Supreme Court of British Columbia
Appearance
Current Justices
Name | District | Appointed | Nominated By | Prior Position(s) |
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Associate Chief Justice Heather J. Holmes [1] [1] | Vancouver | March 21, 2001 (Judge) June 22, 2018 (ACJ) |
Jean Chretien (Judge) Justin Trudeau (ACJ) |
McCarthy, Tétrault Called to bar (1981) |
Justice Patrice Abrioux [2] | Vancouver | 2011 | Stephen Harper | Quinlan Abrioux law firm |
Justice Elaine J. Adair [3] | Vancouver | 2008 | Stephen Harper | McCarthy Tétrault LLP (1982 to 2008) |
Justice Kenneth N. Affleck [4][5] | Vancouver | 2011 | Stephen Harper | Affleck Hira Burgoyne LLP Macaulay McColl |
Justice Trevor C. Armstrong [2] | New Westminster | 2010 | Stephen Harper | Private Practice |
Justice Robin A. M. Baird [3] | Nanaimo | October 5, 2012 | Stephen Harper | Provincial Court Judge (2011 to 2012) Crown Prosecutor (1990 to 1995, 2004 to 2011) |
Justice Wendy Baker [4] | Vancouver | February 22, 2018 | Justin Trudeau | Partner, Miller Thomson LLP |
Justice Kenneth W. Ball | New Westminster | November 2, 2012 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Bill Basran[6] | Vancouver | January 19, 2018 | Justin Trudeau | Regional Director General of the Department of Justice (2007 to 2018) |
Justice Lance W. Bernard [5] | New Westminster | July 24, 2003 | Jean Chretien | Crown attorney Called to bar (1981) |
Justice D. Allan Betton [6] [7] | Kelowna | June 24, 2011 | Stephen Harper | Provincial Court Judge (2007 to 2011) |
Justice Murray B. Blok | New Westminster | October 28, 2010 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Gregory T.W. Bowden [7] | Vancouver | October 2, 2009 | Stephen Harper | Provincial Court Judge (2004 to 2009) |
Justice Ward K. Branch [8] | Vancouver | June 8, 2017 | Justin Trudeau | Branch McMaster LLP |
Justice Brenda Brown [9] | New Westminster | April 18, 2002 | Jean Chretien | |
Justice Neill Brown | Chilliwack | July 30, 2008 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Michael J. Brundrett [10] | Vancouver | June 21, 2017 | Justin Trudeau | British Columbia Ministry of Justice, Criminal Justice Branch |
Justice Emily M. Burke [11] | Vancouver | May 13, 2014 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice G. Bruce Butler | Vancouver | March 30, 2007 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Grace Choi [12] | Vancouver | May 29, 2015 | Stephen Harper | Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP |
Justice Marguerite H. Church [13] | Prince George | June 17, 2016 | Justin Trudeau | Provincial Court Judge Called to bar (1988) |
Justice Thomas Crabtree [14] | Chilliwack | May 4, 2018 | Justin Trudeau | Chief Judge, Provincial Court of B.C. |
Justice E. David Crossin [8] | Vancouver | September 29, 2017 | Justin Trudeau | Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP |
Justice D. Jane Dardi | Vancouver | June 18, 2008 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Martha M. Devlin [15] | New Westminster | December 12, 2014 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten[9] | Vancouver | October 20, 2016 | Justin Trudeau | Assistant Deputy Attorney General |
Justice S. Dev Dley [16] | Kamloops | March 19, 2010 | Stephen Harper | Provincial Court (2008 to 2010) |
