Nova Scotia Provincial Court (Historical)
| This page was last substantively updated or reviewed August 2021. (Rev. # 80927) |
- (~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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| 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 [1] | 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) |
| Richard J. MacKinnon [2] | Antigonish | November 10, 2009 | Dexter / Landry (NDP) | NS Public Prosecution Service Called to bar (1977) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| Jean M. Dewolfe [3] | Kentville | November 10, 2009 | Dexter / Landry (NDP) | Muttart Tufts Dewolfe and Coyle (family) (1990 to 2009) Called to bar (1986) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Pierre Muise | Yarmouth | 2009 - 2010 (appointed to NSSC) (1 year) |
PC | NS Public Prosecution Service (1996 to 2009) | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Frank P. Hoskins [4] | 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) |
| Anne S. Derrick [5] [1] | 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 [6] | Halifax (Youth) | September 2, 2005 - ?? (appointed to NSSC) | Cox Hanson O'Reilly Matheson Called to bar (1982) |
Published criminal decisions (~34) | |
| 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[2] | 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) |
| Judge Anne E. Crawford | 2000? to 2009? | Published criminal decisions | |||
| David J. Ryan | 1997 to March 4, 2020 | Published criminal decisions (~3) | |||
| D. William MacDonald [7] | 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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| Castor H Williams | Halifax | Crown Attorney Called to bar (1977) |
Published criminal decisions (~55) | ||
| Judge R. Brian Gibson [8] | Dartmouth | 1990 - ? | PC | Private Practice (1973 to 1990) Called to bar (1973) |
Published criminal decisions (~19) |
| Robert M. Prince | Published criminal decisions (~0) | ||||
| John Grant MacDougall | Otterbrook | June 1, 1988 | |||
| Frances Kent Potts | Dartmouth | January 7, 1988 | |||
| Jean-Louis Marie Gonzaque Batiot | Bridgewater | September 15, 1987 | Published criminal decisions (~22) | ||
| Corrine Sparks [9] [10] | Dartmouth | March 30, 1987 - Dec 31, 2021 | PC (Buchanan/?) |
Ruck and Mitchell (1981 to 1987) Called to bar (1981) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Robert Allan Stroud | Stellarton | December 16, 1986 | |||
| Ross Baxter Archibald | Amherst | June 1, 1985 | |||
| James Donald Reardon | Yarmouth | April 1, 1985 | |||
| Robert MacDonald | Westville | June 14, 1984 | |||
| Henry Walter How[3] | Wolfville | November 14, 1983 | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Ronald Angus MacDonald | Antigonish | September 1, 1981 | |||
| Patrick Curran [11] [4] | 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) |
| William John Carruthers Atton | Halifax | June 30, 1980 | |||
| Donald Lewis Matheson | Sydney | April 15, 1980 | |||
| Elmer Joseph MacDonald | Halifax | February 15, 1980 | |||
| Harvey Alfred Veniot | Pictou | January 1, 1979 | |||
| Joseph Phillip Kennedy | Bridgewater | September 18, 1978 | |||
| Stanley David Campbell | Sydney | October 1, 1978 | |||
| Robert Jardine McCleave | Halifax | December 19, 1977 | |||
| David Edgar Cole | Amherst | March 15, 1977 | |||
| Reginald Byron Kimball | Dartmouth | March 15, 1977 | |||
| John Alexander MacLellan | Kentville | November 8, 1976 | |||
| Kenneth Lee Crowell [12] | Middleton | Sept 2, 1975 | Crowell, Durland & Gillis Called to bar (1954) Dal grad |
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| George "Hughes" Randall [13] | Halifax | July 1, 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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| Phillip Raymond Woolaver | Digby | November 15, 1972 | |||
| John Richard Nichols | Halifax | July 1, 1974 | |||
| George Roland LeVatte | Sydney | March 28, 1972 | |||
| Michael Leo McIntyre | Glace Bay | December 2, 1971 | |||
| Sandra Ellen Oxner | Halifax | May 28, 1971 - 1996? | Liberal Regan |
City of Halifax (1966 to 1971) Called to bar (1966) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) Appointed at age 29 [14] |
| Charles Witter Archibald | Truro | May 13, 1971 | |||
| John Charles O'Connell | Sydney | March 24, 1971 | |||
| Howard Russell MacEwan | New Glasgow | January 18, 1971 | |||
| Herbert Forbes Grant | New Glasgow | December 1, 1968 | |||
| Roy Edward "Bud" Kimball [15] [16] | Windsor and Kentville | May 4, 1967 to 1995 (18 years) |
PC | Private Practice (1960 to 1967) | Published criminal decisions |
| Thomas Augustine Giles | Amherst | march 1, 1967 | |||
| Hiram Joseph Carver | New Germany | August 1, 1963 | |||
| Eric David Murray | Halifax | March 14, 1962 | |||
| Charles Thomas LeBrun | Bridgetown | March 1, 1960 | |||
| William Alexander Douglas Gunn | Sydney Halifax |
October 12, 1960 | |||
| Nathan Green | Halifax | September 14, 1959 | |||
| Ronald Joseph Macdonald | North Sydney | June 1, 1959 | |||
| Martin D. Haley | Halifax | March 21, 1956 | |||
| Duncan John Chisholm[5] | Antigonish | Oct 1, 1953 to February, 1980 | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Joseph Francis MacManus [6] | Halifax | Sept 13, 1953 to 1961 | Published criminal decisions | ||
| John Ferguson MacDonald[7] | Sydney | September 1, 1953 to 1978 | Published criminal decisions | ||
| William Ackley Richardson [8] | New Glasgow, Stellarton, Pictou, and Tatamagouche | November 6, 1951 to November 30, 1968 (16 years) |
Published criminal decisions | ||
| John Donald MacIntyre[9] | Sydney | January 25, 1951 to 1956 | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Parker Thomas Hickey | Halifax | July 14, 1950 | |||
| Clinson Roger Rand[10] | Shelburne and Yarmouth | January 3, 1946 to June 30, 1976 | Published criminal decisions | ||
| John Smith MacIvor | Sydney | May 1, 1942 March 29, 1957 |
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| Royal Verne Read | Liverpool/Sydney | April 17, 1942 | |||
| William Daniel Outhit | Halifax | Sept 16, 1940 | |||
| Richard Jeffrey Flinn | Halifax | Sept. 16, 1940 | |||
| John Logan Crowe | Truro | September 16, 1940 | |||
| Robert Ebenezer Inglis | Halifax | November 15, 1939 | |||
| Horace Blair Dickey | Kentville | December 8, 1938 | |||
| Bernard Wallace Russell | Halifax | November 3, 1938 | |||