Criminal Law Notebook

Nova Scotia Provincial Court (Historical)

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Previous Judges

See also: Nova Scotia Provincial Court
Name Location Duration Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Gregory E. Lenehan [1] Halifax October 19, 2010 (Judge)
October 2024 (ret) 		Dexter / Landry (NDP) NS Public Prosecution Service (1989 to 2010) Published criminal decisions (~4)
(as of December 2022)

complaint 2018

D. Shane Russell Sydney December 2021 (Judge )
Oct 2024 (Appointed to NSSC) 		Houston / Brad Johns (PC) Crown Attorney
U of Man grad (2003) 		Published criminal decisions (~2)
(as of the end of December 2022)
Jill Barrington Sydney February 3, 2023 (Judge)
Nov 2024 (appointed to NSSC) 		Houston / Brad Johns (PC) Sheldon Nathanson Law Office
Called to bar (2011) 		Published criminal decisions
William Dyer Bridgewater Published criminal decisions (~0)
John D. Comeau Dartmouth 1981 [2] Published criminal decisions (~0)
Warren Zimmer Truro April 12, 2011 (Judge), 2017 (Sup.) NDP Private Practice (1984 to 2011)
Crown Attorney (1978 to 1984)
Called to bar (1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
(as of the end of December 2021)
William Digby [3] [4] Halifax June 10, 1997 (Judge), 2017 (Supernumerary) Liberal NS Legal Aid Director (1994 to 1997)
NS Legal Aid (1973 to 1997)
Called to bar (1972) 		Published criminal decisions (~3)
(as of the end of December 2022)
Flora I. Buchan Dartmouth 1996 (judge), 2017 (Sup) Liberal private practice
Called to bar (~1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Aleta Cromwell [5] Halifax July 9, 2020 (Judge)
2022 (Appointed to NSSC) 		McNeil / Furey (Lib) DOJ
Called to bar (1999) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
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 [6] 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 [7] Antigonish November 10, 2009 Dexter / Landry (NDP) NS Public Prosecution Service
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Jean M. Dewolfe [8] 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 [9] Dartmouth September 5, 2008[10]
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 [11] [1] Halifax September 2, 2005[12] - 2017 (Appointed to NSCA)
(12 years) 		PC
Hamm 		Beaton Derrick
Called to bar (1981) 		Appointed to NSCA (2017)
Published criminal decisions (~173)
Jamie S. Campbell [13] Halifax (Youth) September 2, 2005[14] - ?? (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)
Anne E. Crawford 2000? to 2009? Published criminal decisions
David J. Ryan 1997 to March 4, 2020 Published criminal decisions (~3)
D. William MacDonald [15] 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)
Castor H Williams Halifax Crown Attorney
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions (~55)
Albert E. Bremner August 15, 1991 [16]
R. Brian Gibson [17] 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 Burchell MacDougall and Gruchy (1975 to 1988)
Called to bar (1975)
Dal law grad (1975)
Frances Kent Potts Dartmouth January 7, 1988 Crown attorney (1979 to 1988)
David English (1976 to 1978)
Called to bar (1975)
Dal law grad (1974)
Jean-Louis Marie Gonzaque Batiot Bridgewater September 15, 1987 (appoint)
Feb 18, 1997 (ACJ)[18]
Dec 18, 1997 (CJ)[19] 		Sole practitioner (1977 to 1987)
Called to bar (1977)
Dal law grad (1976) 		Published criminal decisions (~22)
Corrine Etta Sparks [20] [21] Dartmouth March 30, 1987 - Dec 31, 2021 PC
(Buchanan/?) 		Ruck and Mitchell (1982 to 1987)
In-house counsel (1981)
Called to bar (1980)
City of Halifax (1979 to 1980)
Dal law grad (1979) 		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 H. Curran [22] [4] Halifax, Bedford August 1, 1981 - 2003 (Judge)
January 31, 2003[23] to 2013 (Chief Judge)
2013 - 2019
(39 years) 		PC
Buchanan 		NS Legal Aid
Patterson, Smith, Matthews
Innes, Matheson, Curran
Halifax City (1970)
Called to bar (1970)
Dal law grad (1970) 		Published criminal decisions (~7)
William John Carruthers Atton Halifax June 30, 1980 (appoint.)
Jnue 1, 1991 (ret)[5] 		Crown Prosecutor (1963 to 1980)
Registrar of Probate (1966 to 1980)
Sole practitioner (1962 to 1966)
Called to bar (1962)
Dal law grad (1962)
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 [24] Sydney 1997 (ret)
October 1, 1978 (Judge)
Crown Attorney (1974)
Burchell, Sullivan, Smith and Campbell
Dal law grad
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 [25] Middleton Sept 2, 1975 Crowell, Durland & Gillis
Called to bar (1954)
Dal grad
George "Hughes" Randall [26] 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)
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 [27]
Charles Witter Archibald Truro May 13, 1971
John Charles O'Connell Sydney March 24, 1971
Howard Russell MacEwan New Glasgow January 18, 1971 (appoint.)
June 1, 1991 (per diem)[28][29]
Herbert Forbes Grant New Glasgow December 1, 1968
Roy Edward "Bud" Kimball [30] [31] 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[6] Antigonish Oct 1, 1953 to February, 1980 Published criminal decisions
Joseph Francis MacManus [7] Halifax Sept 13, 1953 to 1961 Published criminal decisions
John Ferguson MacDonald[8] Sydney September 1, 1953 to 1978 Published criminal decisions
William Ackley Richardson [9] New Glasgow, Stellarton, Pictou, and Tatamagouche November 6, 1951 to November 30, 1968
(16 years) 		Published criminal decisions
John Donald MacIntyre[10] Sydney January 25, 1951 to 1956 Published criminal decisions
Parker Thomas Hickey Halifax July 14, 1950
Clinson Roger Rand[11] Shelburne and Yarmouth January 3, 1946 to June 30, 1976 Published criminal decisions
John Smith MacIvor Sydney May 1, 1942 (appt)
September 19, 1945 (resign)
March 29, 1957 (appt)
June 12, 1957 (died)
MacIvor and Ross
Dal law grad (1937)
Royal Verne Read Liverpool/Sydney April 17, 1942
1953 (retired) 		Deputy Police Magistrate (1941)
Pearson, Rutledge and Donald
Called to bar (1940)
Dal law grad (1939)
William Daniel Outhit Halifax Sept 16, 1940 Daley, Phinney and Outhit (1928 to 1940)
Called to Bar (1928)
Dal law grad (1928)
Richard Jeffrey Flinn Halifax Sept. 16, 1940
1953 (retired) 		private practice (1934 to 1939)
Called to Bar (1925)
Dal law grad (1924)
John Logan Crowe Truro September 16, 1940
March 1, 1971 (retired) 		Called to Bar (1933)
Dal law grad (1933)
Robert Ebenezer Inglis Halifax November 15, 1939
September 13, 1959 (sup.)
1982(retired) 		Murray, MacKinnon and Inglis (1920 to 1939)
Called to Bar (1920)
Dal law grad (1920)
Horace Blair Dickey Kentville December 8, 1938 (Judge)
February 28,1961 (retired) 		Illsley and Dickey (~1925 to 1938)
Called to bar (1925)
Dal grad
Bernard Wallace Russell Halifax November 3, 1938 (Judge)
November 2, 1939 (resigned) 		Russell and Fielding (~1911 to 1938)
Dal grad (1911)

References

  1. ↑ Appointed to Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
  2. ↑ Attorney General Announces Judicial Appointments Nova Scotia Government
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  5. ↑ 1991 - 558
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