Justice Sheri Ann Donegan [10] | Kamloops | June 6, 2013 | Stephen Harper | Provincial Court (2010 to 2012) Crown Attorney (1998 to 2010) Mair Jensen Blair (1992 to 1998) |
Justice Jennifer M.I. Duncan | Vancouver | December 19, 2013 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Shelley C. Fitzpatrick | Vancouver | June 18, 2010 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Margot L. Fleming [17] | Vancouver | June 6, 2013 | Stephen Harper | Somers & Company (1996 to 2013) |
Justice Carla L. Forth Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag |
Vancouver | April 11, 2008 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice J. Miriam Gropper [18] | Vancouver | April 14, 2005 | Paul Martin | |
Justice Joel R. Groves | Vancouver | May 19, 2005 | Paul Martin | Supreme court Master (2000 to 2005) |
Justice John S. Harvey | New Westminster | January 22, 2009 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Nitya Iyer [11] | Vancouver | June 14, 2017 | Justin Trudeau | Lovett Westmacott |
Justice Robert W. Jenkins[12] | New Westminster | December 31, 2011 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Nigel P. Kent | Vancouver | December 19, 2013 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Kathleen M. Ker | New Westminster | June 18, 2008 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Diane MacDonald[13] | Vancouver | February 7, 2018 | Justin Trudeau | Counsel for B.C. Teachers’ Federation Victory Square Law Office |
Justice George Macintosh | Vancouver | December 19, 2013 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Brian D. MacKenzie | Victoria | October 23, 2009 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Heather MacNaughton[14] | Vancouver | October 20, 2016 | Justin Trudeau | Master of Supreme Court |
Justice Miriam A. Maisonville [19] | Vancouver | March 19, 2010 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Leonard Marchand [20] | Kamloops | June 21, 2017 | Justin Trudeau | Provincial Court Judge Fulton & Company LLP |
Justice Francesca V. Marzari [21] | Vancouver | December 19, 2017 | Justin Trudeau | Young Anderson Barristers and Solicitors |
Justice David M. Masuhara [22] | Vancouver | October 11, 2002 | Jean Chretien | |
Justice Sharon Matthews [23] | Vancouver | February 22, 2018 | Justin Trudeau | Partner, Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman |
Justice Andrew P. A. Mayer [24] | Vancouver | April 12, 2017 | Justin Trudeau | General Counsel with the Prince Rupert Port Authority |
Justice T. Mark McEwan[15] | Nelson | August 7, 1996 | Jean Chretien | |
Justice Ian C. Meiklem [25] | Kamloops | October 11, 1991 | Brian Mulroney | |
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Vancouver | October 20, 2016 | Justin Trudeau | BC Crown Attorney Office |
Justice Elliott M. Myers [16] | Vancouver | November 22, 2005 | Paul Martin | Called to bar (1980) Bull Housser Tupper |
Justice Barbara J. Norell [26] | New Westminster | February 22, 2018 | Justin Trudeau | |
Justice Jennifer A. Power | Victoria | August 6, 2010 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Robert D. Punnett | Victoria | June 19, 2009 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice W. Paul Riley [27] | New Westminster | May 11, 2017 | Justin Trudeau | General Counsel with Public Prosecution Service of Canada (1997 to 2017) |
