British Columbia Court of Appeal

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Current Justices

(Full complement of 15) [1]

#	Name	Appointed	Nominated By	Prior Position	Other Details
1	Chief Justice Robert J. Bauman [2]	February 20, 2008 to September 9, 2009 (Judge) June 16, 2013	Harper (CJ)	Chief Justice of BCSC (September 9, 2009 to June 16, 2013) Supreme Court (June 20, 1996 to February 20, 2008) Bull, Housser & Tupper (1982 to 1996) Wilson, Bauman (1977 to 1981) Wilson, King &Co (1974 to 1977) Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions
2	Justice Mary V. Newbury^[1]^[2]	September 26, 1995	Chrétien	Supreme Court (July 11, 1991 to September 26, 1995) Fraser & Beatty (1984 to 1991) Ladner Downs (1976 to 1984) Called to bar (1976)	Published criminal decisions
3	Justice Mary E. Saunders [3]	July 1, 1999	Chrétien	Supreme Court (December 23, 1991 to July 1, 1999) Campney & Murphy Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions
4	Justice Daphne M. Smith^[3]	May 9, 2008	Harper	Supreme Court (December 19, 1996 to May 8, 2008) Mair Jensen Blair (1986 to 1996) Smith Hutchinson (1984 to 1986) Mair Janowsky Blair (1976 to 1984) Called to bar (1976)	Published criminal decisions
5	Justice Harvey M. Groberman^[3]	May 9, 2008	Harper	Supreme Court (December 14, 2001 to May 8, 2008) Davis & Company (2000 to 2001) Legal Services BC Attorney General Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions
6	Justice David C. Harris [4]	April 10, 2012	Harper	Supreme Court (March 19, 2010 to April 5, 2012) Hunter Litigation Chambers Berardino & Harris Russell & Dumoulin Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions
7	Justice Peter M. Willcock [5]	June 7, 2013	Harper	Supreme Court (June 19, 2009 to June 6, 2013) Harper Grey LLP Called to bar (1983)	Published criminal decisions
9	Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon [6]	June 26, 2015	Harper	Supreme Court (January 31, 2008 to June 26, 2015) Fasken Martineau (1997 to 2015) Russell and DuMoulin (1985 to 1992) Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions
10	Justice Gregory J. Fitch	September 1, 2015	Harper	Supreme Court (October 20, 2011 to September 1, 2015) Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions
11	Justice Gail M. Dickson	September 1, 2015	Harper	Supreme Court (December 15, 2006 to July 28, 2015) Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions
12	Mr. Justice John James Lyon Hunter [7]	April 12, 2017	J. Trudeau	Hunter Litigation Chambers Hunter Voith Litigation Counsel Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions
13	Madam Justice Barbara L. Fisher [8]	September 15, 2017	J. Trudeau	Supreme Court (November 26, 2004 to September 15, 2017) Blake, Cassels & Graydon (1998 to 2004) British Columbia Treaty Commission BC Information and Privacy Commissioner General Counsel to the Ombudsman BC Davis & Company Called to bar (1983)	Published criminal decisions
14	Madam Justice Susan A. Griffin^[4]	February 7, 2018	J. Trudeau	Supreme Court (February 20, 2008 to February 7, 2018) Private practice Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions
15	Justice Bruce Butler [9]	August 31, 2018	J. Trudeau	Supreme Court (2007 to 2018) Harper Grey LLP Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions
16	Justice Patrice Abrioux [10] [11]	March 8, 2019	J. Trudeau	Supreme Court (2011 to 2019) Quinlan Abrioux law firm Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions
17	Justice Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten [12]	May 6, 2019	J. Trudeau	Supreme Court (2016 to 2019) Assistant Deputy Attorney General (2012 to 2016) PPSC Crown (1994 to 2012) Called to bar (~1992)	Published criminal decisions
18	Justice J. Christopher Grauer [13]	December 2019	J. Trudeau	Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions

Supernumerary

Name	Duration	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Justice John E. D. Savage [14]	December 12, 2014 (Judge) September 1, 2019 (sup.)	Harper	Supreme Court (May 8, 2008 to December 11, 2014) Crease Harman & Company (1978 to 2014) Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions
Justice S. David Frankel [15]	May 10, 2007 (Judge) April 1, 2019 (sup)	Harper	Supreme Court (March 2, 2007 to May 10, 2007) Federal Dept of Justice Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Richard B.T. Goepel [16]	November 8, 2013	Harper	Supreme Court (September 27, 2001 to November 7, 2013) Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions
Justice David Franklin Tysoe [17]	June 22, 2007	Harper	Supreme Court (1992 to 2007) Vaughan Wills & Murphy (1975 to 1992) Called to bar (1976)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Nicole J. Garson	May 14, 2009	Harper	Supreme Court (2001 to 2009) Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Anne W. MacKenzie	December 31, 2011	Harper	Supreme Court	Published criminal decisions
Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein	June 7, 2013	Harper	Supreme Court (February 16, 1996 to June 6, 2013) Provincial Court (December 4, 1989 to February 16, 1996)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Pamela A. Kirkpatrick	June 2, 2005	Martin	Supreme Court	Published criminal decisions
Justice Elizabeth A. Bennett	May 14, 2009 - February 1, 2017 (sup)	Harper	Supreme Court (August 27, 1997 to May 13, 2009)	Published criminal decisions

