Supreme Court of British Columbia

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

Current Justices

(Full complement of 90)[1]

Name District Appointed Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Justice Christopher E. Hinkson [2] N/A 8 November 2013 (CJ)
2010 (Judge) 		Harper (CJ)
Harper (Judge) 		Court of Appeal (2010 to 2013)
Supreme Court (2007 to 2010)
Harper Grey (1976 to 2007)
Called to bar (~1976) 		Published criminal decisions
Associate Chief Justice Heather J. Holmes [3] [1] Vancouver March 21, 2001 (Judge)
June 22, 2018 (ACJ)		 Chretien (Judge)
J. Trudeau (ACJ)		 McCarthy, Tétrault
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~165)
Justice T. Mark McEwan[2] Nelson August 7, 1996 Chretien McEwan, Harrison & Co. (1979 to 1996)
Called to bar (1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~112)
Justice Harry A. Slade [4] Vancouver March 27, 2001 Chretien Ratcliff & Company (aboriginal)
Called to bar (1974) 		Published criminal decisions (~17)
Justice David M. Masuhara [5] Vancouver October 11, 2002 Chretien BC Gas Utility Company
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Brenda J. Brown [6] New Westminster April 18, 2002 Chretien Davis & Company (1995 to 2002)
Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~56)
Justice Lance W. Bernard [7] New Westminster July 24, 2003 Chretien Crown attorney
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~52)
Justice Arne H. Silverman[3] [8] Vancouver November 26, 2004 Martin sole practitioner (criminal)
Called to bar (1975) 		Published criminal decisions (~77)
Justice J. Miriam Gropper [9] Vancouver April 14, 2005 Martin Black, Gropper and Company
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~49)
Justice Joel R. Groves Vancouver May 19, 2005 Martin Supreme court Master (2000 to 2005) Published criminal decisions (~4)
Justice Nathan H. Smith Vancouver May 19, 2005 Martin Published criminal decisions (~21)
Justice Elliott M. Myers [4] Vancouver November 22, 2005 Martin Bull Housser Tupper
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~32)
Justice Geoffrey R. J. Gaul [10] Victoria January 31, 2008 Harper Crown attorney
Called to bar (1989) 		Published criminal decisions (~38)
Justice J. Christopher Grauer[5] Vancouver April 11, 2008 Harper Dives, Grauer & Harper
Bull, Housser & Tupper, Barristers (1981 to 1999)
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~22)
Justice D. Jane Dardi [11] Vancouver June 18, 2008 Harper Private practice (etates)
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Kathleen M. Ker [12] New Westminster June 18, 2008 Harper Crown attorney
private practice
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~33)
Justice Paul W. Walker [13] Vancouver June 18, 2008 Harper Guild Yule LLP
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~8)
Justice Neill Brown [14] Chilliwack July 30, 2008 Harper Sole practitioner (1998 to 2008)
Linley Duignan (1978 to 1998)
Called to bar (1975) 		Published criminal decisions (~52)
Justice Elaine J. Adair [6] Vancouver November 28, 2008 Harper McCarthy Tétrault LLP (1982 to 2008)
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~14)
Justice Peter G. Voith [15] Vancouver January 22, 2009 Harper Hunter Litigation Chambers
Hunter Voith (2002 to 2005)
Davis & Company (1984 to 2002)
Ladner Downs (1980 to 1982)
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~32)
Justice Frits E. Verhoeven [16] New Westminster January 22, 2009 Harper Edwards, Kenny and Bray, LLP (1983 to 2009)
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions (~68)
Justice John S. Harvey [17] New Westminster January 22, 2009 Harper Herman & Harvey (1991 to 2009)
