Nova Scotia Provincial Court (Historical)

From Criminal Law Notebook
This page was last substantively updated or reviewed August 2021. (Rev. # 80927)


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

Previous Judges

See also: Nova Scotia Provincial Court
Name Location Duration Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
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 [1] 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 [2] Antigonish November 10, 2009 Dexter / Landry (NDP) NS Public Prosecution Service
Called to bar (1977)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
Jean M. Dewolfe [3] 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 [4] Dartmouth September 5, 2008
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 [5] [1] Halifax September 2, 2005 - 2017 (Appointed to NSCA)
(12 years)
PC
Hamm
Beaton Derrick
Called to bar (1981)
Appointed to NSCA (2017)
Published criminal decisions (~173)
Judge Jamie Campbell [6] Halifax (Youth) September 2, 2005 - ?? (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)
Judge Anne E. Crawford 2000? to 2009? Published criminal decisions
David J. Ryan 1997 to March 4, 2020 Published criminal decisions (~3)
D. William MacDonald [7] 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)
Judge R. Brian Gibson [8] 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
Frances Kent Potts Dartmouth January 7, 1988
Jean-Louis Marie Gonzaque Batiot Bridgewater September 15, 1987 Published criminal decisions (~22)
Corrine Sparks [9] [10] Dartmouth March 30, 1987 - Dec 31, 2021 PC
(Buchanan/?)
Ruck and Mitchell (1981 to 1987)
Called to bar (1981)
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 Curran [11] [4] Halifax, Bedford August 1, 1981 - 2003 (Judge)
2003 - 2013 (Chief Judge)
2013 - 2019
(39 years)
PC
Buchanan
NS Legal Aid
Halifax City
Patterson, Smith, Matthews
Innes, Matheson, Curran
Called to bar (1970)
Published criminal decisions (~7)
William John Carruthers Atton Halifax June 30, 1980
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 Sydney October 1, 1978
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 [12] Middleton Sept 2, 1975 Crowell, Durland & Gillis
Called to bar (1954)
Dal grad
George "Hughes" Randall [13] 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 [14]
Charles Witter Archibald Truro May 13, 1971
John Charles O'Connell Sydney March 24, 1971
Howard Russell MacEwan New Glasgow January 18, 1971
Herbert Forbes Grant New Glasgow December 1, 1968
Roy Edward "Bud" Kimball [15] [16] 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[5] Antigonish Oct 1, 1953 to February, 1980 Published criminal decisions
Joseph Francis MacManus [6] Halifax Sept 13, 1953 to 1961 Published criminal decisions
John Ferguson MacDonald[7] Sydney September 1, 1953 to 1978 Published criminal decisions
William Ackley Richardson [8] New Glasgow, Stellarton, Pictou, and Tatamagouche November 6, 1951 to November 30, 1968
(16 years)
Published criminal decisions
John Donald MacIntyre[9] Sydney January 25, 1951 to 1956 Published criminal decisions
Parker Thomas Hickey Halifax July 14, 1950
Clinson Roger Rand[10] Shelburne and Yarmouth January 3, 1946 to June 30, 1976 Published criminal decisions
John Smith MacIvor Sydney May 1, 1942
March 29, 1957
Royal Verne Read Liverpool/Sydney April 17, 1942
William Daniel Outhit Halifax Sept 16, 1940
Richard Jeffrey Flinn Halifax Sept. 16, 1940
John Logan Crowe Truro September 16, 1940
Robert Ebenezer Inglis Halifax November 15, 1939
Horace Blair Dickey Kentville December 8, 1938
Bernard Wallace Russell Halifax November 3, 1938

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