Nova Scotia Supreme Court (Historical)

Past Justices (1993 to present)

Name	Location	Duration	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Gregory M. Warner [1]	Kentville	November 6, 2003 (Judge) 1 January 2019 (Sup.)	Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib)	Warner, Jacquard Pink Macdonald Harding Town of Yarmouth Called to bar (1972)	Published criminal decisions (~32)
Kevin Coady [2]	Halifax	November 6, 2003 (Judge) November 5, 2018 (Sup) July 2024 (ret)	Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib)	Coady Filiter Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~42)
Robin C. M. Gogan [3] [4]	Sydney	October 2, 2013	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Breton Law Group (2011 to 2013) Sampson McDougall (2002 to 2011) Called to bar (1988)	Published criminal decisions (~30) (as of the end of December 2023)
N.M. (Nick) Scaravelli [5]	Pictou/Antigonish	December 15, 2006 (Judge) December 16, 2016 (Sup)	Harper	Macintosh MacDonnell & MacDonald (1977 to 2006) Fitzgerald and Assoc. (1974 to 1977) Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions (~50)
Robert William Wright [6] [7]	Halifax	June 30, 1998 2013 (sup) August 2021 (ret)	Chrétien / McLellan (Lib)	Daley, Black & Moreira Called to bar (1971) Dal grad (1971)	Published criminal decisions (~60)
Gerald R.P. Moir [8] [9]	Halifax	March 19, 1997 2017 (sup) June 29, 2021 (ret)	Chrétien / Rock (Lib)	Burchell, MacDougall (1984 to 1997) Federal Business Development Bank (1980 to 1984) Weldo, Misener & Covert (1977 to 1980) Called to bar (1977) Dal grad	Published criminal decisions (~29)
Justice Frank Campbell Edwards	Sydney	1993	Chretien	County Court (1993) Crown attorney (? to 1993)	Published criminal decisions (~50)
M. Heather Robertson [10]	Halifax	June 30, 1998	Chretien	Chief of Staff to the Premier of Nova Scotia (1995) Burchell, MacDougall (1986 to 1998) Walker, Dunlop (1985 to 1986) Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions (~70)
Justice Beryl A. MacDonald [11]	Halifax	March 24, 2005	Martin	Hicks, LeMoine
John David Murphy [12] [13]	Halifax	March 2, 2001	Chretien	Stewart McKelvey Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions (~30)
Chief Justice Joseph Phillip Kennedy [14]	Halifax	April 16, 1997 (Judge) 1998 (CJ) May 1, 2019 (ret) (22 years)	Chretien (Judge) Chretien (CJ)	Supreme Court Justice (1997) Chief Judge of Provincial Court (1993 to 1997) Provincial Court Judge (1978 to 1993) Kenney, Theakson, Kennedy & Allen (1969 to 1978) Called to bar (1969)	Published criminal decisions (~45)
Michael J. Wood [15] [16]	Halifax	October 3, 2011 - April 17, 2019 (7.5 years)	Harper	Burchells LLP (1982 to 2011) Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~48) Appointed to NSCA
Suzanne M. Hood [17] [18] [19]	Halifax	December 20, 1995 (Judge) December 18, 2013 (Sup.) October 31, 2018 (ret.) (24 years)	Chretien	City of Dartmouth (1993 to 1995) Huestis, Holm (1977 to 1993) Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~27)
Justice Elizabeth Van den Eynden [20][21]		Oct 2, 2013 to February, 2015 (3 years)	Harper		appointed to NSCA (2015) Published criminal decisions (~1)
Justice Arthur W D Pickup [22] [23]	Halifax	December 11, 2002 to September 30, 2016 (15 years)	Chrétien	LeBlanc, MacDonald & Pickup (1975 to 2002) Called to bar (1968)	Published criminal decisions (~15)
Justice Linda Lee Oland [24]		1998 - 2000 (3 years)	Chrétien	McInnes, Cooper (1977 to 1998) Called to bar (1977)	appointed to NSCA (1998) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Joseph Michael MacDonald		1995 - 2004 (10 years)	Chrétien	Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1980 to 1995) Called to bar (1979)	appointed to Court of Appeal (2004) Published criminal decisions (~47)
Marlene Jill Hamilton [25]		1995 - Oct 31, 2001 (7 years)	Chrétien		appointed to Court of Appeal Published criminal decisions (~1)
Justice John Edward Flinn		1995 - 2002 (8 years)	Chrétien		Appointed to NSCA Published criminal decisions (~0)
Arthur Joseph LeBlanc [26] [27]	Halifax	February 12, 1998 - 2017 (20 years)	Chrétien	LeBlanc, MacDonald Called to bar (1968)	appointed Lieutenant Governor (2017) Published criminal decisions (~45)
Justice Duncan R. Beveridge [28] [29]		March 3, 2008 to 2009 (1 year)	Harper	Beveridge, MacPherson and Buckle (1994 to 2008) MacInnes, Wilson, Flinn Wickwire (1989 to 1994) Burke Beveridge (1984 to 1989) Crown attorney (1980 to 1984) Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions (~12)
Peter M.S. Bryson [30] [31]		Sept 9, 2009 to August 11, 2010 (1 year)	Harper	McInnes Cooper (1982 to 2009) Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~5)
David P.S. Farrar [32][33]		Sept 9, 2009 to February 10, 2010 (1 year)	Harper	Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1987 to 2009) Mockler Allen Dixon Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions (~4)
Cindy A. Bourgeois [34][35]		2009 to June 22, 2014 (6 years)	Harper	Hicks, LeMoyne LLP (1992 to 2009) Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~13)

