Nova Scotia Provincial Court (Historical)
| This page was last substantively updated or reviewed August 2021. (Rev. # 80926) |
- (~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of Oct 2018, unless otherwise indicated.
Previous Judges
| Name | Location | Duration | Appointed By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
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| Corrine Sparks [1] [2] | Dartmouth | March 30, 1987 - Dec 31, 2021 | PC (Buchanan/?) |
Ruck and Mitchell (1981 to 1987) Called to bar (1981) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Richard J. MacKinnon [3] | Antigonish | November 10, 2009 | Dexter / Landry (NDP) | NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1977) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| Jean M. Dewolfe [4] | Kentville | November 10, 2009 | Dexter / Landry (NDP) | Muttart Tufts Dewolfe and Coyle (family) (1990 to 2009) Called to bar (1986) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Frank P. Hoskins [5] | Dartmouth | September 5, 2008 August 2021 |
MacDonald / Clarke (PC) | NS Public Prosecution Service (1991 to 1995, 1996 to 2008) Private practice (1995 to 1996) Called to bar (1990) |
Published criminal decisions (~27) |
| Brian D. Williston | Sydney | 1995 (Judge) December 2018 (ret) |
Liberal | NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1974) |
Published criminal decisions (~8) (as of December 2019) |
| S. Raymond Morse[1] | Amherst | April 12, 2011 (Judge) November 10, 2015 (Assoc. Chief) |
NDP | Private practice Called to bar (1978) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) Appointed to NSSC (Family Division) |
| Samuel Moreau | Amherst | March 31, 2017 to 2020 Appointed to NSSC (Family Division) |
Liberal | NS Legal Aid (1999 to 2017) | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Michelle Christenson [6] | Yarmouth | December 11, 2013 to March 2020 Appointed to NSSC (Family Division) |
NDP | NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1996) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| David J. Ryan | 1997 to March 4, 2020 | Published criminal decisions (~3) | |||
| Patrick Curran [7] [2] | Halifax, Bedford | August 1, 1981 - 2003 (Judge) 2003 - 2013 (Chief Judge) 2013 - 2019 (39 years) |
PC Buchanan |
NS Legal Aid Halifax City Patterson, Smith, Matthews Innes, Matheson, Curran Called to bar (1970) |
Published criminal decisions (~7) |
| D. William MacDonald [8] | 1997 (Judge) | Deputy Minister to Premier (1993 to 1995) Deputy Attorney General (1987 to 1993, 1995 to 1996) Legislative Counsel Office (1975) Crown Attorney Hart and Davis (1968 to ??) Called to bar (1968) |
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| Kenneth Crowell [9] | 1975 to ? | Crowell, Durland & Gillis Called to bar (1954) Dal grad |
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| Sandra Oxner | Halifax | 1971 - 1996? | Liberal Regan |
City of Halifax (1966 to 1971) Called to bar (1966) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) Appointed at age 29 [10] |
| Judge Anne E. Crawford | 2000? to 2009? | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Castor H Williams | Halifax | Crown Attorney Called to bar (1977) |
Published criminal decisions (~55) | ||
| Pierre Muise | Yarmouth | 2009 - 2010 (appointed to NSSC) (1 year) |
PC | NS Public Prosecution Service (1996 to 2009) | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Judge R. Brian Gibson [11] | Dartmouth | 1990 - ? | PC | Private Practice (1973 to 1990) Called to bar (1973) |
Published criminal decisions (~19) |
| Anne S. Derrick [12] [3] | Halifax | September 2, 2005 - 2017 (Appointed to NSCA) (12 years) |
PC Hamm |
Beaton Derrick Called to bar (1981) |
Appointed to NSCA (2017) Published criminal decisions (~173) |
| Judge Jamie Campbell [13] | Halifax (Youth) | September 2, 2005 - ?? (appointed to NSSC) | Cox Hanson O'Reilly Matheson Called to bar (1982) |
Published criminal decisions (~34) | |
| Jean-Louis Batiot | Published criminal decisions (~22) | ||||
| Robert M. Prince | Published criminal decisions (~0) | ||||
| Roy Edward "Bud" Kimball [14] [15] | Windsor and Kentville | May 4, 1967 to 1995 (18 years) |
PC | Private Practice (1960 to 1967) | Published criminal decisions |
| Clinton Roger Rand [4] | Shelburne and Yarmouth | January 3, 1946 to June 30, 1976 (30 years) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| John Donald MacIntyre[5] | Cape Breton | 1951 to 1956 (5 years) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| William Ackley Richardson[6] | New Glasgow, Stellarton, Pictou, and Tatamagouche | November 6, 1951 to November 30, 1968 (16 years) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| John Ferguson McDonald[7] | Cape Breton | 1953 to 1978 | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Judge Duncan John Chisholm [8] | October 1, 1953 to February, 1980 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Henry How (CJ)[9] | November 1983 to ?? | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Joseph Francis McManus[10] | 1953 to 1961 | Published criminal decisions | |||
| Stanley D. Campbell | |||||
| George "Hughes" Randall [16] | Halifax | 1974 to 2002 (Judge) 2002 to 2012 (sup) |
Hospital Commission Randall, McNeil and Church(1974) Paton, Paton and Randall(1969) Pace and MacIntosh (1962) Called to bar (1961) Dalhousie grad (1960) |
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| Horace Blair Dickey | |||||
| Bernard Wallace Russell | Halifax | November 3, 1938 | |||