Past Justices

From 1995

Name	Duration	Nominated By	Prior Position	Other Details
Mary Victoria M. Newbury	1995 to ?			Published criminal decisions
Bryan Williams	1995 to 1996			Published criminal decisions
Carol Mahood Huddart ^[5]	March 20, 1996 to 2011	Chrétien	BC Supreme Court (1987 to 1996) County Court (1981 to 1987) Bickler, Fast, Brown, Smith & Huddart (1975 to 1981) Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions
Thomas Reid Braidwood ^[6]	1996 to 2005		Braidwood, MacKenzie Call to bar (1957)	Published criminal decisions
Kenneth C. Mackenzie [18]	June 25, 1998 to 2011		Guild, Yule & Company Called to bar (1963)	Published criminal decisions
Bryan Williams ^[7]	1995 to 1996			Published criminal decisions
John Edward Hall ^[6]	1996 to 2014		Supreme Court (1991 to 1996) Dumoulin, Black Called to bar (1964)	Published criminal decisions
Carol Mahood Huddart	1996 to ?			Published criminal decisions
Joyhn Edward Hall	1996 to ?			Published criminal decisions
Kenneth Charles Mackenzie	1998 to ?			Published criminal decisions
Mary Saunders	1999 to ?			Published criminal decisions
Richard "Dick" Thomas Albert Low [19]	2000		Supreme court (1990 to 2000) County Court (1977 to 1990) Private practice Called to bar (1965)	Published criminal decisions
Risa Gropper Levine [20]	2001 to 2014		Supreme Court (1995 to 2001) Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions
Kenneth James Smith [21]	2001 to 2012		Supreme Court (1993 to 2001) Called to bar (1966)	Published criminal decisions
Alan Douglas Thackray	2001 to 2007			Published criminal decisions
Wallace Taroo Oppal [22]	2003 to 2005			Published criminal decisions
Peter Donovan Lowry ^[1] [23]	June 30, 2003 - 2018	Chretien	Supreme Court (1991 to 2003) Campney & Murphy Called to bar (1971)	Published criminal decisions
Pamela Kirkpatrick	2005			Published criminal decisions
Edward Charles Chiasson	2006 to 2015			Published criminal decisions
S. David Frankel	2007			Published criminal decisions
Robert J. Bauman	2008			Published criminal decisions
Kathryn E. Neilson ^[3]	May 9, 2008 to 2016	Harper (BCCA)	Supreme Court	Published criminal decisions
Daphne Marguerite Smith	2008			Published criminal decisions
Harvey M. Groberman	2008			Published criminal decisions
Elizabeth A. Bennett	2009			Published criminal decisions
Nicole J. Garson	2009 to ?			Published criminal decisions
Christopher E. Hinkson	2010 to 2013			Published criminal decisions

