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

See also: Court Composition

Current Justices

See also: Supreme Court of British Columbia (Previous Justices)

(Full complement of 90)[1]

Name	District	Appointed	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Chief Justice Christopher E. Hinkson [2]	N/A	8 November 2013 (CJ) 2007 (Judge)	Harper (CJ) Harper (Judge)	Court of Appeal (2010 to 2013) Supreme Court (2007 to 2010) Harper Grey (1976 to 2007) Called to bar (~1976)	Published criminal decisions (~14) (as of the end of 2020)
Associate Chief Justice Heather J. Holmes [3] [4]	Vancouver	March 21, 2001 (Judge) June 22, 2018 (ACJ)	Chretien (Judge) J. Trudeau (ACJ)	McCarthy, Tétrault Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~165)
Justice T. Mark McEwan [5]	Nelson	August 7, 1996	Chretien	McEwan, Harrison & Co. (1979 to 1996) Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~112)
Justice David M. Masuhara [6] [7]	Vancouver	October 11, 2002	Chretien	BC Gas Utility Company Called to bar (1983)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Brenda J. Brown [8]	New Westminster	April 18, 2002	Chretien	Davis & Company (1995 to 2002) Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~56)
Justice Lance W. Bernard [9]	New Westminster	July 24, 2003	Chretien	Crown attorney Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~52)
Justice J. Miriam Gropper [10]	Vancouver	April 14, 2005	Martin	Black, Gropper and Company Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~49)
Justice Joel R. Groves [11]	Vancouver	May 19, 2005	Martin	Supreme court Master (2000 to 2005) Gillespie Renkema Barnett Broadway (family) UBC grad	Published criminal decisions (~4) [12]
Justice Nathan H. Smith	Vancouver	May 19, 2005	Martin		Published criminal decisions (~21)
Justice Elliott M. Myers [13]	Vancouver	November 22, 2005	Martin	Bull Housser Tupper Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~32)
Justice Geoffrey R. J. Gaul [14]	Victoria	January 31, 2008	Harper	Crown attorney Called to bar (1989)	Published criminal decisions (~38)
Justice J. Christopher Grauer [15]	Vancouver	April 11, 2008	Harper	Dives, Grauer & Harper Bull, Housser & Tupper, Barristers (1981 to 1999) Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~22)
Justice D. Jane Dardi [16]	Vancouver	June 18, 2008	Harper	Private practice (etates) Called to bar (1983)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Kathleen M. Ker [17]	New Westminster	June 18, 2008	Harper	Crown attorney private practice Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~33)
Justice Paul W. Walker [18]	Vancouver	June 18, 2008	Harper	Guild Yule LLP Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~8)
Justice Neill Brown [19]	Chilliwack	July 30, 2008	Harper	Sole practitioner (1998 to 2008) Linley Duignan (1978 to 1998) Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions (~52)
Justice Elaine J. Adair [20]	Vancouver	November 28, 2008	Harper	McCarthy Tétrault LLP (1982 to 2008) Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~14)
Justice Frits E. Verhoeven [21]	New Westminster	January 22, 2009	Harper	Edwards, Kenny and Bray, LLP (1983 to 2009) Called to bar (1983)	Published criminal decisions (~68)
Justice John S. Harvey [22]	New Westminster	January 22, 2009	Harper	Herman & Harvey (1991 to 2009) Boughton Peterson Yang and Anderson (1990 to 1991) Braidwood and Company (1978 to 1989) Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Robert J. Sewell [23]	Vancouver	January 22, 2009	Harper	McCarthy Tétrault (1989 to 2009) Shrum, Liddle and Hebenton (1972 to 1989) Called to bar (1972)	Published criminal decisions (~4)
Justice Terence A. Schultes [24]	Vancouver	May 14, 2009	Harper	Crown attorney Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions (~116)
Justice Robert D. Punnett [25]	Victoria	June 19, 2009	Harper	Private practice Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~28)
Justice Gregory T.W. Bowden [26] [27]	Vancouver	October 2, 2009	Harper	Provincial Court Judge (2004 to 2009) Private practice (tax) Called to bar (1971)	Published criminal decisions (~29)
Justice Brian D. MacKenzie [28]	Victoria	October 23, 2009	Harper	Provincial Court (1990 to 2009) Legal Aid (criminal) Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions (~40)
Justice Anthony Saunders [29]	New Westminster	November 26, 2009	Harper	Guild Yule LLP Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~18)
Justice S. Dev Dley [30]	Kamloops	March 19, 2010	Harper	Provincial Court (June 23, 2008 to March 19, 2010) private practice Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions (~28)
Justice Miriam A. Maisonville [31]	Vancouver	March 19, 2010	Harper	Crown attorney (!994 to 2010) Howard Rubin Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~31)
Justice Shelley C. Fitzpatrick [32]	Vancouver	June 18, 2010	Harper	Davis LLP (2001 to 2010) Campney & Murphy (1986 to 2000) Fillmore & Riley (1982 to 1985) Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~19)
Justice Jennifer A. Power [33]	Victoria	August 6, 2010	Harper	Crown attorney (1990 to 2010) Family Maintenance Enforcement (1988 to 1989) Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions (~80)
