New Brunswick Provincial Court

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(~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of Oct 2018, unless otherwise indicated.

Current Judges

(Full complement of 26)

Name Location Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Judge Jolène Richard [1] Moncton November 13, 2008 (Judge)
June 2, 2017 (CJ)
Liberal Stewart McKelvey Published criminal decisions (~0)
Associate Chief Judge Mary Jane Richards [2] Fredricton June 3, 2005 (Judge)
February 28, 2014 (ACJ)
assistant deputy minister of Court Services and Chief Sheriff (2001 to 2005)
private practice
Called to bar (1981)
Published criminal decisions (~5)
Judge Irwin E. Lampert Moncton October 1, 1988 Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Henrik G. Tonning [3] Saint John July 29, 1999 sole practitioner (criminal)
Called to bar (1981)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Pierre F. Dubé [4] Burton December 11, 2003 Dubé & Dubé (1990 to 2003)
Called to bar (1989)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge W. Andrew LeMesurier [5] Saint John December 11, 2003 Clark, Drummie
Called to bar (1985)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Brigitte Sivret [6] Bathurst April 1, 2007 Liberal Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Paul E. Duffie [7] Moncton June 20, 2008 Liberal Provincial MLA (1987 to 1999)
Mayor of Grand Falls
Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Julian A. G. Dickson [8] Fredricton October 1, 2009 Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Geri A. Mahoney [9] Miramichi October 1, 2009 Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Kenneth Oliver [10] Burton April 5, 2012 PC Crown Prosecutor Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Brigitte Volpé [11] Edmundston April 5, 2012 PC Private Practice Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge D. Troy Sweet [12] Moncton April 5, 2012 PC Private Practice Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Marco Robert Cloutier [13] Saint John January 30, 2013 PC Private Practice Published criminal decisions (~21)
Judge Brian McLean [14] Woodstock March 24, 2014 Renouf McLean
Called to bar (~1996)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Richard Andrew Palmer [15] Saint John November 7, 2014 Palmer & Palmer
Called to bar (~1991)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Denise A. LeBlanc [16] [[17]] Moncton January 27, 2016 McInnes Cooper
Called to bar (1986)
Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Éric P. Sonier [18] [[19]] Tracadie-Sheila January 27, 2016 Liberal Sonier Duguay
Called to bar (1996)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Suzanne C. Bernard [20] Campbellton January 27, 2016 Crown attorney
Called to bar (1994)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Joanne Durette [21] Bathurst June 1, 2017 Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Johanne-Marguerite Landry [22] Caraquet June 1, 2017 Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Natalie H. LeBlanc[23] Miramichi June 1, 2017 Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Lucie N. Mathurin[24] Moncton June 1, 2017 Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Kelly Ann Winchester[25] St. John June 1, 2017 Published criminal decisions (~0)

Supernumerary

Name Location Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Judge Ronald LeBlanc Bathurst April 2, 2002
April 3, 2017 (sup.)
Published criminal decisions
Judge Yvette Finn Caraquet August 5, 1999 (Judge)
January 23, 2017 (sup.)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge R. Leslie Jackson Woodstock November 7, 1997 - 2014 (J)
January 9, 2006 (ACJ)
December 15, 2006 (CJ)
January 1, 2014 (Sup.)
Liberal Private Practice Published criminal decisions (~49)
Judge Donald J. LeBlanc Tracadie-Sheila April 13, 2000 (Judge)
April 30, 2015 (Sup.)
Published criminal decisions
Judge David C. Walker Saint John November 7, 1997 (Judge)
November 7, 2014 (sup.)
Published criminal decisions (~5)
Judge Anne Jeffries (per diem) Saint John November 7, 1997 (Judge)
September 30, 2012 (Per Diem)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge William McCarroll Saint John December 15, 1989 (Judge)
October 3, 2011 (sup.)
Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Alfred H. Brien Saint John August 15, 1988 (Judge)
November 24, 2010 (sup.)
Published criminal decisions (~58)
Judge Joseph C. Michaud Moncton July 27, 1990 (Judge)
June 25, 2009 (sup.)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge J. Camille Vautour Moncton June 5, 1989 (Judge)
June 5, 2014 (sup.)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Anne Dugas-Horsman Moncton August 22, 2001 (Judge)
August 22, 2016 (sup.)
PC Private Practice Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Jacques DesJardins April 15, 1981
June 2008 (sup.)
Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Pierre W. Arseneault [26] Moncton October 1, 1988
December 15, 2006 (ACJ)
January 17, 2014 (CJ)
June 2, 2017 (Sup.)
Liberal McIntyre & McIntyre (1980 to 1988)
D. Paul Hayes (1979 to 1980)
Published criminal decisions (~22)
Judge James G. McNamee (per diem) Saint John November 1, 1974 (Judge)
June 1, 1997 (ACJ)
November 1, 2003 (sup.)
April 30, 2011 (Per Diem)
Published criminal decisions (~0)

Previous Judges

Name Location Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Judge Fred Ferguson Published criminal decisions
Judge S.M. Hutchinson Published criminal decisions
Judge P.L. Cumming Published criminal decisions
Judge Murray F. Cain Published criminal decisions
Judge Denis T. Lordon Miramichi Published criminal decisions
Judge Camille A. Dumas Bathurst Published criminal decisions
John Creaghan Friel [27] Published criminal deicsions (~1)
Drew Stymiest Convicted of fraud (2006)
Published criminal decisions

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