British Columbia Court of Appeal

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Current Justices

(Full complement of 15)

Name	Appointed	Nominated By	Prior Position	Other Details
Chief Justice Robert J. Bauman	June 16, 2013	Harper (CJ)	[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (September 9, 2009 to June 16, 2013) Puisne Justice, British Columbia Court of Appeal (February 20, 2008 to September 9, 2009) Supreme Court Justice (June 20, 1996 to February 20, 2008)	Published criminal decisions
Madam Justice Mary V. Newbury^[1]^[2]	September 26, 1995	Chrétien	Supreme Court (July 11, 1991 to September 26, 1995) Fraser & Beatty (1984 to 1991) Ladner Downs (1976 to 1984)	Published criminal decisions
Madam Justice Mary E. Saunders [1]	July 1, 1999	Chrétien	Supreme Court (December 23, 1991 to July 1, 1999) Campney & Murphy Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions
Mr. Justice S. David Frankel	May 10, 2007	Harper	Supreme Court (March 2, 2007 to May 10, 2007)	Published criminal decisions
Madam Justice Daphne M. Smith^[3]	May 9, 2008	Harper	Supreme Court (December 19, 1996 to May 8, 2008)	Published criminal decisions
Mr. Justice Harvey M. Groberman^[3]	May 9, 2008	Harper	Supreme Court (December 14, 2001 to May 8, 2008)	Published criminal decisions
Mr. Justice David C. Harris	April 10, 2012	Harper	Supreme Court (March 19, 2010 to April 5, 2012)	Published criminal decisions
Mr. Justice Peter M. Willcock	June 7, 2013	Harper	Supreme Court (June 19, 2009 to June 6, 2013)	Published criminal decisions
Mr. Justice John E.D. Savage [2]	December 12, 2014	Harper	Supreme Court ( May 8, 2008 to December 11, 2014)	Published criminal decisions
Madam Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon	June 26, 2015	Harper	Supreme Court (January 31, 2008 to June 26, 2015)	Published criminal decisions
Mr. Justice Gregory J. Fitch	September 1, 2015	Harper	Supreme Court (October 20, 2011 to September 1, 2015)	Published criminal decisions
Madam Justice Gail M. Dickson	September 1, 2015	Harper	Supreme Court (December 15, 2006 to July 28, 2015)	Published criminal decisions
Mr. Justice John James Lyon Hunter [3]	April 12, 2017	J. Trudeau	Hunter Litigation Chambers	Published criminal decisions
Madam Justice Barbara L. Fisher	September 15, 2017	J. Trudeau	Supreme Court (November 26, 2004 to September 15, 2017)	Published criminal decisions
Madam Justice Susan A. Griffin^[4]	February 7, 2018	J. Trudeau	Supreme Court (February 20, 2008 to February 7, 2018) Private practice Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Bruce Butler [4]	August 31, 2018	J. Trudeau	Supreme Court (2007 to 2018) Harper Grey LLP Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions

Supernumerary

Name	Duration	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Justice Richard B.T. Goepel [5]	November 8, 2013	Harper	Supreme Court (September 27, 2001 to November 7, 2013) Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions
Justice David Franklin Tysoe	June 22, 2007	Harper	Supreme Court	Published criminal decisions
Justice Nicole J. Garson	May 14, 2009	Harper	Supreme Court	Published criminal decisions
Justice Anne W. MacKenzie	December 31, 2011	Harper	Supreme Court	Published criminal decisions
Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein	June 7, 2013	Harper	Supreme Court (February 16, 1996 to June 6, 2013) Provincial Court (December 4, 1989 to February 16, 1996)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Pamela A. Kirkpatrick	June 2, 2005	Martin	Supreme Court	Published criminal decisions
Justice Elizabeth A. Bennett	May 14, 2009 - February 1, 2017 (sup)	Harper	Supreme Court (August 27, 1997 to May 13, 2009)	Published criminal decisions

