Nova Scotia Provincial Court (Historical)

From Criminal Law Notebook
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

See also: Nova Scotia Provincial Court
Name Location Duration Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
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)
Kenneth Crowell [9] 1975 to ? Crowell, Durland & Gillis
Called to bar (1954)
Dal grad
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)
Horace Blair Dickey
Bernard Wallace Russell Halifax November 3, 1938

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