Boughton Peterson Yang and Anderson (1990 to 1991)
Braidwood and Company (1978 to 1989)
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Robert J. Sewell [18] Vancouver January 22, 2009 Harper McCarthy Tétrault (1989 to 2009)
Shrum, Liddle and Hebenton (1972 to 1989)
Called to bar (1972) 		Published criminal decisions (~4)
Justice Terence A. Schultes [19] Vancouver May 14, 2009 Harper Crown attorney
Called to bar (1987) 		Published criminal decisions (~116)
Justice Robert D. Punnett [20] Victoria June 19, 2009 Harper Private practice
Called to bar (1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~28)
Justice Gregory T.W. Bowden [21] [22] Vancouver October 2, 2009 Harper Provincial Court Judge (2004 to 2009)
Private practice (tax)
Called to bar (1971) 		Published criminal decisions (~29)
Justice Brian D. MacKenzie [23] Victoria October 23, 2009 Harper Provincial Court (1990 to 2009)
Legal Aid (criminal)
Called to bar (1974) 		Published criminal decisions (~40)
Justice Anthony Saunders [7] New Westminster November 26, 2009 Harper Guild Yule LLP
Called to bar (1985) 		Published criminal decisions (~18)
Justice S. Dev Dley [24] Kamloops March 19, 2010 Harper Provincial Court (June 23, 2008 to March 19, 2010)
private practice
Called to bar (1979) 		Published criminal decisions (~28)
Justice Miriam A. Maisonville [25] Vancouver March 19, 2010 Harper Crown attorney (!994 to 2010)
Howard Rubin
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~31)
Justice Shelley C. Fitzpatrick [26] Vancouver June 18, 2010 Harper Davis LLP (2001 to 2010)
Campney & Murphy (1986 to 2000)
Fillmore & Riley (1982 to 1985)
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~19)
Justice Jennifer A. Power [27] Victoria August 6, 2010 Harper Crown attorney (1990 to 2010)
Family Maintenance Enforcement (1988 to 1989)
Called to bar (1987) 		Published criminal decisions (~80)
Justice Trevor C. Armstrong [28] [29] New Westminster October 1, 2010 Harper Private Practice
Called to bar (1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~14)
Justice Murray B. Blok [30] New Westminster October 28, 2010 Harper registrar of the Supreme Court (2002 to 2010)
Fasken Martineau (1983 to 2002)
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions (~50)
Justice Jeanne E. Watchuk [31] Vancouver October 28, 2010 Harper Provincial Court
Called to bar (1974) 		Published criminal decisions (~41)
Justice Robert W. Jenkins[8] New Westminster December 31, 2011 Harper Jenkins Marzban Logan (1994 to 2011)
Fasken Martineau (1986 to 1994)
Campney Murphy (1983 to 1985)
Buell Ellis (1972 to 1983)
Called to bar (1973) 		Published criminal decisions (~39)
Justice Ronald S. Tindale[9] Prince George October 20, 2011 Harper Provincial Court (2010 to 2011)
Dick Byl Corporation (2010 to 2005)
Traxler Haines (1992 to 2005)
Crown attorney (1990 to 1992)
Heather Sadler Jenkins (1989 to 1990)
Called to bar (1989) 		Published criminal decisions (~71)
Justice D. Allan Betton [32] [10] Kelowna June 24, 2011 Harper Provincial Court Judge (2007 to 2011) Published criminal decisions (~13)
Justice Kenneth N. Affleck [11][12] Vancouver June 24, 2011 Harper Affleck Hira Burgoyne LLP
Macaulay McColl 		Published criminal decisions (~10)
Justice Gordon C. Weatherill [33] Vancouver May 31, 2012 Harper Lawson Lundell LLP
Called to bar (1981)
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~40)
Justice John J. Steeves [34] Victoria October 5, 2012 Harper Sole Practitioner (2003 to 2012)
Steeves & Company (1989 to 2000)
McGrady & Company (1986 to 1989)
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~8)
Justice Robin A. M. Baird [35] Nanaimo October 5, 2012 Harper Provincial Court Judge (2011 to 2012)

