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

Current Judges

(Full complement of 26)

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Chief Judge Jolène Richard [1]	Moncton	November 13, 2008 (Judge) June 2, 2017 (CJ)	Liberal	Stewart McKelvey	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Associate Chief Judge Mary Jane Richards [2]	Fredricton	June 3, 2005 (Judge) February 28, 2014 (ACJ)	PC (Judge) PC (ACJ)	assistant deputy minister of Court Services and Chief Sheriff (2001 to 2005) private practice Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Judge Irwin E. Lampert	Moncton	October 1, 1988	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Henrik G. Tonning [3]	Saint John	July 29, 1999	PC	sole practitioner (criminal) Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Pierre F. Dubé [4]	Burton	December 11, 2003	PC	Dubé & Dubé (1990 to 2003) Called to bar (1989)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge W. Andrew LeMesurier [5]	Saint John	December 11, 2003	PC	Clark, Drummie Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Brigitte Sivret [6]	Bathurst	April 1, 2007	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Paul E. Duffie [7]	Moncton	June 20, 2008	Liberal	Provincial MLA (1987 to 1999) Mayor of Grand Falls	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Julian A. G. Dickson [8]	Fredricton	October 1, 2009	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Geri A. Mahoney [9]	Miramichi	October 1, 2009	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Kenneth Oliver [10]	Burton	April 5, 2012	PC	Crown Prosecutor	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Brigitte Volpé [11]	Edmundston	April 5, 2012	PC	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge D. Troy Sweet [12]	Moncton	April 5, 2012	PC	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Marco Robert Cloutier [13]	Saint John	January 30, 2013	PC	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~21)
Judge Brian McLean [14]	Woodstock	March 24, 2014	PC	Renouf McLean Called to bar (~1996)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Richard Andrew Palmer [15]	Saint John	November 7, 2014	Liberal	Palmer & Palmer Called to bar (~1991)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Denise A. LeBlanc [16] [[17]]	Moncton	January 27, 2016	Liberal	McInnes Cooper Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Éric P. Sonier [18] [[19]]	Tracadie-Sheila	January 27, 2016	Liberal	Sonier Duguay Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Suzanne C. Bernard [20]	Campbellton	January 27, 2016	Liberal	Crown attorney Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Joanne Durette [21]	Bathurst	June 1, 2017	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Johanne-Marguerite Landry [22]	Caraquet	June 1, 2017	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Natalie H. LeBlanc[23]	Miramichi	June 1, 2017	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Lucie N. Mathurin[24]	Moncton	June 1, 2017	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Kelly Ann Winchester[25]	St. John	June 1, 2017	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)

Supernumerary

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Judge Ronald LeBlanc	Bathurst	April 2, 2002 April 3, 2017 (sup.)	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Yvette Finn	Caraquet	August 5, 1999 (Judge) January 23, 2017 (sup.)	PC		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge R. Leslie Jackson	Woodstock	November 7, 1997 - 2014 (J) January 9, 2006 (ACJ) December 15, 2006 (CJ) January 1, 2014 (Sup.)	Liberal (Judge) PC (ACJ)	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~49)
Judge Donald J. LeBlanc	Tracadie-Sheila	April 13, 2000 (Judge) April 30, 2015 (Sup.)	PC (Judge) Liberal (ACJ)		Published criminal decisions
Judge David C. Walker	Saint John	November 7, 1997 (Judge) November 7, 2014 (sup.)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~5)
Judge Anne Jeffries (per diem)	Saint John	November 7, 1997 (Judge) September 30, 2012 (Per Diem)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge William McCarroll	Saint John	December 15, 1989 (Judge) October 3, 2011 (sup.)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Alfred H. Brien	Saint John	August 15, 1988 (Judge) November 24, 2010 (sup.)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~58)
Judge Joseph C. Michaud	Moncton	July 27, 1990 (Judge) June 25, 2009 (sup.)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge J. Camille Vautour	Moncton	June 5, 1989 (Judge) June 5, 2014 (sup.)	Liberal		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Anne Dugas-Horsman	Moncton	August 22, 2001 (Judge) August 22, 2016 (sup.)	PC	Private Practice	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Jacques DesJardins		April 15, 1981 June 2008 (sup.)	PC		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Pierre W. Arseneault [26]	Moncton	October 1, 1988 December 15, 2006 (ACJ) January 17, 2014 (CJ) June 2, 2017 (Sup.)	Liberal (Judge) PC (ACJ)	McIntyre & McIntyre (1980 to 1988) D. Paul Hayes (1979 to 1980)	Published criminal decisions (~22)
Judge James G. McNamee (per diem)	Saint John	November 1, 1974 (Judge) June 1, 1997 (ACJ) November 1, 2003 (sup.) April 30, 2011 (Per Diem)			Published criminal decisions (~0)

