35) | ||
Judge Malcolm MacLean [75] | September 5, 2003 | Liberal | Davis and Company Crown Attorney (1982 to 1984) |
Published criminal decisions (~16) | |
Judge Joseph E. Galati | Vancouver | 2004 | UBC grad (1979) | Anderson and Galati | Published criminal decisions (~28) |
Judge Donna Senniw | March 4, 2004 | Published criminal decisions (~4) | |||
Judge James Wingham [76] | April 30, 2004 | Liberal | Wingham Kinsman Called to bar (1982) |
Published criminal decisions (~33) | |
Judge Ellen Gordon [77] | November 5, 2004 | Liberal | Gordon and Sutherland Law Offices (1998 to 2004) Private practice (criminal) Called to bar (1984) |
Published criminal decisions (~36) | |
Judge Karen Walker [78][5] | July 29, 2005 | Liberal | Private practice (criminal) Called to bar (1981) |
Published criminal decisions (~6) | |
Judge Gregory Rideout[6] | Lower Mainland | November 18, 2005 | Liberal | Private practice Called to bar (1979) |
Published criminal decisions (~94) |
Judge Maria Giardini [79] | October 24, 2006 | Liberal | Davis & Company (1995 to 2006) | Published criminal decisions (~120) | |
Judge David St. Pierre[14] | March 27, 2009 | Liberal | Cobb St. Pierre Lewis (1998 to 2009) | Published criminal decisions (~53) | |
Judge Steven Merrick [80] | 2010 | Liberal | Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal | Published criminal decisions (~31) | |
Judge Reginald Harris [81] | February 5, 2010 | Liberal | Smart, Harris & Martland (criminal) | Published criminal decisions (~59) | |
Judge James Bahen [82] | January 4, 2011 | Liberal | Private practice (criminal) | Published criminal decisions (~11) | |
Judge Bonnie Craig[9][10] | December 04, 2012 | Liberal | Crown attorney Called to bar (1993) |
Published criminal decisions (~4) | |
Judge Kathryn Denhoff[9][10] | December 04, 2012 | Liberal | Davis LLP (1994 to 2012) Called to bar (1996) |
Published criminal decisions (~4) | |
Judge Jennifer Oulton[9][10] | December 04, 2012 | Liberal | Crown attorney Called to bar (1997) |
Published criminal decisions (~10) | |
Judge Lyndsay Smith [83] | Jan. 6, 2014 | Liberal | Sole practitioner (1998 to 2012) Crown attorney Called to bar (1988) |
Published criminal decisions (~4) | |
Judge Laura Bakan [84] | March 18, 2015 | Liberal | Guild Yule (criminal) Called to bar (1994) |
Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
Judge Danny Sudeyko [85] | July 25, 2015 | Liberal | Private practice (criminal) Called to bar (1988) |
Published criminal decisions (~10) | |
Judge Wilson Lee [86] | January 14, 2016 | Liberal | Private practice | Published criminal decisions (~1) | |
Judge Nancy Adams [87] | March 21, 2017 | Liberal | Crown counsel Private practice |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island Region | |||||
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Name | Jurisdiction | Date Appointed | Appointed By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
Judge Carmen Rogers (Regional Administrative Judge) | Victoria | Published criminal decisions (~4) | |||
Judge Robert Higinbotham (snr) | Published criminal decisions (~22) | ||||
Judge Justine Saunders | Published criminal decisions (~18) | ||||
Judge Ronald Webb [88] | Aug. 6, 2004 | Liberal | Crown attorney (1992 to 2004) | Published criminal decisions (~9) | |
Judge Lisa Mrozinski (Nelson) [89] |
March 17, 2009 | Liberal | Ministry of the Attorney General (1991 to 2009) | Published criminal decisions (~38) | |
Judge Adrian Brooks [90] | April 1, 2009 | Liberal | Private practice (criminal) | Published criminal decisions (~7) | |
Judge Parker MacCarthy [91] | October 18, 2010 | Liberal | Ramsay Lampman Rhodes | Published criminal decisions (~122) | |
Judge Ted Gouge [2] | February 27, 2012 | Liberal | Ministry of Attorney General, Legal Services Lawson, Lundell, Lawson & McIntosh |
Published criminal decisions (~75) | |
Judge Roger Cutler[9][10] | December 04, 2012 | Liberal | Crown attorney Called to bar (1995) |
Published criminal decisions (~7) | |
Judge Ronald Lamperson[9][10] | December 04, 2012 | Liberal | Marshall and Lamperson Called to bar (1990) |
Published criminal decisions (~6) | |
Judge Barbara Flewelling [92] | October 31, 2014 | Liberal | Private practice Called to bar (1995) |
Published criminal decisions (~22) | |
Judge Christine Lowe [93] | July 27, 2015 | Liberal | Crown attorney Called to bar (1989) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge Catherine Crockett [94] | Campbell River | April 20, 2016 | Liberal | BC Crown attorney Public Prosecution Service Canada |
Published criminal decisions (~6) |
Judge Brian Harvey [95] | Nanimo | April 20, 2016 | Liberal | Sole practitioner (1996 to 2016) | Published criminal decisions (~4) |
Judge Jennifer Barrett [96] | June 20, 2016 | Liberal | Quadra Legal Centre (2007 to 2016) | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
Judge Brian Hutcheson [97] | 2016 | Liberal | Swift Datoo Law Corporation Called to bar (1985) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
K. Sacca [98] | Victoria | 2020 |
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Senior Judges (Supernumerary)
Name | Location | Duration of Appointment | Appointed By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Judge Bryce Dyer [99] | Vancouver | February 25, 2005 | Liberal | sole practitioner (1998) Called to bar (1973) |
Published criminal decisions (~81) |
Judge Elizabeth Bayliff [100] | Northern | November 9, 2001 | Liberal | Crown counsel | Published criminal decisions (~46) |