Crown Prosecutor (1990 to 1995, 2004 to 2011)
Green & Claus LLP
Called to bar (1990)

Published criminal decisions (~38)
Justice Gordon S. Funt [36] Vancouver October 5, 2012 Harper Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (1984 to 2012)
Called to bar (1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~9)
Justice Kenneth W. Ball [37] New Westminster November 2, 2012 Harper Provincial Court (2003 to 2012)
DuMoulin Black Brazier and Hall (1977 to 2003)
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions (~42)
Justice Douglas W. Thompson [38] Nanaimo December 13, 2012 Harper Hatter Thompson Shumka McDonagh
Called to bar (1983) 		Published criminal decisions
Justice Ronald A. Skolrood [39] Vancouver June 6, 2013 Harper Lawson Lundell LLP (1987 to 2013)
Called to bar (1988) 		Published criminal decisions (~9)
Justice Lisa A. Warren [40] Vancouver June 6, 2013 Harper Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy (1993 to 2007)
Director of Legal Services, Health Employers Association of BC (2007 to 2013)
Called to bar (1991) 		Published criminal decisions
Justice Sheri Ann Donegan [13] Kamloops June 6, 2013 Harper Provincial Court (2010 to 2012)
Crown Attorney (1998 to 2010)
Mair Jensen Blair (1992 to 1998)
Called to bar (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~35)
Justice Margot L. Fleming [41] Vancouver June 6, 2013 Harper Somers & Company (1996 to 2013)
Called to bar (1996) 		Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Gary P. Weatherill [42] Kelowna October 2, 2013 Harper Nixon Wenger
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~40)
Justice Nigel P. Kent [43] Vancouver December 19, 2013 Harper Clark Wilson LLP
Parlee McLaws
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~19)
Justice Neena Sharma [44] Vancouver December 19, 2013 Harper Ministry of Justice
Called to bar (1992) 		Published criminal decisions (~8)
Justice George Macintosh [45] Vancouver December 19, 2013 Harper Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP (1974 to 2013)
Called to bar (1974) 		Published criminal decisions
Justice Jennifer M.I. Duncan [46] Vancouver December 19, 2013 Harper Crown attorney
Called to bar (1992) 		Published criminal decisions
Justice Emily M. Burke [47] Vancouver May 13, 2014 Harper Emily Burke Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Services (1995 to 2014)
Alexander, Holburn, Beaudin and Lang (1986 to 1990)
Lawson, Lundell, Lawson & McIntosh (1982 to 1984)
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Justice Martha M. Devlin [48] New Westminster December 12, 2014 Harper PPSC Crown attorney (1994 to 2014)
Called to bar (1994) 		Published criminal decisions
Justice Barbara M. Young [49] Vancouver June 19, 2015 Harper Master and Registrar of Bankruptcies (2006 to 2015)
Berge Horn (2003 to 2006)
Kendall Penty & Company (1997 to 2003)
Young Noble & Wirsig (1990 to 1997)
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Grace Choi [50] Vancouver May 29, 2015 Harper Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP
Called to bar (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Catherine Murray [14] Vancouver October 20, 2016 J. Trudeau Crown Attorney (1987 to 2016)
Robertson Peck (1986 to 1987)
Ramsay Thompson Lampman (1985 to 1986)
Called to bar (1985) 		Published criminal decisions
Justice Maria Morellato [51] Vancouver June 17, 2016 J. Trudeau Mandell Pinder LLP (2009 to 2016)
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (1989 to 2008)
Industrial Relations Council
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Marguerite H. Church [52] Prince George June 17, 2016 J. Trudeau Provincial Court Judge (2011 to 2016)
Cundari Seibel LLP (2003 to 2011)
Rogers & Hyslop (1998 to 2002)
Department of Asian Legal Studies (1991 to 1994)
Rudd Watts & Stone (1988 to 1989)
Called to bar (1988) 		Published criminal decisions (~8)
Justice Heather MacNaughton[15] Vancouver October 20, 2016 J. Trudeau Master of Supreme Court Published criminal decisions (~4)
Justice Michael Tammen [16] Vancouver June 14, 2017 J. Trudeau Peck and Tammen Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Janet Winteringham [53] Vancouver August 15, 2017 J. Trudeau Winteringham MacKay Law Corporation Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill [54] New Westminster June 21, 2017 J. Trudeau Shergill & Company Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Andrew P. A. Mayer [55] Vancouver April 12, 2017 J. Trudeau General Counsel with the Prince Rupert Port Authority Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Warren B. Milman [16][56] Vancouver June 14, 2017 J. Trudeau McCarthy Tétrault LLP Published criminal decisions (~1)
Justice Leonard Marchand [57] Kamloops June 21, 2017 J. Trudeau Provincial Court Judge
Fulton & Company LLP 		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Justice Francesca V. Marzari [58] Vancouver December 19, 2017 J. Trudeau Young Anderson Barristers and Solicitors Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Ward K. Branch [59] Vancouver June 8, 2017 J. Trudeau Branch McMaster LLP Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice W. Paul Riley [60] New Westminster May 11, 2017 J. Trudeau General Counsel with Public Prosecution Service of Canada (1997 to 2017) Published criminal decisions (~11)
Justice Carla L. Forth [16] Vancouver June 14, 2017 J. Trudeau Guild Yule LLP Published criminal decisions (~1)
Justice Nitya Iyer [16] Vancouver June 14, 2017 J. Trudeau Lovett Westmacott Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Michael J. Brundrett [61] Vancouver June 21, 2017 J. Trudeau British Columbia Ministry of Justice, Criminal Justice Branch Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice E. David Crossin [17] Vancouver September 29, 2017 J. Trudeau Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP Published criminal decisions (~9)
Justice Bill Basran[18] Vancouver January 19, 2018 J. Trudeau Regional Director General of the Department of Justice (2007 to 2018) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Diane MacDonald[19] Vancouver February 7, 2018 J. Trudeau Counsel for B.C. Teachers’ Federation
Victory Square Law Office 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Sharon Matthews [62] Vancouver February 22, 2018 J. Trudeau Partner, Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Barbara J. Norell [63] New Westminster February 22, 2018 J. Trudeau Harper Grey (1986 to 2018)
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Wendy A. Baker [64] Vancouver February 22, 2018 J. Trudeau Miller Thomson LLP
Called to bar (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Thomas Crabtree [65] Chilliwack May 4, 2018 J. Trudeau Chief Judge, Provincial Court of B.C. Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Geoffrey Gomery [66] Vancouver June 15, 2018 J. Trudeau
Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP (1992 to 2018)
Davis & Company
Called to bar (1984) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Christopher J. Giaschi [67] Vancouver August 31, 2018 J. Trudeau Giaschi & Margolis (1997 to 2018)
McEwen Schmitt & Co
Called to bar (~1988) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Karen Horsman [68] Vancouver August 31, 2018 J. Trudeau Attorney General (civil)
Called to bar (~1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Veronica Jackson [69] Vancouver October 9, 2018 J Trudeau Ministry of Attorney General BC
Scurfield Tapper Cuddy
Crown attorney
Called to bar (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Dennis K. Hori [70] Kelowna February 8, 2019 J. Trudeau Fulton & Company LLP
Called to bar (~1984) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Amy D. Francis [71] Vancouver March 8, 2019 J. Trudeau Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers LLP
Called to bar (2001) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Karen F. Douglas [72] Vancouver March 8, 2019 J. Trudeau Harper Grey LLP
McCarthy Tetrault
Called to bar (1989) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)