Justice Anthony Saunders [17] | New Westminster | November 26, 2009 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Terence A. Schultes | Vancouver | May 14, 2009 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Robert J. Sewell | Vancouver | January 22, 2009 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Neena Sharma | Vancouver | December 19, 2013 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Arne H. Silverman[18] [28] | Vancouver | November 26, 2004 | Paul Martin | sole practitioner |
Justice Ronald A. Skolrood [29] | Vancouver | June 6, 2013 | Stephen Harper | Lawson Lundell LLP (1987 to 2013) |
Justice Harry A. Slade [30] | Vancouver | March 27, 2001 | Jean Chretien | |
Justice Nathan H. Smith | Vancouver | May 19, 2005 | Paul Martin | |
Justice John J. Steeves [31] | Victoria | October 5, 2012 | Stephen Harper | Sole Practitioner (2003 to 2012) Steeves & Company (1989 to 2000) McGrady & Company (1986 to 1989) |
Justice Paul W. Walker | Vancouver | June 18, 2008 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Peter G. Voith | Vancouver | January 22, 2009 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Ronald S. Tindale[19] | Prince George | October 20, 2011 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Douglas W. Thompson | Nanaimo | December 13, 2012 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Frits E. Verhoeven | New Westminster | January 22, 2009 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Jeanne E. Watchuk | Vancouver | October 28, 2010 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Gordon C. Weatherill | Vancouver | May 31, 2012 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Lisa A. Warren [32] | Vancouver | June 6, 2013 | Stephen Harper | Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy (1993 to 2007) Director of Legal Services, Health Employers Association of BC (2007 to 2013) |
Justice Gary P. Weatherill | Kelowna | October 2, 2013 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Barbara M. Young | Vancouver | June 19, 2015 | Stephen Harper | |
Justice Michael Tammen Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag |
Kelowna | August 7, 1996 | Jean Chretien | |
Justice Grant D. Burnyeat (supernumerary)[20] | Vancouver | December 19, 1996 | Jean Chretien | Davis & Company |
Justice Barry M. Davies (supernumerary) | Vancouver | January 10, 1996 | Jean Chretien | |
Justice William Ehrcke (supernumerary) [33] | Vancouver | October 28, 2003 | Jean Chretien | Crown attorney (1981 to 2003) Called to bar (1980) |
Justice Robert Johnston[21] [34] (supernumerary) | Victoria | November 26, 2004 | Paul Martin | Cox Taylor |
Justice Carol J. Ross [35] | Vancouver | March 21, 2001 (supernumary as of April 1, 2016) | Jean Chretien | Hordo, Ross and Bennett Called to bar (1982) |
Justice Loryl D. Russell (supernumerary) [36] | Vancouver | April 14, 2005 | Paul Martin | Sole practitioner Called to bar (1981) |
Justice Catherine A. Wedge [37] (supernumerary) | Vancouver | April 4, 2001 | Jean Chretien | Called to bar (1981) |
Chief Justices of the Supreme Court
Prior to 1909, when the British Columbia Court of Appeal was established, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was considered the Chief Justice of British Columbia.
