Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
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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 Goulding [1] [2] | St. John's | January 30, 2012 (J) September 28, 2015(CJ) |
PC | Director of Public Prosecutions | Published criminal decisions (~25) |
| Associate Chief Judge Michael Madden [3] [4] [5] | St. John's | February 3, 2010(J) 2015 (ACJ) |
PC | Crown prosecutor | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Judge Kymil Howe | Corner Brook | March 11, 1993 | Liberal | Crown attorney private practice |
Published criminal decisions (~2) |
| Judge David Orr | St. John's | August 25, 1994 | Liberal | Noonan, Oakley, Orr (criminal) Queen’s grad (1980) |
Published criminal decisions (~51) |
| Judge Wayne Gorman [6] | Corner Brook | November 9, 2000 | PC | Director of Public Prosecutions Crown counsel Called to bar (1983) |
Published criminal decisions (~250) |
| Judge Harold Porter [7] | Grand Bank | October 12, 2001 | Liberal | Crown attorney (1988 to 2001) | Published criminal decisions (~70) |
| Judge Colin J. Flynn [8] | St. John's | April 30, 2001 | Liberal | Director of Public Prosecutions Department of Justice (Criminal) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| Judge Catherine Allen-Westby[9] | Corner Brook | October 28, 2002 | Liberal | Monaghan, Marshall, Allen-Westby, Murphy and Watton | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Judge Bruce Short [10] | Habour Grace | November 1, 2003 | Liberal | Legal aid | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Judge Wynne Anne Trahey [11] | Wabush | June 8, 2007 | PC | Crown attorney Marshall, White, Ottenheimer & Green Collins and Associates Lewis, Day, Cook, Dawe & Eaton Called to bar (1982) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| Judge D. Mark Pike [12] | St. John's | November 17, 2008 | PC | Department of Justice Benson Myles PLC |
Published criminal decisions (~15) |
| Judge Jacqueline Jenkins [13] | Gander | September 24, 2008 | PC | Private practice | Published criminal decisions (~2) |
| Judge Jacqueline Brazil [14] [15] | St. John's | February 4, 2010 | PC | Crown Lawyer | Published criminal decisions (~3) |
| Judge Lois Skanes [16] | St.John's | February 15, 2010 | PC | Private practice Called to bar (1985) |
Published criminal decisions (~22) |
| Judge James G. Walsh [17] | St.John's | September 3, 2012 | PC | Private practice (criminal) Called to bar (1985) |
Published criminal decisions |
| Judge Lori A. Marshall [18] | St. John's | August 13, 2012 | PC | Legal Aid (2008 to 2012) sole practitioner Called to bar (1991) |
Published criminal decisions (~21) |
| Judge Phyllis Harris [19] | Happy Valley-Goose Bay | June 10, 2014 | PC | Public Prosecutions Office (1999 to 2014) | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Judge Lynn E. Cole [20] [21] | Stephenville | March 13, 2014 | PC | Lawyer with Legal Aid Called to bar (1991) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Judge Mark T. Linehan [22] [23] | Gander | March 4, 2014 | PC | Crown prosecutor Called to bar (1996) |
Published criminal decisions (~14) |
| Judge Paul Noble [24] | Clarenville | September 17, 2015 | PC | Dept of Justice RCMP |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Judge Kari Ann Pike [25] | Happy Valley-Goose Bay | August 7, 2017 | Liberal | Crown attorney | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Judge Robin Fowler [26] | Grand Falls-Windsor | August 7, 2017 | Liberal | Crown Attorney (2000 to 2013) Public Prosecution Service of Canada (2013 to 2017) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| Judge Rolf Pritchard [27] | Happy Valley-Goose Bay | June 13, 2019 | Liberal | provincial government (2001 to 2019) private practice Called to bar (1996) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Judge Jennifer Mercer | July 16, 2021 |
Part time or Per Diem
| Name | Location | Date Appointed | Appointed By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judge Gregory O. Brown (Per Diem) | February 28, 1992 April 30, 2013(per diem) |
Liberal | Published criminal decisions (~2) | ||
| Judge William English [28] (Per Diem) | November 9, 2000 May 2, 2014 (per diem) |
Liberal | Director of NL Legal Aid Called to bar (1976) |
Published criminal decisions (~3) | |
| Judge John Joy [29] | August 1, 2006 July 28, 2017 (per diem) |
PC | White, Ottenheimer and Baker | Published criminal decisions (~6) | |
| Judge Patrick J.B. Kennedy [30] | April 11, 2001 May 9, 2014 (per diem) |
Liberal | Private Practice | Published criminal decisions (~32) |
Previous Judges
| Name | Location | Date Appointed | Appointed By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura A. Mennie [31] | February 1, 2012 | PC | Published criminal decisions(~15) | ||
| David Peddle [32] | December 1974 (Maj) Dec 1979 (Judge) |
Published criminal decisions Appointed to NLSC (1988) |
External links
- The Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador website
- list of current judges
- government announcements