Supernumerary

Name District Appointed Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Justice Alison J. Beames [20] Kelowna August 7, 1996 Chrétien Salloum, Doak
Milner & Steer
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~55)
Justice Grant D. Burnyeat [21] Vancouver December 19, 1996 (Judge)
December 19, 2011 (Sup.)		 Chrétien Davis & Company Published criminal decisions (~9)
Justice Barry Michael Davies [73] Vancouver January 10, 1996 Chrétien Pushor, Mitchell, Davies, Montgomery
Warren, Ladner, Berge & Co
McCarthy Tétrault
Called to bar (1979) 		Published criminal decisions (~83)
Justice William Ehrcke [74] Vancouver October 28, 2003 Chrétien Crown attorney (1981 to 2003)
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~170)
Justice Robert Johnston[22] [75] (supernumerary) Victoria November 26, 2004 Martin Cox Taylor Published criminal decisions (~28)
Justice Carol J. Ross [76] Vancouver March 21, 2001 (supernumary as of April 1, 2016) Chrétien Hordo, Ross and Bennett
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~27)
Justice Loryl D. Russell [77] Vancouver April 14, 2005 Martin Sole practitioner
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions
Justice Catherine A. Wedge [78] (supernumerary) Vancouver April 4, 2001 Chrétien Called to bar (1981) Published criminal decisions (~105)
Justice Ian C. Meiklem [79] Kamloops October 11, 1991 Brian Mulroney Meiklem and Harrison
Heather Sadler Jenkins
Called to bar (~1972) 		Published criminal decisions (~56)

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court

Prior to 1909, when the British Columbia Court of Appeal was established, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was considered the Chief Justice of British Columbia.