Previous Judges

Name	Location	Other Details
Judge Fred Ferguson		Published criminal decisions (~45)
Judge S.M. Hutchinson		Published criminal decisions (~20)
Judge P.L. Cumming		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Murray F. Cain		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Denis T. Lordon	Miramichi	Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge Camille A. Dumas	Bathurst	Published criminal decisions (~0)
John Creaghan Friel [27]		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Drew Stymiest		Convicted of fraud (2006) Published criminal decisions (~0)

Sources

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-| Associate Chief Judge Mary Jane Richards [https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/2005e0918ju.htm] ||Fredricton || June 3, 2005 (Judge)<Br>February 28, 2014 (ACJ) || ||assistant deputy minister of Court Services and Chief Sheriff (2001 to 2005)<Br> private practice<Br>Called to bar (1981)
+| Associate Chief Judge Mary Jane Richards [https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/2005e0918ju.htm] ||Fredricton || June 3, 2005 (Judge)<Br>February 28, 2014 (ACJ) || PC (Judge)<Br>PC (ACJ) ||assistant deputy minister of Court Services and Chief Sheriff (2001 to 2005)<Br> private practice<Br>Called to bar (1981)
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-|Judge Irwin E. Lampert || Moncton ||October 1, 1988 || ||
+|Judge Irwin E. Lampert || Moncton ||October 1, 1988 || Liberal||
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-|Judge Henrik G. Tonning [https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/1999e1114ju.htm] || Saint John ||July 29, 1999 || ||sole practitioner (criminal)<Br> Called to bar (1981)
+|Judge Henrik G. Tonning [https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/1999e1114ju.htm] || Saint John ||July 29, 1999 || PC||sole practitioner (criminal)<Br> Called to bar (1981)
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-|Judge Pierre F. Dubé [https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/2003e1190ju.htm] || Burton ||December 11, 2003 || || Dubé & Dubé (1990 to 2003)<Br> Called to bar (1989)
+|Judge Pierre F. Dubé [https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/2003e1190ju.htm] || Burton ||December 11, 2003 ||PC|| Dubé & Dubé (1990 to 2003)<Br> Called to bar (1989)
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-|Judge W. Andrew LeMesurier [https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/2003e1190ju.htm] || Saint John || December 11, 2003 || || Clark, Drummie<Br> Called to bar (1985)
+|Judge W. Andrew LeMesurier [https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/2003e1190ju.htm] || Saint John || December 11, 2003 || PC|| Clark, Drummie<Br> Called to bar (1985)
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-|Judge Julian A. G. Dickson [https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/2009e1471ju.htm] || Fredricton || October 1, 2009 || ||
+|Judge Julian A. G. Dickson [https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/2009e1471ju.htm] || Fredricton || October 1, 2009 || Liberal ||
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-|Judge Geri A. Mahoney [https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/2009e1471ju.htm] || Miramichi || October 1, 2009 || ||
+|Judge Geri A. Mahoney [https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/jus/2009e1471ju.htm] || Miramichi || October 1, 2009 ||Liberal ||
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-|Judge Brian McLean [https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/jps/news/news_release.2014.02.0207.html] || Woodstock ||March 24, 2014 || || Renouf McLean<br> Called to bar (~1996)