Justice Murray B. Blok [34]	New Westminster	October 28, 2010	Harper	registrar of the Supreme Court (2002 to 2010) Fasken Martineau (1983 to 2002) Called to bar (1983)	Published criminal decisions (~50)
Justice Jeanne E. Watchuk [35]	Vancouver	October 28, 2010	Harper	Provincial Court Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions (~41)
Justice Robert W. Jenkins [36]	New Westminster	December 31, 2011	Harper	Jenkins Marzban Logan (1994 to 2011) Fasken Martineau (1986 to 1994) Campney Murphy (1983 to 1985) Buell Ellis (1972 to 1983) Called to bar (1973)	Published criminal decisions (~39)
Justice Ronald S. Tindale [37]	Prince George	October 20, 2011	Harper	Provincial Court (2010 to 2011) Dick Byl Corporation (2010 to 2005) Traxler Haines (1992 to 2005) Crown attorney (1990 to 1992) Heather Sadler Jenkins (1989 to 1990) Called to bar (1989)	Published criminal decisions (~71)
Justice D. Allan Betton [38] [39]	Kelowna	June 24, 2011	Harper	Provincial Court Judge (2007 to 2011)	Published criminal decisions (~13)
Justice Kenneth N. Affleck [40] [41]	Vancouver	June 24, 2011	Harper	Affleck Hira Burgoyne LLP Macaulay McColl	Published criminal decisions (~10)
Justice Gordon C. Weatherill [42]	Vancouver	May 31, 2012	Harper	Lawson Lundell LLP Called to bar (1981) Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~40)
Justice John J. Steeves [43]	Victoria	October 5, 2012	Harper	Sole Practitioner (2003 to 2012) Steeves & Company (1989 to 2000) McGrady & Company (1986 to 1989) Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~8)
Justice Robin A. M. Baird [44]	Nanaimo	October 5, 2012	Harper	Provincial Court Judge (2011 to 2012) Crown Prosecutor (1990 to 1995, 2004 to 2011) Green & Claus LLP Called to bar (1990)	Published criminal decisions (~38)
Justice Gordon S. Funt [45]	Vancouver	October 5, 2012	Harper	Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (1984 to 2012) Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~9)
Justice Kenneth W. Ball [46]	New Westminster	November 2, 2012	Harper	Provincial Court (2003 to 2012) DuMoulin Black Brazier and Hall (1977 to 2003) Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~42)
Justice Douglas W. Thompson [47]	Nanaimo	December 13, 2012	Harper	Hatter Thompson Shumka McDonagh Called to bar (1983)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Ronald A. Skolrood [48]	Vancouver	June 6, 2013	Harper	Lawson Lundell LLP (1987 to 2013) Called to bar (1988)	Published criminal decisions (~9)
Justice Lisa A. Warren [49]	Vancouver	June 6, 2013	Harper	Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy (1993 to 2007) Director of Legal Services, Health Employers Association of BC (2007 to 2013) Called to bar (1991)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Sheri Ann Donegan [50]	Kamloops	June 6, 2013	Harper	Provincial Court (2010 to 2012) Crown Attorney (1998 to 2010) Mair Jensen Blair (1992 to 1998) Called to bar (1993)	Published criminal decisions (~35)
Justice Margot L. Fleming [51]	Vancouver	June 6, 2013	Harper	Somers & Company (1996 to 2013) Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Gary P. Weatherill [52]	Kelowna	October 2, 2013	Harper	Nixon Wenger Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~40)
Justice Nigel P. Kent [53]	Vancouver	December 19, 2013	Harper	Clark Wilson LLP Parlee McLaws Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~19)
Justice Neena Sharma [54]	Vancouver	December 19, 2013	Harper	Ministry of Justice Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~8)
Justice George Macintosh [55]	Vancouver	December 19, 2013	Harper	Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP (1974 to 2013) Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Jennifer M.I. Duncan [56]	Vancouver	December 19, 2013	Harper	Crown attorney Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Emily M. Burke [57]	Vancouver	May 13, 2014	Harper	Emily Burke Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Services (1995 to 2014) Alexander, Holburn, Beaudin and Lang (1986 to 1990) Lawson, Lundell, Lawson & McIntosh (1982 to 1984) Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~6)
Justice Martha M. Devlin [58]	New Westminster	December 12, 2014	Harper	PPSC Crown attorney (1994 to 2014) Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Barbara M. Young [59]	Vancouver	June 19, 2015	Harper	Master and Registrar of Bankruptcies (2006 to 2015) Berge Horn (2003 to 2006) Kendall Penty & Company (1997 to 2003) Young Noble & Wirsig (1990 to 1997) Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Grace Choi [60]	Vancouver	May 29, 2015	Harper	Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP Called to bar (1993)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Catherine Murray [61]	Vancouver	October 20, 2016	J. Trudeau	Crown Attorney (1987 to 2016) Robertson Peck (1986 to 1987) Ramsay Thompson Lampman (1985 to 1986) Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Maria Morellato [62]	Vancouver	June 17, 2016	J. Trudeau	Mandell Pinder LLP (2009 to 2016) Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (1989 to 2008) Industrial Relations Council Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Marguerite H. Church [63]	Prince George	June 17, 2016	J. Trudeau	Provincial Court Judge (2011 to 2016) Cundari Seibel LLP (2003 to 2011) Rogers & Hyslop (1998 to 2002) Department of Asian Legal Studies (1991 to 1994) Rudd Watts & Stone (1988 to 1989) Called to bar (1988)	Published criminal decisions (~8)