Name Duration Nominated By Prior Position(s)
Christopher E. Hinkson [80] 2013–present
Robert James Bauman[23] 2009–2013
Donald Ian Brenner 2000–2009
Bryan Williams 1996–2000
William A. Esson 1989–1996 Appointed to BCCA
Beverley McLachlin 1988–1989
Allan McEachern (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1988) 1979–1988
Nathaniel Nemetz (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1979) 1973–1979
John Owen Wilson 1963-1973
Sherwood Lett (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1963) 1955–1963
Wendell Burpee Farris (died 1955) 1942–?1955
Aulay MacAulay Morrison 1929–1942
Gordon Hunter 1902–1929
Angus John McColl 1898–1902
Theodore Davie 1895–1898
Matthew Baillie Begbie (incumbent Chief Justice of the Colony of British Columbia at the time B.C. joined Canada) 1869–1894

Previous Justices

Justices From 1995

Name Jurisdiction Duration Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Justice Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten[24] Vancouver October 20, 2016 to May 6, 2019 J. Trudeau Assistant Deputy Attorney General (2012 to 2016)
PPSC Crown (1994 to 2012)
Called to bar (~1992)		 Published criminal decisions (~26)
Appointed to BCCA (2019)
Justice Patrice Abrioux [25] Vancouver September 30, 2011 (Judge) Harper Quinlan Abrioux law firm
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~18)
Appointed to BCCA (2019)
Justice G. Bruce Butler [81] Vancouver March 30, 2007 - August 31, 2018 (Appt'd to CA) Harper Harper Grey LLP
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions
Justice Paul J. Pearlman[26] 2008 - May 7, 2018 Harper Published criminal decisions
Deborah Satanove[27] 1996 - Chretien Ladner, Downs (1988 to 1996)
Parks, Feller
Called to bar (1982)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Elizabeth A. Arnold-Bailey [28] April 15, 2005 - 2017 Provincial Court (1990 to 2015)

