Criminal Law Notebook

Ontario Court of Justice (Historical)

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

Previous Justices

See also: Ontario Court of Justice
Name District Duration Appointed by Previous Position(s) Other Details
Associate Chief Justice Faith M. Finnestad (also Co-ordinator of Justices of the Peace) [1] N/A
Toronto (prev) 		1 May 1995 (Judge)
 Published criminal decisions (~14)
(as of December 2019)
Chief Justice Lise Maisonneuve [2] N/A
Ottawa (prev.) 		December 3, 2003 (Judge)
August 26, 2011 (Snr. Reg.)
May 31, 2023 (ret) 		McGuinty/Bryant (Lib) (2003) Carroll, Wallace & Maisonneuve Published criminal decisions (~0)
(as of December 2021)
David A. Fairgrieve [3] Brampton December 21, 1990 NDP Published criminal decisions (~59)
Justice Stephen J. Hunter Belleville
Ottawa (prev) 		June 1, 1991 (Judge)
September 29, 2021 (Ret) 		NDP Published criminal decisions (~1)
[4]
John Alexander (Alex) Finlayson [5] [6] [7] Toronto August 9, 2017 to March 2021 private practice (family)
Called to bar (2002)
Osgoode grad (2001) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
appointed to ONSC (Fam Div)
Justice John D. D. Evans March 12, 1984 PC Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Robert T. Weseloh Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Petra E. Newton [8] College Park December 31, 1989
May 1, 2019 (ret) 		Liberal Legal Aid counsel
Crown Attorney (ON)
Called to bar (ON) (1979)
Crown Attorney (MB)
Called to bar (MB) (1976) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Justice Nathalie Gregson [9] Sault Ste. Marie December 3, 2008 Liberal Sole practitioner (family) (1994 to 2008)
Called to bar (1994) 		Published criminal decisions (~3)
Appointed to ONSC (2019)
Justice Jack M. Grossman Metro North April 28, 1999 PC Published criminal decisions (~13)
Justice William A. Gorewich Newmarket
Barrie (prev) 		October 14, 1997 PC Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice William R. Wolski College Park
Barrie (prev) 		January 20, 1997 PC Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Dino DiGiuseppe [10] Thunder Bay November 15, 2000 (Judge) PC Published criminal decisions (~38)
Justice Ronald Dennis Joseph Boivin Old City Hall June 25, 2003 PC Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Gerald S. Lapkin Metro West November 30, 1988 Liberal Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Colin R. Westman Kitchener 1 June 1990 Liberal Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Jeff Casey
 Toronto December 21, 1992 NDP Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Wendy Malcolm (Senior Advisory Family Judge) N/A November 29, 2006 Liberal Ontario Court of Justice (2006 to 2019) Published criminal decisions (~3)
(as of December 2019)
Apppoimted ONSC (2019)
Justice Russell J. Otter [11] Metro East July 5, 1993 NDP Called to Bar (~1971) Published criminal decisions (~3)
Justice Anne London-Weinstein [12] [13] Toronto December 2017 Liberal Ontario Court of Justice (2017)
Weinstein Law Firm (criminal) (2002 to 2017) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Appointed to ONSC (2017)
Justice J. Rhys Morgan Peterborough August 15, 1990 Liberal Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Ian B. Cowan Toronto 20 January 1997 PC Published criminal decisions (~12)
Justice Peter A. J. Harris Old City Hall
Brampton (prev) 		February 13, 1995 NDP Published criminal decisions (~62)
Justice G. Normand Glaude Sudbury