Before 1995

Name	Duration	Nominated By	Other details
James Alexander MacDonald	1909 to 1939 1909 to 1929 (CJ of BCCA) 1929 to 1939 (CJBC)		Published criminal decisions
Paulus Aelilius Irving	1909 to 1916		Published criminal decisions
Archer Evans Stringer Martin	1909 to 1940 1937 to 1940 (CJBC)		Published criminal decisions
William Alfred Galliher	1909 to 1933		Published criminal decisions
Albert Edward McPhillips	1913 to 1938		Published criminal decisions
David MacEwan Eberts	1917 to 1924		Published criminal decisions
Malcolm Archibald Macdonald	1924 to 1941 1940 to 1941 (CJBC)		Published criminal decisions
William Garland Ernest McQuarrie	1933 to 1943		Published criminal decisions
Gordon McGregor Sloan	1937 to 1957 1944 to 1957 (CJBC)		Published criminal decisions
Cornelius Hawkins O'Halloran	1938 to 1963		Published criminal decisions
David Alexander Macdonald	1940 to 1944 1942 to 1944 (CJBC)		Published criminal decisions
Alexander Ingram Fisher	1942 to 1943		Published criminal decisions
Harold Bruce Robertson	1943 to 1955		Published criminal decisions
Henry Irvine Bird	1944 to 1967 1964 to 1967 (CJBC)		Published criminal decisions
Sidney Alexander Smith	1944 to 1960		Published criminal decisions
James Moses Coady	1955 to 1961		Published criminal decisions
Frederick Anderson Sheppard	1955 to 1965		Published criminal decisions
Alexander Campbell DesBrisay	1958 to 1963 (CJBC)		Published criminal decisions
Thomas Grantham Norris	1961 to 1968		Published criminal decisions
John Owen "Jack" Wilson	1962 to 1963		Published criminal decisions
Sherwood Lett	1963 to 1964 (CJBC)		Published criminal decisions
Arthur Lord	1963 to 1968		Published criminal decisions
Norman William Whittaker	1963-64		Published criminal decisions
Harry joseph Sullivan	1964-65		Published criminal decisions
Ernest Bolton Bull	1964-82		Published criminal decisions
Hugh Alan MacLean	1964-78		Published criminal decisions
Meredith Milner "Med" McFarlane	1965-83		Published criminal decisions
Angelo Ernest Branca	1966-78		Published criminal decisions
Alexander Bruce Robertson	1967-79		Published criminal decisions
Nathaniel Theodore "Sonny" Nemetz	1968-73 1979-88 (CJBC)		Published criminal decisions
John David Taggart	1968-94		Published criminal decisions
John Lauchlan Farris	1973-78 (CJBC)		Published criminal decisions
Alexander Brian Beatty Carrothers	1973-98		Published criminal decisions
William Rogers McIntyre	1973-78		Published criminal decisions
Peter Donald Seaton	1973-93		Published criminal decisions
William Alastair "Bill" Craig	1977-90		Published criminal decisions
Ernest Edward "Ted" Hinkson	1977-96		Published criminal decisions
John Somerset Aikins	1978-89		Published criminal decisions
John Douglas Lambert	1978-2005		Published criminal decisions
James "Jim" A. Macdonald	1979-92		Published criminal decisions
Richard Philip Anderson	1980-92		Published criminal decisions
Henry Ernest Hutcheon	1980 to 1995		Published criminal decisions
Alan Brock Macfarlane	1982-1995		Published criminal decisions
William Arthur Esson ^[8]	(1983-1989) (1996-2005) (Chief Justice, Supreme Court 1989-1996)	Chretien	Bull, Housser & Tupper Called to bar (1958) Published criminal decisions
Beverley Marion McLachlin	1985-1988	Brian Mulroney	Appointed to SCC 1989-2000 appointed Chief Justice of Canada (2000–2017) Published criminal decisions
Ronald Ian Cheffins ^[9]	1985-1987		Published criminal decisions
William J. "Bae" Wallace	1985-983		Published criminal decisions
Charles Conrad Locke	1987-82		Published criminal decisions
Allan McEachern	1988 to 2001 (CJBC)		Published criminal decisions
Samuel Martin Toy	1988-93		Published criminal decisions
Mary Frances Southin	1988-2006		Published criminal decisions
Patricia Matilda Proudfoot	1988-2002		Published criminal decisions
Patricia M. Proudfoot	1989-2002		Published criminal decisions
Hugh Percival Legg	1989 to 1997		Published criminal decisions
Josiah Wood	1989-1996		Published criminal decisions
Martin Rapson Taylor	1989-95		Published criminal decisions
George Stweart Cumming	1989-2001		Published criminal decisions
Reginald John Gibbs	1989-98		Published criminal decisions
David Bertram Hinds	1990 to 1999		Published criminal decisions
Harold Archeson Hollinrake	1990 to 2005		Published criminal decisions
David Michael Mills Goldie	1991 to 1999		Published criminal decisions
M. Anne Rowles	1991-2011		Published criminal decisions
Jo-Ann E. Prowse	1992-2013		Published criminal decisions
Lance Sidney George Finch	1993 to 2001 2001 to 2013 (CJBC)		Published criminal decisions
Catherine Anne Ryan	1994-2013		Published criminal decisions
Ian T. Donald	1994 - 2017		Published criminal decisions

Chief Justices

Name	Duration
Robert J. Bauman (13th Chief Justice)	2013–present
Lance Finch	2001–2013
Allan McEachern	1988–2001
Nathaniel Nemetz	1979–1988
John Lauchlan Farris	1973–1978
Herbert william Davey	1954 to 1973 (Judge) 1967–1972 (CJ)
Henry Bird	1964–1967
Sherwood Lett	1963–1964
Campbell DesBrisay	1958–1963
Gordon McGregor Sloan	1944–1957
Malcolm Archibald Macdonald	1940–1941
Archer Evans Stringer Martin	1937 to 1940 (CJBC)
James Alexander MacDonald	1909 to 1929 (CJ of BCCA) 1929 to 1939 (CJBC)

References

External links

BCCA website

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