Name | Duration | Nominated By | Prior Position(s) |
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Christopher E. Hinkson [38] | 2013–present | ||
Robert James Bauman[22] | 2009–2013 | ||
Donald Ian Brenner | 2000–2009 | ||
Bryan Williams | 1996–2000 | ||
William A. Esson | 1989–1996 | ||
Beverley McLachlin | 1988–1989 | ||
Allan McEachern (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1988) | 1979–1988 | ||
Nathaniel Nemetz (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1979) | 1973–1979 | ||
John Owen Wilson | 1963-1973 | ||
Sherwood Lett (afterwards Chief Justice of BC Court of Appeal, 1963) | 1955–1963 | ||
Wendell Burpee Farris (died 1955) | 1942–?1955 | ||
Aulay MacAulay Morrison | 1929–1942 | ||
Gordon Hunter | 1902–1929 | ||
Angus John McColl | 1898–1902 | ||
Theodore Davie | 1895–1898 | ||
Matthew Baillie Begbie (incumbent Chief Justice of the Colony of British Columbia at the time B.C. joined Canada) | 1869–1894 |
Previous Justices Since 1996
Name | Duration | Nominated By | Prior Position(s) | |||||
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Justice Paul J. Pearlman[23] | 2008 - ? | Stephen Harper | ||||||
Deborah Satanove [24] | 1996 - | |||||||
Justice Marion J. Allan | 1990 - 2012 | |||||||
Justice K. F. Arkell | 1990 - 1999 | |||||||
Justice Elizabeth A. Arnold-Bailey [25] | 2005 - 2017 | |||||||
Justice Wendy G. Baker | 1993 - 2016 | |||||||
Justice Sandra K. Ballance [39] | 2002 - 2016 | |||||||
Justice G. M. Barrow [40] | 2001 - 2015 | Coffey Quinn and Barrow Called to bar (1981) | ||||||
Justice Robert J. Bauman [22] | 1996 - 2008 | |||||||
Justice Elizabeth A. Bennett [26] | 1997 - 2009 | |||||||
Justice T. Richard M.L. Blair | 1992 - 2013 | |||||||
Justice John C. Bouck | 1974 - 2006 | |||||||
Justice Linda Ann Loo[27] | 1996 - | |||||||
Justice Mary-Ellen Boyd | 1990 - 2012 | |||||||
Justice Harry D. Boyle | 1982 - 2001 | |||||||
Justice Thomas R. Braidwood | 1990 - 1996 | |||||||
Justice Donald I. Brenner | 1992 - 2009 | |||||||
Justice David J. Brine[28] [41] | 2004 - 2009 | McQuarrie Hunter | ||||||
Justice T. Richard Brooke [42] | 2000 - 2011 | |||||||
Justice Catherine J. Bruce | 2006 - 2016 | |||||||
Justice H.A. Callaghan | 1978 - 2001 | |||||||
Justice D.H. Campbell | 1990 - 1996 | |||||||
Justice Michael I. Catliff | 1975 - 2003 | |||||||
Justice Eric G. Chamberlist [43] | 1998 - 2010 | Hope, Meinrich Called to bar (1973) | ||||||
Justice D.L. Clancy | 1991 - 2002 | |||||||
Justice Bruce I. Cohen | 1987 - 2015 | |||||||
Justice R. Collver | 1990 - 2001 | |||||||
Justice R.M. Cooper | 1990 - 1996 | |||||||
Justice Gerald R. B. Coultas | 1988 - 2003 | |||||||
Justice J. C. Cowan | 1988 - 2000 | |||||||
Justice Austin F. Cullen [44] | 2001 - 2011 | |||||||
Justice Victor R. Curtis | 1990 - 2012 | |||||||
Justice W.H. Davies [29] | 1982 - 1999 | |||||||
Justice M. DeWeerdt [30] | 1996 - 1997 | Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories (1981) General Counsel, Dept of Justice Weerdt, Seale & Finall Called to bar (1956) | ||||||
Justice Risa Evelyn Levine[31] | 1995 - ? | |||||||
Justice Gail Dickson | 2006 - 2015 | |||||||
Justice Patrick D. Dohm | 1972 - 1995 | |||||||
Justice Jacqueline Dorgan | 1991 - 2017 | |||||||
Justice K. K. Downs | 1995 - 2002 | |||||||