Elliot Lake (prev) 		April 17, 1990 Liberal Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Elinore A. Ready Brampton 21 December 1990 (Judge) ~2018 (ret) NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Timothy Clifford Whetung [14] Peterborough December 1, 1991 NDP Grant, Whetung & Wilcox Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Peter Andras Schreck [15] Brampton August 27, 2014 (Judge) to June 2017 Liberal Schreck Presser LLP (criminal)
Schreck & Greene, Pinkofsky Lockyer
Sole practitioner
Called to bar (1996) 		Published criminal decisions (~49)
Appointed to ONSC (June 2017)
Justice Jill Miriam Copeland [16] Brampton August 27, 2014 to 2017 Liberal Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP (criminal)
executive legal officer at the Supreme Court of Canada
legal counsel for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Called to bar (1995) 		Published criminal decisions (~28)
Appointed to ONSC
Justice Donald A. Ebbs Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice James P. Nevins Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice James Stribopoulos [17] Brampton October 2, 2013 to November 2, 2018 Liberal Osgoode Law School (prof, dean) (2006 to 2013)
Kapoor & Stribopoulos Barristers (criminal)
Fleming, Breen Barristers (criminal)
Called to bar (1996) 		Appointed to ONSC
Published criminal decisions (~63)
Justice Ann Jane Watson [18] [19] St. Catharines August 4, 2005 - Sept 2018 Liberal Crown Attorney (2001 to 2005)
private practice
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~14)
Justice Barry M Tobin [20] Windsor September 30, 2009 - August 31, 2018 Liberal Brown Beattie O’Donovan
Marcus Tobin
Called to bar (1979) 		Appointed to ONSC (2018)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
David Michael Paciocco [21] Ottawa 2011 to 2017 Liberal University Ottawa Law (1982 to 2011)
Called to bar (1983) 		Appointed to ONCA (2017)
Published criminal decisions (~48)
Jonathon C. George [22] February 24, 2012 - June 2016 Liberal Robbins, Henderson and Davis
Called to bar (2001) 		Appointed to ONSC (2016)
Published criminal decisions (~25)
Louise L. Gauthier Northeast Region 15 August 1992 to 23 January 2009 NDP Appointed to ONSC (2009)
Published criminal decisions
Yvon Renaud [23] Sudbury 15 November 2000 to ~2010 PC Called to bar (1982) Published criminal decisions
Gary Thomas Trotter Toronto 14 December 2005 to 2008 Liberal University Queen's (prof) (2000 to 2005)
Crown attorney (CLO) (1988 to 2000)
Beard, Winter
Called to bar (1987)		 Appointed to ONSC (2008) and ONCA (2016)
Published criminal decisions
Mary Jane Hatton [24] Toronto 2 April 1990 to 1999 Liberal Appointed to ONSC (1999)
Published criminal decisions
David Roger Timms Oshawa 1 March 1991 to 1999 NDP Appointed to ONSC (1999)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Lynn D. Ratushny Ottawa 1 March 1991 to 2 July 1999 NDP Appointed to ONSC (1999)
Published criminal decisions (~3)
Jennifer A. Blishen™ Ottawa 15 January 1993 to 1999 NDP Appointed to ONSC (1999)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Margaret A.C. Scott Oshawa 17 January 1994 to 1999 NDP Appointed to ONSC (1999)
Published criminal decisions
Justice Patrick W. Dunn Brampton August 18, 1980 - ? PC Published criminal decisions (~0)
M. Wendy Robson Peterborough 4 July 1989 to ? Liberal Published criminal decisions (~0)
Maria T. Linhares de Sousa ™ Ottawa 4 July 1989 to ? Liberal Appointed to ONSC (?)