Past Justices (1980 to 1992)

• County Court Eliminated in 1993

Name	Duration	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Felix A. Cacchione [36]	1993 to Feb. 27, 2018 (ret)	Brian Mulroney	County Court (June 12, 1986 to 1993) Private Practice (criminal) Nova Scotia Legal Aid Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions (~119)
A. David MacAdam	1992 (Judge) September 2007 (sup)  ? (retired)	Mulroney		Published criminal decisions (~40)
Justice Margaret Stewart	1992 - ?	Mulroney		Published criminal decisions (~15)
Simon James MacDonald [37]	Supreme Court Justice (January 30, 1993 to December 17, 2016)	Brian Mulroney	County Court Judge (November 18, 1982 to January 30, 1993) NS Crown attorney MacIntyre, MacDonald & Gillis federal Department of Justice Called to bar (1966)	Published criminal decisions (~17)
Douglas Lawrence MacLennan	(1993 - ?)		County Court (? to 1993)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Norman Robert Anderson	1993 - 1998		County Court (? - 1993)	Published criminal decisions
Justice John Hugh MacDonnell	1993 - 1995			Published criminal decisions
Murray James Ryan [38] [39]	Jan 1993 - 1994		County Court (1982 to 1993) Crown prosecutor Solicitor for North Sydney Ryan and Ryan Called to bar (1948) Dal grad (1948)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Ronald Newton Pugsley	1993 - 2000	Brian Mulroney		appointed to NSCA (2000) Published criminal decisions
Justice Jamie William Sutherland Saunders (Appointed to Court of Appeal)	1990 - 2015			Published criminal decisions (~31)
Allan Paul Boudreau [40]	Supernumerary (2007 to October 31, 2016) Supreme Court Justice(March 30, 1990 to 2007)		Crawford, Boudreau & Khattar (1975 to March 30, 1990)	Published criminal decisions
David William Gruchy [41]	July 5, 1990 (appt) February 15, 2007 (ret)	Template:Mulroney	Burchell, MacDougall and Gruchy (1958 to 1990) Truro town solicitor (19075 to 1990) Lorne MacDougall LLP Called to bar (1958) Dal grad	Published criminal decisions (~38)
Walter Robert Evans Goodfellow	1990 (appt.) October 1, 2009 (ret)	Brian Mulroney		Published criminal decisions
Ian H.M. Palmeter	1993 1997 (Ret.)	Brian Mulroney	County Court (1985 - 1993)	Published criminal decisions (~4)
Donald MacKinnon Hall	(1993 - 2006)	Brian Mulroney	County (1982 to 1993)	Published criminal decisions
Gerald B Freeman	(County: 1988 to 1990) (1990 - 1993)	Brian Mulroney		appointed to the Court of Appeal (1993) Published criminal decisions
Elizabeth Ann MacKinnon Roscoe	1989 to 1992	Brian Mulroney		Appointed to Court of Appeal (1992) Published criminal decisions (~3)
David Ritchie Chipman	1987 to 2000	Brian Mulroney		Published criminal decisions
John McNab Davison	1987 - 2008	Brian Mulroney
Gordon Alfred Tidman	1985 - 2007	Brian Mulroney		Published criminal decisions (~15)
Francis Bernard William Kelly	1985 - 2009	Brian Mulroney		Published criminal decisions
Kenneth McNeill Matthews	1985 - 1997	Brian Mulroney		Published criminal decisions
Robert Buckley MacDonald	1985 - 1995	Brian Mulroney		Published criminal decisions
Hilroy Selig Nathanson	1982 - 2007	P. Trudeau		Published criminal decisions
Daniel Merlin Nunn [42]	1982 - 2005	P. Trudeau		Published criminal decisions
Lorne Otis Clarke	1981 - 1997	P. Trudeau		Appointed to Court of Appeal (1997) Published criminal decisions
Roderick MacLeod Rogers	1981 - 1998	P. Trudeau		Published criminal decisions
J. Edward Scanlan	1993 - 2015			appointed to Court of Appeal (2015) Published criminal decisions
Hiram Joseph Carver	(1993 - 2005)		County Court (? to 1993)	Published criminal decisions
Nancy Jean Bateman	1993 - 1995		County Court (? to 1993)	appointed to Court of Appeal (1995) Published criminal decisions
Charles Edward Haliburton [43]	January 1993 to 2013		County Court (1986 to 1993) Eric Kinsman (1962 to 1986) Member of Parliament (1972 to 1974, 1979 to 1980)	Published criminal decisions (~37)