Justice N.A. Drossos | 1990 - 2001 | |||||||
Justice Ian L. Drost | 1990 - 2005 | |||||||
Justice E. Robert A. Edwards | 1993 - 2007 | |||||||
Justice J.L.T. Edwards | 1994 - 2000 | |||||||
Justice R.T. Errico | 1990 - 1999 | |||||||
Justice William A. Esson | 1979 - 1983 | |||||||
Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon | 2008 - 2015 | |||||||
Justice Barbara Fisher[32] [45] | 2004 - 2017 | Blake, Cassels & Graydon | ||||||
Justice T.K. Fisher | 1990 - 1999 | |||||||
Justice Gregory Fitch[33] | 2011 - 2015 | Harper | Crown attorney (1985 to 2011) | |||||
Justice S. David Frankel | 2007 - 2007 | |||||||
Justice G. Peter Fraser | 1989 - 2007 | |||||||
Justice Nicole J. Garson [46] | 2001 - 2009 | |||||||
Justice Kirsti M. Gill | 1991 - 2009 | |||||||
Justice Richard Bruce Tremayne Goepel [47] | 2001 - 2013 | Watson Goepel Maledy Sutton Braidwood | ||||||
Justice Victoria Gray [48] | 2001 - 2017 | Bull, Housser & Tupper | ||||||
Justice Bruce M. Greyell | May 15, 2009 - November 24, 2017 [49] | Counsel with Roper Greyell | ||||||
Justice Susan Griffin [34] | 2008 - 2018 | Private practice | ||||||
Justice Harvey M. Groberman [50] | 2001 - 2008 | Called to bar (1985) | ||||||
Justice D.A. Halfyard [51] | 1999 - 2014 | Jean Chretien | Halfyard & Wright Called to bar (1973) | |||||
Justice H.J. Hamilton | 1990 - 1997 | |||||||
Justice S. J. Hardinge | 1990 - 2000 | |||||||
Justice David C. Harris [35] [52] | 2010 to 2012 | Stephen Harper | Called to bar (1987) Hunter Litigation Chambers (2006 to 2010) Berardino & Harris (2000 to 2006) Russell & Dumoulin (1986 to 2000) Called to bar (1987) | |||||
Justice Wendy J. Harris [36] | 2013 - 2017 | Harris & Company (1992 to 2013) | ||||||
Justice R. Bruce Harvey | 1989 - 2004 | |||||||
Justice Alexander G. Henderson | 1995 - 2003 | |||||||
Justice Christopher E. Hinkson | 2007 - 2010 | |||||||
Justice Ronald R. Holmes | 1989 - 2009 | |||||||
Justice Sherman W. Hood | 1989 - 2007 | |||||||
Justice D.A. Hogarth | 1990 - 1996 | |||||||
Justice R. B. Hunter | 1992 - 2002 | |||||||
Justice Robert B. M. Hutchison | 1990 - 2004 | |||||||
Justice R.M. J. Hutchinson | 1990 - 2002 | |||||||
Justice Hope Hyslop | May 15, 2009 - 2017 | |||||||
Justice Ian B. Josephson | 1990 - 2017 | |||||||
Justice Brian M. Joyce [53] | 2001 - 2016 | Called to Bar (1978) | ||||||
Justice Pamela A. Kirkpatrick | 1992 - 2005 | |||||||
Justice Deborah Kloegman | 1996 - 2014 | |||||||
Justice M. Marvyn Koenigsberg | 1992 - 2017 | |||||||
Justice George Lamperson | 1982 - 2006 | |||||||
Justice C. Ross Lander | 1982 - 2007 | |||||||
Justice Peter D. Leask [37] | 2005 - 2017 | Paul Martin | Called to bar (1969) Leask Bahen | |||||
Justice S.M. Leggatt | 1990 - 2000 | |||||||
Justice Peter D. Lowry | 1991 - 2003 | |||||||
Justice Kenneth M. Lysyk | 1983 - 2003 | |||||||
Justice Malcolm D. Macaulay [54] | 1997 - 2015 | |||||||
Justice B. D. Macdonald | 1982 - 1999 | |||||||
Justice Anne W. MacKenzie [38] [55] | 1996 - 2010 | |||||||
Justice Frank Maczko | 1988 - 2008 | |||||||
Justice Donna Jean Martinson [56] | 1998 - 2009 | UBC Professor of law MacPherson and Associates Helmer & Martinson Crown attorney (1973 to 1979) | ||||||
Justice Ronald A McKinnon | 1990 - 2015 | |||||||
Justice Thomas Melnick | 1990 - 2015 | |||||||