Judge Robin R. Smith | Quesnel | Published criminal decisions (~58) | |||
Judge Thomas S. Woods | Fraser | Published criminal decisions (~99) | |||
Judge Loretta Chaperon | Island | Published criminal decisions (~4) | |||
Judge Peter Doherty | Island | ~1999 | Published criminal decisions (~97) | ||
Judge Richard D. Miller [101] | Fraser | Sept 28, 1994 | Crown attorney (1977 to 1994) | Published criminal decisions (~10) | |
Judge Jill Rounthwaite | Fraser | ~1995 | Published criminal decisions (~150) | ||
Judge Peder Gulbransen | Abbotsford | July 18, 2003 | Liberal | Crown Counsel (1982 to 2003) Bate & Co Community Law Centre |
Published criminal decisions (~110) |
Judge Douglas Cowling | Island | Published criminal decisions (~26) | |||
Judge Pedro de Couto | Fraser | January 2, 1998 | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~90) | |
Judge Brent Hoy | Fraser | Published criminal decisions (~33) | |||
Judge James Threlfall | Interior | Published criminal decisions (~10) | |||
Judge Mark Takahashi [102] | Nelson | October 30, 1996 | NDP | sole practitioner (criminal) Called to bar (1978) |
Published criminal decisions (~8) |
Judge Jane P. Cartwright | Interior | Published criminal decisions (~38) | |||
Judge Bradford Chapman | Interior | Published criminal decisions (~1) | |||
Judge Evan C Blake | Island | Published criminal decisions (~59) | |||
Judge Herman Seidemann [103] | Northern | November 9, 2001 | Liberal | Silversides, Seidemann & Kucher | Published criminal decisions (~14) |
Judge Michael Gray [104] | Northern | November 5, 2004 | Liberal | Crown attorney (2000 to 2004) Legal Services Society (1991 to 2004) |
Published criminal decisions (~10) |
Judge Patrick Chen[5] (Senior ) | Vancouver | March 10, 2000 | NDP | Chen & Leung (civil) Called to bar (1980) |
Published criminal decisions (~60) |
Judge Thomas Gove | Vancouver | ~1998 | Published criminal decisions (~93) | ||
Judge Raymond Low | Vancouver | Published criminal decisions (~27) | |||
Judge David R. Pendleton | Island | Published criminal decisions (~3) | |||
Judge Ernest Quantz | Victoria | November 19, 1999 | Crown attorney Called to bar (~1993) |
Published criminal decisions (~21) | |
Judge Elisabeth Burgess [105] | Vancouver | September 24, 2007 | Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
Judge Gurmail Singh Gill [106] | Fraser | October 4, 1994 (Judge) 2009 to 2016 (ACJ) |
NDP (Judge) Liberal (ACJ) |
Private practice | Published criminal decisions (~35) |
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|T. Dion [107]
|Port Coquitlam
|2019
|NDP
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|R. Miller
|
|2019
|NDP
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|G. Lee [108]
|Richmond
|2019
|NDP
|
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|J. Campbell [109]
|Coquitlam
|2020
|NDP
|
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|S. Sidhu [110]
|Surrey
|2020
|NDP
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|Oliver Fleck [111]
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|2020
|NDP
| Crown attorney (2012 to 2020)
Called to bar (1999)
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|T. Golinsky [112]
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|2020
|NDP
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|W. Bernt [113]
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| 2020
| NDP
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|Andrea Davis [114]
| Surrey
|2020
|NDP
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|Emmet Duncan [115]
| Surrey
|2020
|NDP
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|Darin Reeves [116]
| Northern Region
|2020
|NDP
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|Diana Vandor [117]
| Richmond
|2020
|NDP
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|M. Stanford
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|2021
|NDP
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|J. Harris
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|2021
|NDP
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|J. Nadon
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|2021
|NDP
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Previous Judges
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.ontariocourts.ca/scj/locations/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/nine-new-judges-appointed-to-courtrooms-across-bc
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-04-10-2016
- ↑ https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/five-appointed-to-provincial-court-of-bc
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/pre2001/2000/mar2000/0010.asp
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2005ag0035-001062.htm
- ↑ https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/archive/2001-2005/2005ag0016-000351.htm
- ↑ https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2008ag0011-000316.htm
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 https://www.cbabc.org/News-Media/In-The-Media/2012/B-C-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-proj
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/bc-appoints-new-judges-and-announces-backlog-projects
- ↑ https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017AG0033-001827
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- ↑ https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2005-2009/2009ag0016-000390.htm
External links
- Provincial Court of British Columbia Website
- list of judges by district
- AG announcements
- update 2019