+|Judge Brian McLean [https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/jps/news/news_release.2014.02.0207.html] || Woodstock ||March 24, 2014 ||PC || Renouf McLean<br> Called to bar (~1996)
 |{{publishedNBPC|McLean}} (~1)
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-|Judge Richard Andrew Palmer [https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/jps/news/news_release.2014.08.1053.html] || Saint John ||November 7, 2014 || ||  Palmer & Palmer<br> Called to bar (~1991)
+|Judge Richard Andrew Palmer [https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/jps/news/news_release.2014.08.1053.html] || Saint John ||November 7, 2014 ||Liberal ||  Palmer & Palmer<br> Called to bar (~1991)
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-|Judge Denise A. LeBlanc [http://www.mcinnescooper.com/news/denise-leblanc-appointed-to-provincial-court-judge/] [[https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2016.01.0062.html]] || Moncton || January 27, 2016 || || McInnes Cooper<br> Called to bar (1986)
+|Judge Denise A. LeBlanc [http://www.mcinnescooper.com/news/denise-leblanc-appointed-to-provincial-court-judge/] [[https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2016.01.0062.html]] || Moncton || January 27, 2016 || Liberal|| McInnes Cooper<br> Called to bar (1986)
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-|Judge Suzanne C. Bernard [https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2016.01.0062.html] || Campbellton || January 27, 2016 || ||Crown attorney<br> Called to bar (1994)
+|Judge Suzanne C. Bernard [https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2016.01.0062.html] || Campbellton || January 27, 2016 ||Liberal ||Crown attorney<br> Called to bar (1994)
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-|Judge Joanne Durette [https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2017.04.0564.html]|| Bathurst || June 1, 2017 || ||
+|Judge Joanne Durette [https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2017.04.0564.html]|| Bathurst || June 1, 2017 ||Liberal ||
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-|Judge Johanne-Marguerite Landry [https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2017.04.0564.html] || Caraquet || June 1, 2017  || ||
+|Judge Johanne-Marguerite Landry [https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2017.04.0564.html] || Caraquet || June 1, 2017  || Liberal||
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-|Judge Natalie H. LeBlanc[https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2017.04.0564.html] || Miramichi || June 1, 2017  || ||
+|Judge Natalie H. LeBlanc[https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2017.04.0564.html] || Miramichi || June 1, 2017  || Liberal||
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-|Judge Lucie N. Mathurin[https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2017.04.0564.html] || Moncton || June 1, 2017  || ||
+|Judge Lucie N. Mathurin[https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2017.04.0564.html] || Moncton || June 1, 2017  || Liberal||
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-|Judge Kelly Ann Winchester[https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2017.04.0564.html] ||St. John || June 1, 2017  || ||
+|Judge Kelly Ann Winchester[https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2017.04.0564.html] ||St. John || June 1, 2017  || Liberal||
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-|Judge Ronald LeBlanc|| Bathurst ||April 2, 2002 <br> April 3, 2017 (sup.) || ||
