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	HRM	September 19, 2003 (Judge) 2013 (Chief)	PC (2003) NDP (2013)	NS Legal Aid, Youth Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~16)
Associate Chief Judge S. Raymond Morse	Amherst	April 12, 2011 (Judge) November 10, 2015 (Assoc. Chief)	NDP	Private practice Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Corrine Sparks [1]	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 (~30)
Judge Michael B. Sherar [2]	Halifax	1990	PC	Blois Nickerson Called to bar (~1978)	Published criminal decisions (~12)
Judge Barbara Beach	Halifax, Youth	1994	Liberal	NS Legal Aid Called to bar (~1978)	Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Brian D. Williston	Sydney	1995	Liberal	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Alanna Murphy	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	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	Port Hawkesbury	September 19, 2003	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service Private Practice Called to bar (1990)	Published criminal decisions (~7)
Judge Frank P. Hoskins	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	Dartmouth	October 1, 2008	PC	Public Prosecution Service of Canada Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~54)
Judge Marci Lin Melvin	Kentville	November 12, 2008	PC	NS Legal Aid Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Jean M. Whalen	Dartmouth	January 16, 2009	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service	Published criminal decisions (~44)
Judge Del W. Atwood	Pictou	November 10, 2009	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~170)
Judge Jean M. Dewolfe	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	Antigonish	November 10, 2009	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Gregory E. Lenehan	Halifax	October 19, 2010	NDP	NS Public Prosecution Service (1989 to 2010)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Paul V. Scovil	Bridgewater	August 2, 2011	NDP	NS Public Prosecution Service (1998 to 2011) Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~36)
Judge Timothy D. Landry	Digby/Yarmouth	September 19, 2012	NDP	NS Legal Aid	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Michelle Christenson	Yarmouth	December 11, 2013	NDP	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Daniel A. MacRury	Dartmouth	July 30, 2014	Liberal	NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Timothy Daley	Pictou	March 17, 2015	Liberal	Private practice Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Elizabeth Buckle	Amherst	March 31, 2015	Liberal	Private practice Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge E. Ann Marie MacInnes	Sydney	November 10, 2015	Liberal	NS Legal Aid Called to bar (1991)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Alain Bégin	Truro	September 1, 2016	Liberal	Private practice	Published criminal decisions (~4)
Judge Ronda van der Hoek	Kentville/Windsor	January 23, 2017	Liberal	Public Prosecution Service of Canada	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Cathy Benton	Bridgewater/Shubenacadie	January 23, 2017	Liberal	NS Legal Aid	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Rickcola Brinton	Halifax	March 31, 2017	Liberal	NS Legal Aid, Youth (2001 to 2017)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Samuel Moreau	Amherst	March 31, 2017	Liberal	NS Legal Aid (1999 to 2017)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Rosalind Michie	Amherst	March 31, 2017	Liberal	NS Public Prosecution Service (2001 to 2017)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Amy Sakalauskas	Sydney	March 31, 2017	Liberal	Private practice	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Diane L. McGrath	Sydney	September 19, 2017	Liberal	NS Prosecution Service NS Legal Aid Private Practice Called ot bar (1993)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Anne Marie Simmons	Halifax	November 10, 2017	Liberal	Public Prosecution Service of Canada	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Chris Manning	Kentville	May 31, 2018	Liberal	Private Practice 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 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)
Judge Marc C. Chisholm	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	Halifax	June 10, 1997 (Judge), 2017 (Supernumerary)	Liberal	NS Legal Aid Director (1994 to 1997) NS Legal Aid	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Flora I. Buchan	Dartmouth	1996 (judge), 2017 (Sup)	Liberal	private practice Called to bar (~1981)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Patrick Curran	Halifax, Bedford	August 1, 1981 - 2003 (Judge) 2003 - 2013 (Chief Judge)	PC	NS Legal Aid Halifax City Patterson, Smith, Matthews Innes, Matheson, Curran Called to bar (~1971)	Published criminal decisions (~7)
Judge Alan T. Tufts	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)
Judge David J. Ryan	Dartmouth				Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge John D. Comeau	Dartmouth	1981			Published criminal decisions (~0)

Previous Judges

Name	Location	Duration	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Judge Anne E. Crawford		2002? to 2009?			Published criminal decisions
Judge Castor H Williams	Halifax			Crown Attorney Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~55)
Judge Pierre Muise	Yarmouth	2009 - 2010	PC	NS Public Prosecution Service (1996 to 2009)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge R. Brian Gibson [3]	Dartmouth	1990 - ?	PC	Private Practice (1973 to 1990) Called to bar (1973)	Published criminal decisions (~19)
Judge Anne S. Derrick [4]	Halifax	September 2, 2005 - 2017	PC	Beaton Derrick Called to bar (1981)	Appointed to NSCA Published criminal decisions (~173)
Judge Jamie Campbell [5]	Halifax (Youth)	September 2, 2005		Cox Hanson O'Reilly Matheson Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~34)
Judge Jean-Louis Batiot					Published criminal decisions (~22)
Judge Robert M. Prince					Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Roy Edward "Bud" Kimball [6] [7]	Windsor and Kentville	May 4, 1967 to 1995	PC	Private Practice (1960 to 1967)	Published criminal decisions
Judge Clinton Roger Rand	Shelburne and Yarmouth	January 3, 1946 to June 30, 1976			Published criminal decisions
Judge John Donald MacIntyre	Cape Breton	1951 to 1956			Published criminal decisions
Judge William Ackley Richardson	New Glasgow, Stellarton, Pictou, and Tatamagouche	November 6, 1951 to November 30, 1968			Published criminal decisions
Judge John Ferguson McDonald	Cape Breton	1953 to 1978			Published criminal decisions
Judge Duncan John Chisholm		October 1, 1953 to February, 1980			Published criminal decisions
Chief Judge Henry How		November 1983 to ??			Published criminal decisions
Judge Joseph Francis McManus		1953 to 1961			Published criminal decisions
Judge Claudine MacDonald					Published criminal decisions

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