Membership of Federal Appointments Committees

From Criminal Law Notebook
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Committees

Supreme Court of Canada

[1]

Name Location Duration of Membership Nominated by Appointed By Professional History
Kim Campbell, Chair Edmonton Minister of Justice J. Trudeau Peter Lougheed Leadership College, University of Alberta (prof) (2014 to present)
Canadian Consul General in California (1996 to 2000)
Prime Minister (1993 to 1993)
Lili-Anna Pereša Montreal Minister of Justice J. Trudeau President and Executive Director of Centraide of Greater Montreal
Oxfam-Québec
Volunteer aid worker
Engineer
Stephen Kakfwi Yellowknife Minister of Justice J. Trudeau Consultant
Former Premier of the Northwest Territories and President of the Dene Nation
Member of NWT Legislative Assembly (1987 to 2003)
Susan Ursel Toronto Canadian Bar Association J. Trudeau Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson (labour, employment, human rights)
Called to bar (1986)
Sheila M. MacPherson Yellowknife Federation of Law Societies of Canada J. Trudeau Lawson Lundell
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Called to bar (1988)
Richard J. Scott Winnipeg Canadian Judicial Council J. Trudeau Former Chief Justice of the Manitoba Court of Appeal (1990 - ?)
Court of Queen's Bench (1985 to 1990)
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman (1963 to 1985)
Called to bar (1963)
Camille Cameron Halifax Council of Canadian Law Deans J. Trudeau Dalhousie Law School (prof)

British Columbia

As of January 2017

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Brenda J. Brown Vancouver January 2017 Chief Justice BC Supreme Court (2002 to present)
Davis & Company (1995 to 2002)
Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson
Called to bar (1982)
Jan Lindsay, QC Vancouver Law Society Lindsay LLP [2]
Called to bar (1981)
Rajwant (Raji) Mangat Vancouver CBA West Coast LEAF [3]
BC Civil Liberties Association
Sullivan & Cromwell (2004 to 2009)
Called to bar (2004)
Charlotte A. Salomon, QC Victoria Attorney General McConnan Bion O'Connor & Peterson [4]
Called to bar (1996)
Dean A. Crawford, QC North Vancouver Public Rep 1 Pulver Crawford Munroe
Called to bar (~1995)

Alberta

[5]

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Peter Walter Lambert Martin Calgary Chief Justice of Alberta Court of Appeal (2005 to ?)
Court of Queen's Bench (1998 to 2005)
Crown Attorney (1978 to 1995)
Evans Martin Wilson (1995 to 1998)
Crown Attorney (1977 to 1995)
Called to bar (1977)
Wendy E. Best, QC Calgary Law Society of Alberta Dunphy Best Blocksom [6] (family)
Called to bar (1980)
Hanan Kamal Campbell Edmonton Canadian Bar Association EPCOR Utilities Inc [7]
Jennifer N. Davis (Private practitioner) [8] Lethbridge public rep #1 Lethbridge College (psychologist)
Danika Billie Littlechild Maskwacis public rep #2 UNSECO [9]
Jelle Jeen Van Ens Beaver County Public Rep #3 Social worker [10]

Saskatchewan

[11]

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Brian A. Barrington-Foote Regina Chief Justice of Sask. Court of Queen’s Bench (2012 to present)
Counsel to First Nations in AB and SK
Crown counsel (SK) and (BC)
Deputy Attorney General (SK) (1987 to 1992)
Heather Laing, Q.C. [12] Saskatoon Law Society McDougall Gauley LLP
Called to bar (~1994)
Diana K. Lee, Q.C. Regina Canadian Bar Association Kanuka Thuringer LLP [13]
Called to bar (1982)
Lisa Watson Saskatoon Attorney General Peszko & Watson [14]
Kimberly Beaudin Saskatoon Public Rep outreach worker
Curtis Kleisinger [15] Regina Public Rep Mother Thresa Middle School
Brenda Merasty Saskatoon Public Rep Consultant

Manitoba

[16]

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Diana M. Cameron Winnipeg Chief Justice Court of Appeal (2012 to present)
Queen's Bench (2011 to 2012)
Crown Attorney
Irene A. Hamilton Winnipeg Law Society Ass. Deputy AG (2012 to 2017)
Ombudsman (2005 to 2012)
Called to bar (1980)
Priscilla Sternat-Mcivor Winnipeg Canadian Bar Association Sternat Manaigre Law
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
Timothy Kurbis Winnipeg Attorney General Taylor McCaffrey LLP
Lorraine Brandson Churchill Public Representative Curator of the Itsanitaq Museum
Aimée Craft Winnipeg Public Representative Director of Research for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (2017 to present)
Director of Research at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
University of Manitoba (prof)
Public Interest Law Centre
Hymie Weinstein Winnipeg Public Representative Myers Weinberg (criminal)