General Counsel Legal Aid
General Counsel to the Ombudsman
Called to bar (1979)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Sandra K. Ballance [82] 2002 - 2016 Published criminal decisions
Justice G. M. Barrow [83] 2001 - 2015 Coffey Quinn and Barrow
Called to bar (1981)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Robert J. Bauman [23] [84] 1996 - 2008 Chretien Bull, Housser & Tupper (1982)
Wilson, Bauman (1977 to 1981)
Wilson, King & Company
Called to bar (1975)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Elizabeth A. Bennett [29] 1997 - 2009 Chretien Called to bar (1982) Appointed to BCCA (2009)
Published criminal decisions
Justice Linda Ann Loo[30] 1996 - Chretien Published criminal decisions
Justice David J. Brine[31] [85] 2004 - 2009 McQuarrie Hunter Published criminal decisions
Justice T. Richard Brooke [86] 2000 - 2011 Published criminal decisions
Justice Catherine J. Bruce 2006 - 2016 Published criminal decisions
Justice Eric G. Chamberlist [87] 1998 - 2010 Chretien Hope, Meinrich
Called to bar (1973)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Austin F. Cullen [88] 2001 - 2011 Published criminal decisions (~112)
Justice W.H. Davies [32] 1982 - 1999
1996 (sup)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice M. DeWeerdt [33] 1996 - 1997 Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories (1981)
General Counsel, Dept of Justice
Weerdt, Seale & Finall
Called to bar (1956)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Risa Evelyn Levine[34] 1995 - ? Thorsteinssons (1982 to 1995)
Called to bar (1978)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Gail Dickson 2006 - 2015 Published criminal decisions
Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon [89] 2008 - 2015 Fasken Martineau
Called to bar (1985)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Barbara Fisher[35] [90] 2004 - September 14, 2017 Blake, Cassels & Graydon Appointed to BCCA (2017)
Published criminal decisions
Justice Gregory Fitch[36] 2011 - 2015 Harper Crown attorney (1985 to 2011) appointed to BCCA (2015)
Published criminal decisions
Justice S. David Frankel 2007 - 2007 Appointed to BCCA (2007)
Published criminal decisions
Justice Nicole J. Garson [91] 2001 - 2009 Called to bar (1977) Appointed to BCCA (2009) Published criminal decisions
Justice Richard Bruce Tremayne Goepel [92] 2001 - 2013 Watson Goepel Maledy
Sutton Braidwood		 Appointed to BCCA (2013)
Published criminal decisions
Justice Victoria Gray [93] 2001 - 2017 Bull, Housser & Tupper Published criminal decisions
Justice Bruce M. Greyell [94] May 15, 2009 - November 24, 2017 Counsel with Roper Greyell Published criminal decisions (~38)
Justice Susan Griffin [37] February 20, 2008 - February 7, 2018 Private practice
Called to bar (1985)		 Appointed to BCCA
Published criminal decisions
Justice Harvey M. Groberman [95] 2001 - 2008 Called to bar (1985) appointed to BCCA (2008)
Published criminal decisions
Justice D.A. Halfyard [96] 1999 - 2014 Chretien Halfyard & Wright
Called to bar (1973)		 Published criminal decisions (~105)
Justice David C. Harris [38] [97] 2010 to 2012 Harper Hunter Litigation Chambers (2006 to 2010)
Berardino & Harris (2000 to 2006)
Russell & Dumoulin (1986 to 2000)
Called to bar (1987)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Wendy J. Harris [39] 2013 - 2017 Harper Harris & Company (1992 to 2013)
Call to bar (1980)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Hope Hyslop [98] May 15, 2009 - 2017 Published criminal decisions
Justice Brian M. Joyce [99] 2001 - April 4, 2016 (sup.) Called to Bar (1978) Published criminal decisions
Justice Deborah Kloegman 1996 - 2014 Published criminal decisions
Justice Peter D. Leask [40] 2005 - 2017 Martin Called to bar (1969)
Leask Bahen		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Malcolm D. Macaulay [100] 1997 - 2015 Published criminal decisions
Justice Anne Winter MacKenzie [41] [101] 1996 - 2010 Provincial Court (1990 to 1996)
Crown counsel DOJ (1978 to 1990)
Called to bar (1978)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Frank Maczko September 8, 1988 (Judge)
2003 (sup)
July 1, 2008 (ret)
Called to bar (1968)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Donna Jean Martinson [102] 1998 - 2009 UBC Professor of law
MacPherson and Associates
Helmer & Martinson
Crown attorney (1973 to 1979)
Called to bar (1972)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Robert W. Metzger [103] 2000 - 2013 Published criminal decisions
Justice Nancy Morrison [42] 1996 - 2011 Provincial Court (1972 to 1981)
Deverell, Harrop, Morrison & Wood
Crown attorney
Morrison, MacDonald & Morrison
LeMarsh & LeMarsh
Called to bar (1963)		 Published criminal decisions (~55)
Justice Kathryn E. Neilson [104] 1999 - 2008 Published criminal decisions
Justice Ian H. Pitfield [105] 1997-2010 Published criminal decisions
Justice Robert E. Powers [106] 1999-2013 Called to bar (1976) Published criminal decisions
Justice Bruce M. Preston 1987 - 2010 Published criminal decisions
Justice Robert A. Prior [107] 2010 - 2010 PPSC Crown (1996 to 2010)
Called to bar (1997)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Bryan F. Ralph [108] 1997 - 2007 Published criminal decisions
Justice Eric Rice [109] 2003 - 2011 Published criminal decisions
Justice Peter J. Rogers [110] 2001 - 2017 Called to bar (1982) Published criminal decisions
Justice John E.D. Savage [43] 2008 - 2014 Harper Crease Harman & Company (1978 to 2008)
Called to bar (1978)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice William B. Smart 2006 - 2013 Published criminal decisions
Justice C. Lynn Smith [111] 1998 - 2012 UBC law professor (1981 to 1997)
McCarthy Tétrault (1974 to 1981)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Daphne M. Smith [44] 1996 - 2008 Mair, Jensen, Blair
Call to bar (1976)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Sunni S. Stromberg-Stein [45] February 15, 1996 - 2013 Provincial Court (1989 to 1996)Crown attorney (1976 to 1989)
Called to bar (1976)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice John D. Truscott [112] 2002 - July 4, 2017 Published criminal decisions (~55)
Justice Peter M. Willcock [113] 2009 - 2013 Harper Grey LLP
Called to bar (1983)		 Appointed to BCCA
Published criminal decisions (~20)
Justice William G.E. Grist [114] 1996 - ? Legal aid
Griffiths & Company
Called to bar (1975)		 Published criminal decisions (~53)
Justice James Bauman [115] 1996 - ? Published criminal decisions
Laura B. Gerow [116] ?? (Judge)
October 10, 2017 (sup)
??? (ret)		 Published criminal decisions
James W. Williams [117] October 11, 2002 (Judge)
October 10, 2017 (Sup)
 ?? (ret)		 Called to bar (1985) Published criminal decisions
Robert Crawford [118] 2001 - ? Published criminal decisions
Stephen F. Kelleher [119] 2003 - ? Published criminal decisions
Frank Cole [120] March 20, 1996 Chretien Sigalet, Maguire & Cole
Davidson and Company
Called to bar (1971)
Linda Ann Loo [121] September 25, 1996 Chretien Called to bar (1975)
R.J. Dillon ? - October 20, 2012 (sup.) Published criminal decisions