Published criminal decisions
Edward E. Ormston Toronto 31 December 1989 to ? Liberal Published criminal decisions (~0)
Deborah K. Livingstone London 31 December 1989 to ? Liberal Published criminal decisions
Roderick J. Flaherty Dryden 2 April 1990 to ? Liberal Published criminal decisions
Bruce E. MacPhee Brampton 2 April 1990 to ? Liberal Published criminal decisions (~0)
Dianne Petitt Baig Fort Frances 2 April 1990 to ? Liberal Published criminal decisions (~9)
Sidney B. Linden Toronto 25 April 1990 to ? Liberal Published criminal decisions (~0)
Eric S. Lindsay Toronto 1 September 1990 to ? Liberal Published criminal decisions
Janet M. Simmonsι Brampton 21 December 1990 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Mary F. Dunbar™ Brampton 1 February 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Marion E. Lane Brampton 1 February 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~17)
Inger Hansen Kitchener 1 February 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Diane Terry Vyse Cambridge 1 March 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Harvey M. Salem Scarborough 1 March 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Ronald B. Lester Thunder Bay 1 March 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Patrick A. Sheppard Newmarket 1 June 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Dianne M. Nicholas Ottawa 1 June 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Karen E. Johnston Oshawa 1 July 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Raymond P. Taillon Oshawa 1 July 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
W. Brian Stead Simcoe 1 July 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Mary E. Marshman ™ Windsor 15 July 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Sherrill M. ™Rogers Newmarket 15 July 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Geraldine Waldman Brampton 15 November 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Bruno Cavion Brampton 15 November 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~2)
Vibert T. Rosemay Brampton 1 December 1991 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Paul Bentley Toronto 1 June 1992 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Minoo F. Khoorshed Toronto 1 June 1992 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Margaret F. Woolcott Brampton 4 January 1993 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Jane Kerrigan-Brownridge Brampton 15 January 1993 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Marvin G. Morten Brampton
Toronto 		5 July 1993 to 2008 NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Sally E. Marin Toronto 9 August 1993 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Timothy A. Culver Kitchener 16 May 1994 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Johanne Lafrance-Cardinal™ Cornwall 6 September 1994 to 1999 NDP Appointed to ONSC (1999)
Published criminal decisions
Stephen E. Foster Newmarket 7 November 1994 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Hugh J. Campbell Oshawa 7 November 1994 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions
Terrence G. O'Hara Newmarket 6 February 1995 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Peter R.W. Isaacs Stratford 13 February 1995 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
William P. Bassel Toronto 15 May 1995 to ? NDP Published criminal decisions (~7)
Richard St. Jennis Catharines 20 May 1997 to ? PC Published criminal decisions (~1)
Kerry Patrick Evans Barrie 2 October 1997 to ? PC Published criminal decisions
Juliet Baldock Kitchener 20 October 1997 PC Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judith Beaman Toronto 12 January 1998 to ? PC Published criminal decisions (~4)
Alphonse T. Lacavera Welland 2 March 1998 to ? PC Published criminal decisions (~0)
Bruce Shilton Newmarket 6 July 1998 to ? PC Published criminal decisions (~2)
Edward McGrath St. Thomas 4 January 1999 to ? PC Published criminal decisions (~2)
Katherine Louise McLeod Brampton 15 February 1999 to ? PC Published criminal decisions
John Malcolm Ritchie Old City Hall 28 April 1999 to ? PC Published criminal decisions (~12)
Susan Gail Dobney Toronto 28 April 1999 to ? PC Published criminal decisions (~1)
Bruce G. Thomas Chatham 4 May 1999 to ? PC Published criminal decisions
Ivan J. A. Fernandes Toronto 21 February 2000 to ? PC Published criminal decisions (~0)
John Getliffe Lawrence Stratford 6 December 2000 to ? PC Published criminal decisions (~0)
John D. G. Waugh Pembroke 30 May 2001 to ? PC Published criminal decisions (~1)
Sydney Grant Radley-Walters Pembroke 20 February 2002 to ? PC Published criminal decisions (~21)
Anne-Marie Shaw Newmarket 16 September 2002 to ? PC Published criminal decisions
Irving W. Andre Brampton 13 November 2002 to ? PC Appointed to ONSC (2012)
Published criminal decisions (~5)
Margaret A. McSorley Kitchener/Guelph 24 December 2003 to ? Liberal Appointed to ONSC (2015)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
Kofi Barnes [25] Oshawa February 6, 2004 to ? Liberal PPSC Crown (1998 to 2004)
Called to bar (1993) 		Appointed to ONSC
Published criminal decisions (~28)
Peter R Adams Cornwall 7 April 2004 to ? Liberal Published criminal decisions (~1)
John Andrew Sutherland [26] Toronto 5 May 2004 to ? Liberal Director of SIU
Crown attorney
private practice
Called to bar (1979) 		Published criminal decisions
Geoffrey Alan Beasley [27] Pembroke 5 May 2004 to ? Liberal Deputy Crown Attorney
private practice
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Robert F. McCreary [28] Orillia 18 May 2005 to ? Liberal Crown Attorney (1990 to 2005)
private practice (1989 to 1990)
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
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
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