Ontario (East and North)

[17]

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Bonnie R. Warkentin Thunder Bay Superior Court
Marisa Victor Ottawa Law Society Sole practitioner
Greenspon, Brown & Associates
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Commission into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182
Celina Reitberger Thunder Bay Attorney General Executive Director of Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services
Mary Kloosterman Perth Road Public Rep #1 CEO of the YMCA of Kingston
Antje McNeely Odessa Public Rep #2 Deputy Chief of Kingston Police (2011 to present)
Pierre Riopel Alban Public Rep #3 Retired teacher
President of Collège Boréal

Ontario (Wet and South)

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Lynne C. Leitch
Beverley K. Jacobs
Allen J. Wynperle
Kuljit K. Bhamra
Lynn Macaulay
Jessica Sartori

Ontario (Toronto Area)

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Sarah E. Pepall Court of Appeal for Ontario
Emily C. Cole
Arleen Huggins (Koski Minsky) [18]
Rosella Cornaviera
Keith Forde
Helen (Au) Hayward

Quebec (West)

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Nicholas P. Kasirer (Quebec Court of Appeal)
Louise Mailhot, Ad. E. (Faskens) [19]
Karine Joizil [20]
Lucie Lalonde
Louis Charette
Jean Perras

Quebec (East)

[21]

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Catherine La Rosa Québec Chief Justice Superior Court (2006 to present)
Garneau Verdon Michaud Samson
Pierre Giroux (Tremblay Bois Mignault Lemay) [22] Québec Canadian Bar Association Tremblay Bois Mignault Lemay
Called to bar (1977)
Miville Tremblay Saint-Honoré-de-Chicoutimi Attorney General Sole practitioner
France Bilodeau Québec Public Representative Actuary at Aon Hewitt
Stuart (Kip) Cobbett [23] Canton Stanstead Public Representative UNLTD VR
Chief Operating Officer of Stikeman Elliott
Lise Verreault Rimouski Public Representative

New Brunswick

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Margaret E.L. Larlee
Pierre Castonguay (NB Legal aid) [24]
Catherine Lahey, QC Stewart McKelvey [25]
Blair C. Fraser
Clarence LeBreton
Bridget Ryan
Normand G. Thériault

Prince Edward Island

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Wayne D. Cheverie (Supreme Court of PEI)
Nancy E. Birt, QC (Birt McNeil) [26]
Krista J. MacKay, QC,
Erin T. Mitchell (Dept. Minister of Justice) [27]
Nadine A. DeWolfe
Mary MacInnis
Ann Sherman (Independent writer) [28]

Nova Scotia

[29]

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Patrick J. Duncan Supreme Court of NS
Kathryn M. Dumke, QC Bridgewater Barristers’ Society Dumke Law [30]
Called to bar (1994)
Jack Townsend Halifax Canadian Bar Association Cox & Palmer (2011 to present) [31]
Called to bar (2011)
Alonzo Charles Wright (NS Public Prosecution) [32] Halifax Attorney General Crown attorney
Dr. Garland (Gary) Brooks Halifax Public Representative St FX Psychology
Naiomi W. Metallic Halifax Public Representative Dalhousie Law (prof) [33]
Called to bar (~2008)
Philip J. Star Yarmouth Public Representative Pink Star Barro [34]

Newfoundland and Labrador

Name Location Duration of Membership Appointed By Professional History
Justice Charles W. White
Gladys Dunne
Twila E. Reid (Stewart McKelvey) [35]
Derek P. Ford Jewer & Ford
Remzi Cej
Cathy Follett
Madelyn Kelly

Previous Members

Nova Scotia
  • Justice Peter M.S. Bryson
  • John S. McFarlane, Q.C.
  • J. Gregory MacDonald, Q.C.
  • B. Craig Clarke
  • Tara Erskine
  • Maxine Chalmers McCuaig
Alberta

|- | Michelle Christopher, QC |Calgary |January 19, 2017 - November 6, 2018 (appointed to ABPC) | J. Trudeau |Executive Director of Student Legal Assistance (University Calgary Law)
Called to bar (1987)

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British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA)
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Court of Appeal of Alberta (ABCA)
Court of King's Bench of Alberta (ABKB)
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Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (SKPC)
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