Previous Justices (pre-1980)

Name	Duration	Appointed by	Other Details
Charles Denne Burchell	1979 - 1989
Kenneth Peter Richard	1978 - ?
Leonard Lawson Pace	1978 - 1990
Constance Rachelle Glube	1977 - 1998		appointed to Court of Appeal
James Doane Hallett	1977 - 1990		appointed to Court of Appeal
William Johnston Grant	1977 - 1995		appointed to Court of Appeal
Angus Lewis Macdonald	1973 - 1992
Alexander Murdoch Macintosh	1973 - 1991
Ian Malcolm MacKeigan	1973 - 1990
Vincent Alan James Morrison	1973 - 1987
Malachi Cornelius Hubert Jones	1970 - 1979		appointed to Court of Appeal
Gordon Leavitt Shaw Hart	1968 - 1999
Donald Joseph Gillis	1968 - 1973
Arthur Gordon Cooper	1968 - 1983
Justin Louis Dubisky	1967 - 1976
Gordon Stewart Cowan	1966 - 1981
Alexander Hugh McKinnon	1966 - 1973
Ronald Manning Fielding	1965 - 1972
Vincent Joseph Pottier	1965 - 1970
Thomas Herbert Coffin	1961 - 1981
Frederick William Bissett	1961 - 1977
Frank Harris Patterson	1958 - 1965
Vincent Christopher MacDonald	1950 - 1964
Lauchlin Daniel Currie	1949 - 1968
James Lorimer llsley	1949 - 1967
Eugene Troop Parker	1948 - 1961
Josiah H. MacQuarrie	1947 - 1968
John Stanley Smiley	1938 - 1945

Past family division justices

Name	Duration	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)
M. Clare MacLellan [44]			Provincial Court Judge (1995 to 1998) and Supreme Court Family Division (1998 to 2017)
Douglas C. Campbell [45]			Family Division, Halifax (March 30, 1999 to May 31, 2016) Cox Hansen O'Reilly Matheson (1971 to March 30, 1999)
J. Vernon MacDonald [46]
Deborah Gass	March 24, 1999 - 2018		Executive Director of the Penitentiary Legal Services (1979 to 1991) Wright, Chivers & Co (1977) Called to bar (1977)

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