Justice Heather MacNaughton [64]	Vancouver	October 20, 2016	J. Trudeau	Master of Supreme Court	Published criminal decisions (~4)
Justice Michael Tammen [65]	Vancouver	June 14, 2017	J. Trudeau	Peck and Tammen	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Janet Winteringham [66]	Vancouver	August 15, 2017	J. Trudeau	Winteringham MacKay Law Corporation	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill [67]	New Westminster	June 21, 2017	J. Trudeau	Shergill & Company Called to bar (1991)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Andrew P. A. Mayer [68]	Vancouver	April 12, 2017	J. Trudeau	General Counsel with the Prince Rupert Port Authority	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Warren B. Milman [69][70]	Vancouver	June 14, 2017	J. Trudeau	McCarthy Tétrault LLP	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Justice Leonard Marchand Jr [71]	Kamloops	June 21, 2017	J. Trudeau	Provincial Court Judge Fulton & Company LLP (civil) (1995 to 2013) U Vic Grad (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~6)
Justice Francesca V. Marzari [72]	Vancouver	December 19, 2017	J. Trudeau	Young Anderson Barristers and Solicitors	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Ward K. Branch [73]	Vancouver	June 8, 2017	J. Trudeau	Branch McMaster LLP	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice W. Paul Riley [74]	New Westminster	May 11, 2017	J. Trudeau	General Counsel with Public Prosecution Service of Canada (1997 to 2017)	Published criminal decisions (~11)
Justice Carla L. Forth [75]	Vancouver	June 14, 2017	J. Trudeau	Guild Yule LLP	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Justice Nitya Iyer [76]	Vancouver	June 14, 2017	J. Trudeau	Lovett Westmacott	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Michael J. Brundrett [77]	Vancouver	June 21, 2017	J. Trudeau	British Columbia Ministry of Justice, Criminal Justice Branch Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice E. David Crossin [78]	Vancouver	September 29, 2017	J. Trudeau	Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP	Published criminal decisions (~9)
Justice Bill Basran [79]	Vancouver	January 19, 2018	J. Trudeau	Regional Director General of the Department of Justice (2007 to 2018)	Published criminal decisions (~0) Judicial Questionnaire
Justice Diane MacDonald [80]	Vancouver	February 7, 2018	J. Trudeau	Counsel for B.C. Teachers’ Federation Victory Square Law Office	Published criminal decisions (~0) Judicial Questionnaire
Justice Sharon Matthews [81]	Vancouver	February 22, 2018	J. Trudeau	Partner, Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Barbara J. Norell [82]	New Westminster	February 22, 2018	J. Trudeau	Harper Grey (1986 to 2018) Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Wendy A. Baker [83]	Vancouver	February 22, 2018	J. Trudeau	Miller Thomson LLP Called to bar (1993)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Thomas Crabtree [84]	Chilliwack	May 4, 2018	J. Trudeau	Chief Judge, Provincial Court of B.C.	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Geoffrey Gomery [85]	Vancouver	June 15, 2018	J. Trudeau	Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP (1992 to 2018) Davis & Company Called to bar (1984)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Christopher J. Giaschi [86]	Vancouver	August 31, 2018	J. Trudeau	Giaschi & Margolis (1997 to 2018) McEwen Schmitt & Co Called to bar (~1988)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Karen Horsman [87]	Vancouver	August 31, 2018	J. Trudeau	Attorney General (civil) Called to bar (~1993)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Veronica Jackson [88]	Vancouver	October 9, 2018	J Trudeau	Ministry of Attorney General BC Scurfield Tapper Cuddy Crown attorney Called to bar (1993)	Published criminal decisions (~0) Judicial Questionnaire
Dennis K. Hori [89]	Kelowna	February 8, 2019	J. Trudeau	Fulton & Company LLP Called to bar (~1984)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Amy D. Francis [90]	Vancouver	March 8, 2019	J. Trudeau	Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers LLP Called to bar (2001)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Karen F. Douglas [91]	Vancouver	March 8, 2019	J. Trudeau	Harper Grey LLP McCarthy Tetrault Called to bar (1989)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Simon R. Coval [92]		September 2, 2020			Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Julianne K. Lamb [93]	New Westminster	April 27, 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	UBC law prof (2014 to 2019) Guild Yule LLP Called to bar (1994) UofT grad (1993)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Lauren Blake [94]	Vancouver	April 27, 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers Davis & Co. Called to bar (1996) UBC grad (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Jan Brongers [95]	Vancouver	April 27, 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)		Published criminal decisions (~0)

