Nova Scotia Provincial Court

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

Current Judges

Name Location Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Judge Pamela S. Williams[1] HRM September 19, 2003 (Judge)
2013 (Chief) 		PC (2003)
NDP (2013) 		NS Legal Aid, Youth
Called to bar (1985) 		Published criminal decisions (~16)
Associate Chief Judge 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)
Judge Corrine Sparks [1] Dartmouth 1987 PC Ruck and Mitchell (1981 to 1987)
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge A. Peter Ross Sydney 1990 PC NS Public Prosecution Service
Called to bar (~1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~42)
Judge Barbara Beach Halifax, Youth 1994 Liberal NS Legal Aid
Called to bar (~1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Alanna Murphy[3] Dartmouth November 13, 2002 PC NS Public Prosecution Service (1987 to 2002)
Chief Crown (2000 to 2002)
Called to bar (1987) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge James H. Burrill[1] Yarmouth September 19, 2003 PC NS Public Prosecution Service (1987 to 2003)
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~20)
Judge Laurel J. Halfpenny-MacQuarrie[1] Port Hawkesbury September 19, 2003 PC NS Public Prosecution Service
Private Practice
Called to bar (1990) 		Published criminal decisions (~7)
Judge Frank P. Hoskins[4] Dartmouth September 5, 2008 PC NS Public Prosecution Service (1991 to 1995, 1996 to 2008)
Private practice (1995 to 1996)
Called to bar (1990) 		Published criminal decisions (~19)
Judge Theodore K. Tax[5] Dartmouth October 1, 2008 PC Public Prosecution Service of Canada
Called to bar (1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~54)
Judge Marci Lin Melvin[6] Kentville November 12, 2008 PC NS Legal Aid
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Jean M. Whalen[7] Dartmouth January 16, 2009 PC NS Public Prosecution Service Published criminal decisions (~44)
Judge Del W. Atwood[8] Pictou November 10, 2009 PC NS Public Prosecution Service
Called to bar (1985) 		Published criminal decisions (~170)
Judge Jean M. Dewolfe[8] Kentville November 10, 2009 PC Muttart Tufts Dewolfe and Coyle (family) (1990 to 2009)
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Richard J. MacKinnon[8] Antigonish November 10, 2009 PC NS Public Prosecution Service
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Gregory E. Lenehan[9] Halifax October 19, 2010 NDP NS Public Prosecution Service (1989 to 2010) Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Paul V. Scovil[10] Bridgewater August 2, 2011 NDP NS Public Prosecution Service (1998 to 2011)
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~36)
Judge Timothy D. Landry[11] Digby/Yarmouth September 19, 2012 NDP NS Legal Aid Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Daniel A. MacRury[12] Dartmouth July 30, 2014 Liberal NS Public Prosecution Service
Called to bar (1986) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Timothy Daley [2] Pictou March 17, 2015 Liberal Private practice (mix)
Called to bar (1992) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Elizabeth Buckle [3] [4] Halifax
Amherst 		March 31, 2015 Liberal Beveridge, MacPherseon & Buckle (criminal) (2008 to 2015)
PPSC Crown (2004 to 2008)
Heller Rubel
Called to bar (1994) 		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge E. Ann Marie MacInnes[13] Sydney November 10, 2015 Liberal NS Legal Aid
Called to bar (1991) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Alain Bégin[14] Truro September 1, 2016 Liberal Private practice Published criminal decisions (~4)
Judge Ronda van der Hoek [5] Kentville/Windsor January 23, 2017 Liberal Public Prosecution Service of Canada Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Cathy Benton [6] [7] Bridgewater/
Shubenacadie 		January 23, 2017 Liberal NS Legal Aid Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Rickcola Brinton [8] Halifax March 31, 2017 Liberal NS Legal Aid, Youth (2001 to 2017) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Rosalind Michie [9] Amherst March 31, 2017 Liberal NS Public Prosecution Service (2001 to 2017) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Amy Sakalauskas [10] Sydney March 31, 2017 Liberal Private practice Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Diane L. McGrath[15] Sydney September 19, 2017 Liberal NS Prosecution Service
NS Legal Aid
Private Practice
Called ot bar (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Anne Marie Simmons[16] Halifax November 10, 2017 Liberal Public Prosecution Service of Canada Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Chris Manning[17] Kentville May 31, 2018 Liberal Private Practice (criminal)
NS Legal Aid
Called to bar (1985) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)

|- |Judge Samuel Moreau[18] |Amherst |March 31, 2017 to 2020 |Liberal |NS Legal Aid (1999 to 2017) |Published criminal decisions (~0)


|- |Judge Michelle Christenson[19] |Yarmouth |December 11, 2013 to March 2020 |NDP |NS Public Prosecution Service
Called to bar (1996) |Published criminal decisions (~0)

Supernumerary Judges

Name Location Date Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Judge Michael B. Sherar [11] Halifax 1990 (Judge)
January 2020 (Sup.) 		PC Blois Nickerson
Called to bar (~1978) 		Published criminal decisions (~12)
(as of December 2019)
Judge Brian D. Williston Sydney 1995 (Judge)
December 2018 (sup.) 		Liberal NS Public Prosecution Service
Called to bar (1974) 		Published criminal decisions (~8)
(as of December 2019)
Judge Warren Zimmer[2] 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 December 2019)
Judge Marc C. Chisholm [1] Halifax September 19, 2003 (Judge), 2017 (Sup.) PC NS Public Prosecution Service (1980 to 2003)
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~39)
Judge William Digby [12] [13] 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 (~2)
(as of December 2019)
Judge Flora I. Buchan Dartmouth 1996 (judge), 2017 (Sup) Liberal private practice
Called to bar (~1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
(as of December 2019)
Judge Alan T. Tufts[20] Kentville 1998 (Judge)
2013 (ACJ)
May 31, 2018 (Sup) 		Liberal (1998)
NDP (2013) 		Muttart Tufts Dewolfe and Coyle
Called to bar (~1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~61)
Judge William Dyer Bridgewater Published criminal decisions (~0)
(as of December 2019)
Judge John D. Comeau Dartmouth 1981[21] Published criminal decisions (~0)
(as of December 2019)
Judge Claudine MacDonald Published criminal decisions (~8)
(as of December 2019)

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Previous Judges

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judicial Appointments Ensure Timely Access Nova Scotia Government
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Attorney General Announces Judicial Appointments Nova Scotia Government
  3. ↑ https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20021213001
  4. ↑ https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20080905004
  5. ↑ https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20081001001
  6. ↑ https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20081112006
  7. ↑ https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20090116002
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20091110004
  9. ↑ Provincial and Family Court Judicial Appointment Nova Scotia Government
  10. ↑ Attorney General Announces Judicial Appointment Nova Scotia Government
  11. ↑ New Judge Appointed to Provincial, Family Courts in Digby, Comeauville and Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia Government
  12. ↑ https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20140730001
  13. ↑ Judicial Appointments Announced Nova Scotia Government
  14. ↑ New Judicial Appointment Announced Nova Scotia Government
  15. ↑ New Judge Appointed to Provincial and Family Court Nova Scotia Government
  16. ↑ 'A historic moment': Judicial appointment gives N.S. court gender parity CTV News
  17. ↑ http://www.courts.ns.ca/News_of_Courts/JudgeManningAppointment.htm
  18. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Four New Judges
  19. ↑ New Judge Appointed for Yarmouth Nova Scotia Government
  20. ↑ https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=19980121001
  21. ↑ Chief Judge of Family Court Appointed Nova Scotia Government
  22. ↑ http://www.courts.ns.ca/Provincial_Court/NSPC_judges.htm

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