Territorial Courts

From Criminal Law Notebook

Yukon

Court of Appeal

According to the official website "[t]he Court of Appeal is made up of justices of the British Columbia Court of Appeal and justices from the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut." [1]

Supreme Court

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Justice Ronald S. Veale January 2000 U of T grad
Justice Edith M Campbell [2] March 15, 2018 J. Trudeau PPSC Crown
PPSC’s Competition Law Section

Territorial Court

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Karen Ruddy [3] November 2004 Crown Attorney
Peter Chisholm
Michael Cozens
  • Does not include judges from other provinces who work ex officio within this jurisdiction.

Northwest Territories

Court of Appeal

According to the website "Judges of the Court of Appeal are Judges who are appointed from among those appointed to the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the judges of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, and the judges of the Supreme Courts of the NWT and Yukon and the Nunavut Court of Justice." [4]

Supreme Court

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Karan Shaner [5] October 2011 Harper / Nicholson DOJ (1996 to 2011)

Territorial Court

Name Jurisdiction Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Judge Louis Sebert [6] 2005 (Judge)
2019 (CJ)
Christine Gagnon [7] Crown prosecutor (2001 to 2006)
U of M grad (1987)
Garth E. Malakoe [8] Dec 2022 (ret)
Donovan Frederick Molloy [9] February 2019 Director of Public Prosecutions
Called to bar (1993)
UNB grad
Stephanie Whitecloud-Brass [10] December 14, 2022 R.J. Simpson Legal Aid


Nunavut

Court of Appeal

According to the official website "Judges from our own Nunavut Court of Justice and the Courts of Alberta, the NWT, and the Yukon all serve on the Nunavut Court of Appeal." [11]

Court of Justice / Superior Court

Name Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Justice Neil Sharkey [1] December 2008 Legal Director at Maliiganik Tukisiniakvik (Iqaluit - 1986), first judge called to the bench from the Nunavut Bar, appellate practice, Justice of the Peace Administrator (1999)
U of Sask (1975)
Susan Cooper December 2009 Law Clerk to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Partner with law firm Chandler & Cooper
Bonnie M. Tulloch [12] March 2012 Special Advisor on northern issues, Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Legal Aid Executive Director (Gjoa Haven) and Kivalliq Legal Aid Director (Rankin Inlet), Director of Akitsiraq Law School Society
Paul Bychok December 2015 Crown Prosecutor
Susan Charlesworth [13] June 2018 J. Trudeau Maliganik Tukisiniarvik Legal Services (2013 to 2015)
University Legal Aid (1996 to 2013)
Christian Lyons June 2018 PPSC (2010 to 2014) Judicial Questionnaire


Past Judges

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