Supernumerary

Name	District	Appointed	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Justice Trevor C. Armstrong [96] [97]	New Westminster	October 1, 2010 (Judge) January 16, 2021 (sup)	Harper	Private Practice Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~14)
Justice Harry A. Slade [98]	Vancouver	March 27, 2001 (judge) March 31, 2021 (sup)	Chretien	Ratcliff & Company (aboriginal) Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions (~17)
Justice Arne H. Silverman [99] [100]	Vancouver	November 26, 2004 November 26, 2019 [101]	Martin	sole practitioner (criminal) Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions (~77)
Justice Alison J. Beames [102]	Kelowna	August 7, 1996	Chrétien	Salloum, Doak Milner & Steer Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~55)
Justice Barry Michael Davies [103]	Vancouver	January 10, 1996	Chrétien	Pushor, Mitchell, Davies, Montgomery Warren, Ladner, Berge & Co McCarthy Tétrault Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions (~83)
Justice William Ehrcke [104]	Vancouver	October 28, 2003	Chrétien	Crown attorney (1981 to 2003) Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~170)
Justice Robert Johnston [105] [106]	Victoria	November 26, 2004	Martin	Cox Taylor	Published criminal decisions (~28)
Justice Carol J. Ross [107]	Vancouver	March 21, 2001 (supernumary as of April 1, 2016)	Chrétien	Hordo, Ross and Bennett Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~27)
Justice Loryl D. Russell [108]	Vancouver	April 14, 2005	Martin	Sole practitioner Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Catherine A. Wedge [109]	Vancouver	April 4, 2001	Chrétien	Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~105)

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court

Prior to 1909, when the British Columbia Court of Appeal was established, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was considered the Chief Justice of British Columbia.

Name	Duration	Prior Position(s)
Christopher E. Hinkson [110]	2013–present
Robert James Bauman [111]	2009–2013
Donald Ian Brenner	2000–2009
Bryan Williams	1996–2000
William A. Esson	1989–1996	Appointed to BCCA
Beverley McLachlin	1988–1989
Allan McEachern (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1988)	1979–1988
Nathaniel Nemetz (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1979)	1973–1979
John Owen Wilson	1963-1973
Sherwood Lett (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1963)	1955–1963
Wendell Burpee Farris (died 1955)	1942–?1955
Aulay MacAulay Morrison	1929–1942
Gordon Hunter	1902–1929
Angus John McColl	1898–1902
Theodore Davie	1895–1898
Matthew Baillie Begbie (incumbent Chief Justice of the Colony of British Columbia at the time B.C. joined Canada)	1869–1894

Previous Justices

Supreme Court of British Columbia (Previous Justices)

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