Justices Before 1995

Name Jurisdiction Duration Nominated By Other Details
Justice Paul Williamson 1994 - 2013 Published criminal decisions
Justice Alexander Fraser Wilson[46] 1994 - 2009 Chrétien Silversides, Wilson & Seidemann (1976 to 1995)
Called to bar (1975)
Justice R. Dean Wilson 1994 - 2011 Published criminal decisions
Justice Randall S.K. Wong 1990 - 2016 Published criminal decisions
Justice M. L. Tyrwhitt-Drake 1990 - 1997 Published criminal decisions
Justice David F. Tysoe 1992 - 2007 Published criminal decisions
Justice David H. Vickers 1991 - 2009 Called to bar (1960) Published criminal decisions
Justice Terrance P. Warren 1991 - 2009 Called to bar (1966) Published criminal decisions
Justice C. Warren Wilkinson 1989 - 2001 Published criminal decisions
Justice J.E. Spencer 1981 - 1999 Published criminal decisions
Justice Allan M. Stewart 1988 - 2011 Published criminal decisions
Justice James D. Taylor 1995 - 2006 Published criminal decisions
Justice W. B. Scarth 1990 - 2009 County Court (1988)
Called to bar (1962)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice W.S. Selbie 1990 - 1996 Published criminal decisions
Justice S. James Shabbits 1992 - 2011 Published criminal decisions
Justice Duncan W. Shaw 1987 - 2007 Published criminal decisions
Justice H.A.D. Oliver 1990 - 1996 Published criminal decisions
Justice Wallace T. Oppal 1985 - 2003 Published criminal decisions
Justice Dermod D. Owen-Flood 1987 - 2006 Published criminal decisions
Justice Raymond M.P. Paris 1980 - 2005 Published criminal decisions
Justice W. Glen Parrett 1990 - 2015 Published criminal decisions (~78)
Justice Selwyn R. Romilly 1995 - 2015
Jan 7, 2010 (sup.)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice John F. Rowan 1988 - 2001 Published criminal decisions
Justice S.M. Leggatt 1990 - 2000 Published criminal decisions
Justice Peter D. Lowry 1991 - 2003 Published criminal decisions
Justice Kenneth M. Lysyk 1983 - 2003 Published criminal decisions
Justice Ronald R. Holmes 1989 - 2009
2004(sup)		 Called to bar (1965) Published criminal decisions
Justice Sherman W. Hood 1989 - 2007 Published criminal decisions
Justice D.A. Hogarth 1990 - 1996 Published criminal decisions
Justice R. B. Hunter 1992 - 2002 Published criminal decisions
Justice Robert B. M. Hutchison 1990 - 2004 Published criminal decisions
Justice R.M. J. Hutchinson 1990 - 2002 Published criminal decisions
Justice Ian B. Josephson 1990 - 2017 Published criminal decisions
Justice Marion J. Allan 1990 - 2012 Published criminal decisions
Justice K. F. Arkell 1990 - 1999
1995 (sup)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice Georgina M. Quijano 1995 - 2005 Published criminal decisions
Justice R. Robinson 1990 - 1997 Published criminal decisions
Justice Jon S. Sigurdson 1994 - 2017 Published criminal decisions
Justice Janet A. Sinclair Prowse 1990 - 2009 Called to bar (1973) Published criminal decisions
Justice Thimersingh M. Singh July 1, 1990 - July 30, 2008 County Court (1986 to 1990)
Called to bar (1968)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice H.L. Skipp 1989 - 2001 Published criminal decisions
Justice D.L. Clancy 1991 - 2002 Published criminal decisions
Justice Bruce I. Cohen 1987 - 2015 Published criminal decisions
Justice R. Collver 1990 - 2001 Published criminal decisions
Justice R.M. Cooper 1990 - 1996 Published criminal decisions
Justice Gerald R. B. Coultas 1988 - 2003 Published criminal decisions
Justice J. C. Cowan 1988 - 2000 Published criminal decisions
Justice Victor R. Curtis 1990 - 2012 Published criminal decisions
Justice Patrick D. Dohm 1972 - 1995 Published criminal decisions
Justice Jacqueline Dorgan 1991 - 2017 Published criminal decisions
Justice K. K. Downs 1995 - 2002 Published criminal decisions
Justice N.A. Drossos 1990 - 2001 Published criminal decisions
Justice Ian L. Drost 1990 - 2005 Published criminal decisions
Justice E. Robert A. Edwards 1993 - 2007 Published criminal decisions
Justice J.L.T. Edwards 1994 - 2000 Published criminal decisions
Justice R.T. Errico 1990 - 1999 Published criminal decisions
Justice William A. Esson 1979 - 1983 Published criminal decisions
Justice Pamela A. Kirkpatrick 1992 - 2005 Published criminal decisions
Justice M. Marvyn Koenigsberg 1992 - 2017 Published criminal decisions
Justice George Lamperson 1982 - 2006 Published criminal decisions
Justice C. Ross Lander 1982 - 2007 Published criminal decisions
Justice Ronald A McKinnon 1990 - 2015 Published criminal decisions
Justice Thomas Melnick 1990 - 2015 Published criminal decisions
Justice Frederick A. Melvin 1990 - 2006
2002 (sup.)[122]		 Published criminal decisions
Justice P.J. Millward 1990 - 1999 Published criminal decisions
Justice K.C. Murphy 1990 - 1997 Published criminal decisions
Justice Kirsti M. Gill 1991 - 2009 Called to bar (1976) Published criminal decisions
Justice G. Peter Fraser 1989 - 2007 Published criminal decisions
Justice R. Bruce Harvey 1989 - 2004 Published criminal decisions
Justice Alexander G. Henderson 1995 - 2003 Published criminal decisions
Justice T.K. Fisher 1990 - 1999 Published criminal decisions
Justice Mary-Ellen Boyd 1990 - 2012 Published criminal decisions
Justice Harry D. Boyle 1982 - 2001 Published criminal decisions
Justice Thomas R. Braidwood [123] 1990 - 1996 Called to bar (1957) Published criminal decisions
Justice Donald I. Brenner [124] 1992 - Sept 7, 2009 Called to bar (1971) Published criminal decisions
Justice John Edward Hall [125] 1991 to 1996
Justice H.J. Hamilton 1990 - 1997 Published criminal decisions
Justice S. J. Hardinge 1990 - 2000 Published criminal decisions
Justice H.A. Callaghan 1978 - 2001 Published criminal decisions
Justice D.H. Campbell 1990 - 1996 Published criminal decisions
Justice Michael I. Catliff 1975 - 2003 Published criminal decisions
Justice B. D. Macdonald 1982 - 1999
1996 (sup.)		 Published criminal decisions
Justice T. Richard M.L. Blair 1992 - 2013 Published criminal decisions
Justice John C. Bouck 1974 - 2006 Published criminal decisions
Justice Wendy G. Baker 1993 - ? Published criminal decisions
Peter Van Der Hoop [126] County Court (1978)
Harper Grey 		Published criminal decisions (~0)