Past Justices

From 1995

Name	Duration	Nominated By	Prior Position	Other Details
Mr. Justice P.D. Lowry ^[1] [6]	June 30, 2003 - 2018	Chretien	Supreme Court (1991 to 2003) Campney & Murphy Called to bar (1971)	Published criminal decisions
Madam Justice Kathryn E. Neilson ^[3]	May 9, 2008 - 2016	Harper (BCCA)	Supreme Court	Published criminal decisions
Christopher E. Hinkson	2010 to 2013			Published criminal decisions
Carol Mahood Huddart (1996-2011)^[5]	March 20, 1996 to 2011	Chrétien	BC Supreme Court (1987 to 1996) County Court (1981 to 1987) Bickler, Fast, Brown, Smith & Huddart (1975 to 1981) Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions
Kenneth C. Mackenzie (1998-2011) [7]	June 25, 1998 to 2011		Guild, Yule & Company Called to bar (1963)	Published criminal decisions
Allan D. Thackray (2001-2007)	1990 to 2007			Published criminal decisions
Thomas R. Braidwood (1996-2005)^[6]			Braidwood, MacKenzie Call to bar (1957)	Published criminal decisions
Wallace T. Oppal (2003-2005) [8]	2003 to 2005			Published criminal decisions
Bryan Williams ^[7]	1995 to 1996			Published criminal decisions
John Edward Hall ^[6]	1996 to 2014		Supreme Court (1991 to 1996) Dumoulin, Black Called to bar (1964)	Published criminal decisions
Richard Thomas Albert Low [9]			Supreme court (1990 to 2000) County Court (1977 to 1990) Private practice Called to bar (1965)	Published criminal decisions
Risa Levine [10]	2001 to 2014		Supreme Court (1995 to 2001) Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions
Kenneth J. Smith [11]	2001 to 2012		Supreme Court (1993 to 2001) Called to bar (1966)	Published criminal decisions
Edward J. Chiasson	2006 to 2015			Published criminal decisions

Before 1995

Name	Duration	Nominated By	Other details
William A. Esson ^[8]	(1983-1989) (1996-2005) (Chief Justice, Supreme Court 1989-1996)	Chretien	Bull, Housser & Tupper Called to bar (1958) Published criminal decisions
Beverley McLachlin	1985-1988	Brian Mulroney	Appointed to SCC 1989-2000 appointed Chief Justice of Canada (2000–2017) Published criminal decisions
John Douglas Lambert	1978-2005		Published criminal decisions
H.A. Hollinrake	1990-2004		Published criminal decisions
Patricia M. Proudfoot	1989-2002		Published criminal decisions
G.S. Cumming	1989-2001		Published criminal decisions
Allan McEachern (Chief Justice)	1988-2001		Published criminal decisions
D.B. Hinds	1990-1999		Published criminal decisions
D.M.M. ("Michael") Goldie	1991-1999		Published criminal decisions
A. B. Macfarlane	1982-1999		Published criminal decisions
R. J. Gibbs	1989-1999		Published criminal decisions
A.B.B. Carrothers	1973-1998		Published criminal decisions
H.P. Legg	1989-1997		Published criminal decisions
E.E. Hinkson	1977-1996		Published criminal decisions
H.E. Hutcheon	1980-1996		Published criminal decisions
Josiah Wood	1989-1996		Published criminal decisions
Samuel Toy	1988-1993		Published criminal decisions
Ronald Ian Cheffins ^[9]	1985-1987		Published criminal decisions
M.F. Southin	1988-2006		Published criminal decisions
Jo-Ann E. Prowse	1992-2013		Published criminal decisions
Catherine Anne Ryan	1994-2013		Published criminal decisions
Lance Finch	1993-2013		Published criminal decisions
M. Anne Rowles	1991-2011		Published criminal decisions
Ian T. Donald	1994 - 2017		Published criminal decisions
Bull			Published criminal decisions
Robertson			Published criminal decisions
Seaton			Published criminal decisions
Branca			Published criminal decisions
Taggart			Published criminal decisions
Nathaniel Nemetz			Published criminal decisions

Chief Justices

Name	Duration
Robert J. Bauman (13th Chief Justice)	2013–present
Lance Finch	2001–2013
Allan McEachern	1988–2001
Nathaniel Nemetz	1979–1988
John Lauchlan Farris	1973–1978
Herbert Davey	1967–1972
Henry Bird	1964–1967
Sherwood Lett	1963–1964
Campbell DesBrisay	1958–1963
Gordon McGregor Sloan	1944–1957
Malcolm Archibald Macdonald	1940–1941
Archer Martin	1937–1940
James Alexander MacDonald	1909–1937

References

External links

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