Justice Frederick A. Melvin | 1990 - 2006 2002 (sup.)[57] |
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Justice Robert W. Metzger [58] | 2000 - 2013 | |||||||
Justice P.J. Millward | 1990 - 1999 | |||||||
Justice Nancy Morrison [39] | 1996 - 2011 | |||||||
Justice K.C. Murphy | 1990 - 1997 | |||||||
Justice Kathryn E. Neilson [59] | 1999 - 2008 | |||||||
Justice H.A.D. Oliver | 1990 - 1996 | |||||||
Justice Wallace T. Oppal | 1985 - 2003 | |||||||
Justice Dermod D. Owen-Flood | 1987 - 2006 | |||||||
Justice Raymond M.P. Paris | 1980 - 2005 | |||||||
Justice W. Glen Parrett | 1990 - 2015 | |||||||
Justice Ian H. Pitfield [60] | 1997-2010 | |||||||
Justice Robert E. Powers [61] | 1999-2013 | Called to bar (1976) | ||||||
Justice Bruce M. Preston | 1987 - 2010 | |||||||
Justice Robert A. Prior [62] | 2010 - 2010 | PPSC Called to bar (1997) | ||||||
Justice Georgina M. Quijano | 1995 - 2005 | |||||||
Justice Bryan F. Ralph [63] | 1997 - 2007 | |||||||
Justice Eric Rice [64] | 2003 - 2011 | |||||||
Justice R. Robinson | 1990 - 1997 | |||||||
Justice Peter J. Rogers [65] | 2001 - 2017 | Called to bar (1982) | ||||||
Justice Selwyn R. Romilly | 1995 - 2015 | |||||||
Justice John F. Rowan | 1988 - 2001 | |||||||
Justice John E.D. Savage [40] | 2008 - 2014 | Harper | Called to bar (1978) Crease Harman & Company (1978 to 2008) | |||||
Justice W. B. Scarth | 1990 - 2009 | |||||||
Justice W.S. Selbie | 1990 - 1996 | |||||||
Justice S. James Shabbits | 1992 - 2011 | |||||||
Justice Duncan W. Shaw | 1987 - 2007 | |||||||
Justice Jon S. Sigurdson | 1994 - 2017 | |||||||
Justice Janet A. Sinclair Prowse | 1990 - 2009 | |||||||
Justice Thimersingh M. Singh | 1990 - 2008 | |||||||
Justice H.L. Skipp | 1989 - 2001 | |||||||
Justice William B. Smart | 2006 - 2013 | |||||||
Justice C. Lynn Smith [66] | 1998 - 2012 | UBC law professor (1981 to 1997) McCarthy Tétrault (1974 to 1981) | ||||||
Justice Daphne M. Smith [41] | 1996 - 2008 | Mair, Jensen, Blair Call to bar (1976) | ||||||
Justice J.E. Spencer | 1981 - 1999 | |||||||
Justice Allan M. Stewart | 1988 - 2011 | |||||||
Justice Sunni S. Stromberg-Stein [42] | 1996 - 2013 | |||||||
Justice James D. Taylor | 1995 - 2006 | |||||||
Justice John D. Truscott [67] | 2002 - 2017 | |||||||
Justice M. L. Tyrwhitt-Drake | 1990 - 1997 | |||||||
Justice David F. Tysoe | 1992 - 2007 | |||||||
Justice David H. Vickers | 1991 - 2009 | |||||||
Justice Terrance P. Warren | 1991 - 2009 | |||||||
Justice C. Warren Wilkinson | 1989 - 2001 | |||||||
Justice Peter M. Willcock | 2009 - 2013 | |||||||
Justice Paul Williamson | 1994 - 2013 | |||||||
Justice Alexander Fraser Wilson[43] | 1994 - 2009 | Jean Chretien | Called to bar (1975) Silversides, Wilson & Seidemann (1976 to 1995) | |||||
Justice R. Dean Wilson | 1994 - 2011 | |||||||
Justice Randall S.K. Wong | 1990 - 2016 | |||||||
Justice William G.E. Grist [68] | 1996 - ? | |||||||
Justice James Bauman [69] | 1996 - ? | |||||||
Peter Walter Lambert Martin [70] | 1998 - ? | Jean Chretien | Crown Attorney (1978 to 1995) | |||||
Laura B. Gerow [71] | ||||||||
James W. Williams [72] | October 11, 2002 - ? | Called to bar (1985) | ||||||
Robert Crawford [73] | 2001 - ? | |||||||
Stephen F. Kelleher [74] | 2003 - ? |
}} Previous Justices Before 1996
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