Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal) (Historical)

Previous Justices

Position / Name	Appointed	Nominated by	Position Prior to Appointment	Other Details
Justice Michael Harrington	July 29, 2009 (NLCA) July 2, 2018 (sup.)	Harper	Supreme Court (Trial Division) (2007 to 2009) Private practice	Published criminal decisions
Denis M. Roberts [1]	March 10, 1999	Chretien	Supreme Court (1988) Monaghan, Seaborn, Marshall, Roberts and Howe Called to bar (1971)	Published criminal decisions
Keith J. Mercer [2]	2003 - ? March 1, 2009 (sup.)			Published criminal decisions
Malcolm Rowe		Chrétien	Supreme Court (1999 to 2001) Deputy Minister (1988 - 1996) private practice Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions
R. S. Furlong	July 1975 to December 9, 1979		Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1959 to 1975)	Published criminal decisions
A. S. Mifflin	December 1979 to June 19, 1995		Chief Justice (1975) Supreme Court (1964)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Leo Barry	2007 2009 (sup.) ? (ret)	Harper	Supreme Court (Trial Division) (June 1989 to May 2007)	Published criminal decisions
H. B. Morgan	July 1975 to June 1994		Supreme Court (May 1975)	Published criminal decisions
J. W. Mahoney	February 1982 to December 2001		Supreme Court (July 1975)	Published criminal decisions
W. W. Marshall	November 1986 to May 2003			Published criminal decisions
Clyde K. Wells	May 1998 to November 8, 2012			Published criminal decisions
J. R. Gushue	February 1976 to April 15, 2002			Published criminal decisions
Noel Goodridge	November 1986 to April 15, 1997		Supreme Court (1975)	Published criminal decisions
J.J. O’Neill:	1986 - Feb. 2002			Died February 02, 2015 Published criminal decisions
G.L. Steele	June June 1989 to Sept. 2002		July of 1975 (district) August 1977 (Chief of District) Feb. 1982 (Trial)	Published criminal decisions
Margaret A. Cameron	May 1992 to May 2010		Sept 1983 (Trial)
Denis M. Roberts	March 1999 (NLCA) March 1, 2007 (sup) July 30, 2010 (ret)		Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland in July of 1988	Published criminal decisions
Keith Mercer	July 2003 (NLCA) April 2009 (sup)		Supreme Court (May 1992 - July 2003)	Died August 15, 2015 Published criminal decisions

List of Chief Justices

Source (1791–1880):

Court of Civil Jurisdiction founded 1791
Supeme Court of Judicature of the Island of Newfoundland founded 1792
Supreme Court of Newfoundland founded 1824
Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal founded 1975.

No	Name	Appointed	Position prior to Appointment	Notes
24	J. Derek Green	27 Mar 2009		Became a Supernumerary Justice on 1 December 2017
23	Clyde Wells [3]	1999	Court of Appeal Member of legislature (1966 to 1995) Called to bar (1963)	to 2009
22	James R. Gushue	1996		to 1998
21	Noel Goodridge	17 Nov 1986
20	Arthur Samuel Mifflin	1979	Chief Justice Trials Division
19	Robert Stafford Furlong	1958
18	Sir Albert Joseph Walsh	Sep 1949	1st Lieutenant-Governor
17	Sir Lewis Edward Emerson	1944	Commissioner for Defence
16	Sir William Henry Horwood	25 July 1902	Minister of Justice and Attorney-General
15	Sir Joseph Ignatius Little	1898	Judge
14	Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter	20 May 1880	Prime Minister of Newfoundland
13	Sir Hugh William Hoyles	4 March 1865	Prime Minister and Attorney General
12	Sir Francis Brady	29 Nov 1847
11	Thomas Norton	5 Nov 1844
10	John Gervase Hutchinson Bourne	1838		Removed from office, 1844
9	Henry John Boulton	1833	Attorney General of Upper Canada	Removed from office, 1844
8	Richard Alexander Tucker	1 Oct 1822
7	Sir Francis Forbes	4 Aug 1816	Crown Law Officer in Bermuda	left to be the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
6	Caesar Colclough	1813	Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island
5	Thomas Tremlett	1804	Naval Officer	Exchanged for Colclough, 1813
4	Jonathan Ogden	1803	Naval Officer
3	Richard Routh	1797	Collector of Customs	Drowned at sea
2	D'Ewes Coke	1793	Naval surgeon
1	John Reeves	1791	Law Clerk to the Board of Trade	Sole judge; author of the Judicature Acts of 1791 and 1792