+|Judge Ronald LeBlanc|| Bathurst ||April 2, 2002 <br> April 3, 2017 (sup.) || PC||
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-|Judge Yvette Finn || Caraquet ||August 5, 1999 (Judge)<Br>January 23, 2017 (sup.)|| ||
+|Judge Yvette Finn || Caraquet ||August 5, 1999 (Judge)<Br>January 23, 2017 (sup.)|| PC||
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-|Judge R. Leslie Jackson || Woodstock || November 7, 1997 - 2014 (J)<Br>January 9, 2006 (ACJ)<bR>December 15, 2006 (CJ)<br>January 1, 2014 (Sup.)|| Liberal || Private Practice
+|Judge R. Leslie Jackson || Woodstock || November 7, 1997 - 2014 (J)<Br>January 9, 2006 (ACJ)<bR>December 15, 2006 (CJ)<br>January 1, 2014 (Sup.)|| Liberal (Judge)<br>PC (ACJ) || Private Practice
 |{{publishedNBPC|Jackson}} (~49)
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-|Judge Donald J. LeBlanc || Tracadie-Sheila || April 13, 2000 (Judge)<Br> April 30, 2015 (Sup.)|| ||
+|Judge Donald J. LeBlanc || Tracadie-Sheila || April 13, 2000 (Judge)<Br> April 30, 2015 (Sup.)|| PC (Judge)<Br>Liberal (ACJ)||
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-|Judge David C. Walker || Saint John ||November 7, 1997 (Judge)<br>November 7, 2014 (sup.) || ||
+|Judge David C. Walker || Saint John ||November 7, 1997 (Judge)<br>November 7, 2014 (sup.) ||Liberal ||
 |{{publishedNBPC|Walker}} (~5)
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-|Judge Anne Jeffries (per diem)|| Saint John || November 7, 1997 (Judge)<br>September 30, 2012 (Per Diem) || ||
+|Judge Anne Jeffries (per diem)|| Saint John || November 7, 1997 (Judge)<br>September 30, 2012 (Per Diem) || Liberal||
 |{{publishedNBPC|Jeffries}} (~0)
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-|Judge William McCarroll || Saint John || December 15, 1989 (Judge)<Br> October 3, 2011 (sup.)|| ||
+|Judge William McCarroll || Saint John || December 15, 1989 (Judge)<Br> October 3, 2011 (sup.)|| Liberal||
 |{{publishedNBPC|McCarroll}} (~6)
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-|Judge Alfred H. Brien || Saint John || August 15, 1988 (Judge)<br> November 24, 2010 (sup.)|| ||
+|Judge Alfred H. Brien || Saint John || August 15, 1988 (Judge)<br> November 24, 2010 (sup.)||Liberal ||
 |{{publishedNBPC|Brien}} (~58)
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-|Judge Joseph C. Michaud || Moncton ||July 27, 1990 (Judge)<br>June 25, 2009 (sup.) || ||
+|Judge Joseph C. Michaud || Moncton ||July 27, 1990 (Judge)<br>June 25, 2009 (sup.) ||Liberal ||
 |{{publishedNBPC|Michaud}} (~0)
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-|Judge J. Camille Vautour || Moncton || June 5, 1989 (Judge)<Br>June 5, 2014 (sup.) || ||
+|Judge J. Camille Vautour || Moncton || June 5, 1989 (Judge)<Br>June 5, 2014 (sup.) ||Liberal||
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-|Judge Jacques DesJardins ||  || April 15, 1981<Br>June 2008 (sup.) || ||
+|Judge Jacques DesJardins ||  || April 15, 1981<Br>June 2008 (sup.) ||PC ||
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-| Judge Pierre W. Arseneault [http://www.gnb.ca/cour/06PCNB/appointedPC-e.asp] || Moncton ||  October 1, 1988<br> December 15, 2006 (ACJ)<br>January 17, 2014 (CJ)<br> June 2, 2017 (Sup.)|| Liberal || McIntyre & McIntyre (1980 to 1988)<Br> D. Paul Hayes (1979 to 1980)
+| Judge Pierre W. Arseneault [http://www.gnb.ca/cour/06PCNB/appointedPC-e.asp] || Moncton ||  October 1, 1988<br> December 15, 2006 (ACJ)<br>January 17, 2014 (CJ)<br> June 2, 2017 (Sup.)|| Liberal (Judge)<Br> PC (ACJ)|| McIntyre & McIntyre (1980 to 1988)<Br> D. Paul Hayes (1979 to 1980)
 |{{publishedNBPC|Arseneault}} (~22)
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