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Distribution of Judges

Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador

21 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador are as follows: [omitted (a) and (b)]

(c) the Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Trial Division, $371,400 each; and

(d) the 18 other judges of the Trial Division, $338,800 each.

R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 21; R.S., 1985, c. 41 (1st Supp.), s. 8, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 27 (2nd Supp.), s. 2, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 1989, c. 8, s. 6; 2001, c. 7, s. 13; 2006, c. 11, s. 1; 2012, c. 31, s. 210; 2017, c. 20, s. 209; 2021, c. 23, s. 258; 2022, c. 10, s. 350.

– (DOJ)

Current Justices

Name	Location/Division	Appointed	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Chief Justice Raymond P. Whalen [1]	Trial	June 19, 2008 (Trial) December 11, 2014 - 2018 (CJ)	Harper / Nicholson (CPC) (Trial) Harper / MacKay (CPC) (CJ)	White Ottenheimer and Baker Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions (~19) (as of the end of Dec 2022)
Valerie L. Marshall [2]	Trial	April 29, 2009	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Labour Relations Board Human Rights Commission Solo Practitioner QC (2006) [3] Called to bar (1992) Dal grad (1991)	Published criminal decisions (~34) (as of the end of Dec 2022)
Robert P. Stack [4]	Trial	November 30, 2009	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Cox & Palmer (1984 to 2009) Called to bar (1984)	Published criminal decisions (~64) (as of the end of Dec 2022)
Deborah J. Paquette [5]	Trial	June 18, 2010	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Assistant Dep. Minister DOJ DOJ Wells, O'Dea, Halley, Earle, Shortall, Burke (1981 to 1987) Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~15) (as of the end of Dec 2022)
Rosalie McGrath [6]		May 31, 2012	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	White, Ottenheimer & Baker Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~23) (as of the end of Dec 2022)
Donald H. Burrage [7]	Trial	October 5, 2012	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General Crown attorney Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~42)
Laura A. Mennie [8]		March 9, 2014	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Provincial court (2012 to 2014) Newfoundland Department of (2007 to 2012) Legal Aid (1994 to 2007) Poole, Althouse (1993 to 1994)	Published criminal decisions (~11)
George L. Murphy[9]	Trial	April 10, 2014	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Poole Althouse (1992 to 2014)	Published criminal decisions (~17)
Jane M. Fitzpatrick [10]	Family	March 27, 2015	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Legal aid Crown attorney Noonan, Oakley, Orr (1992 to 1994) Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Cillian D. Sheahan [11]	Family	June 20, 2015	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Poole Althouse Called to bar (2000)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Sandra R. Chaytor[12]	Trial	May 12, 2017	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Cox & Palmer Called to bar (1989)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Vikas Khaladkar [13]		October 2017	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Crown Attorney (2007 to 2017) Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Alexander MacDonald	Family	November 2017	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Michelle A. Coady [14]	St John’s	March 26, 2019	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	NL Legal Aid (2007 to 2019) O'Dea, Earle Law Offices (1999 to 2007) Called to bar (~1999)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Glen L.C. Noel	Trial, Gander	May 2019	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Trudy L. Button	Grand Falls-Windsor	March 23, 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Stacy C. Ryan	Happy Valley-Goose Bay	March 23, 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Peter A. O'Flaherty	Grand Bank	May 21, 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Philip W. Osborne	Gander	August 4, 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)

Supernumerary

Name	Division	Duration	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Kendra J. Goulding [15]	Trial	June 5, 2002	Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib)	Provincial Court PPSC Crown	Published criminal decisions (~39)
Maureen Dunn					Published criminal decisions (?)
James P. Adams					Published criminal decisions (?)
Richard D. LeBlanc	Trial Family (Sept 10, 2012)	June 20, 2000 (J) Sept 10, 2012 (Sup)	Chrétien / McLellan (Lib)		Published criminal decisions (~3)
Alphonsus E. Faour [16]	Trial	November 5, 2003 (J) November 5, 2018 (Sup.)	Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib)	Vivian and Faour Nfld. Dept. of Justice Member of Parliament Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~29)
Carl R. Thompson [17]		December 4, 2016	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)		Published criminal decisions (~38)
Garrett A. Handrigan [18]		March 28, 2001 (Judge) April 8, 2017 (sup)	Chrétien / McLellan (Lib)	Provincial Court (1989 to 2001) private practice (youth criminal) Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~119)

Previous Justices

Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Historical)

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+| Robert P. Stack [https://web.archive.org/web/20100129033719/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32459.html] ||Trial || {{dts|November 30, 2009}} || {{Harper2}}|| Cox & Palmer (1984 to 2009)<Br> Called to bar (1984)
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+| Deborah J. Paquette [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220048/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32522.html] ||Trial || {{dts|June 18, 2010}} ||  {{Harper2}}|| Assistant Dep. Minister DOJ<br>DOJ<br>Wells, O'Dea, Halley, Earle, Shortall, Burke (1981 to 1987)<br>Called to bar (1981)
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-|Justice Sandra R. Chaytor[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/05/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html] || Trial || {{dts|May 12, 2017}} || {{J. Trudeau1}}||Cox & Palmer <br> Called to bar (1989)
+| Sandra R. Chaytor[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/05/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html] || Trial || {{dts|May 12, 2017}} || {{J. Trudeau1}}||Cox & Palmer <br> Called to bar (1989)
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-|Justice Vikas Khaladkar [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/10/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofn.html]
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+| Michelle A. Coady [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/03/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-newfoundland-and-labrador.html]
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 |March 28, 2001 (Judge)<Br>April 8, 2017 (sup)