References

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See Also

Court Membership
Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)
British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA)
Supreme Court of British Columbia (BCSC)
Provincial Court of British Columbia (BCPC) 		Court of Appeal of Alberta (ABCA)
Court of King's Bench of Alberta (ABKB)
Alberta Court of Justice (ABCJ) 		Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (SKCA)
Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan (SKKB)
Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (SKPC) 		Manitoba Court of Appeal (MBCA)
Court of King's Bench of Manitoba (MBKB)
Provincial Court of Manitoba (MBPC) 		Court of Appeal for Ontario (ONCA)
Superior Court of Ontario (ONSC)
Ontario Court of Justice (ONCJ) 		Quebec Court of Appeal (QCCA)
Quebec Superior Court (QCCS)
Court of Quebec (QCCQ) 		New Brunswick Court of Appeal (NBCA)
Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick (NBKB)
New Brunswick Provincial Court (NBPC) 		Court of Appeal of Prince Edward Island (PEICA)
Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island (PEISC)
Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island (PEIPC) 		Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (NSCA)
Nova Scotia Supreme Court (NSSC)
Nova Scotia Provincial Court (NSPC) 		Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal) (NLCA)
Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (NLSC)
Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (NLPC)
Territorial Courts (YKTC, YKSC, YKCA, NTTC, NTSC, NTCA, NUCJ, NUCA)
Membership of Federal Appointments Committees
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