Provincial Court of Nova Scotia
The Provincial Court of Nova Scotia is the court of criminal jurisdiction for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. There are twenty-three Justices and one Chief Justice on the bench, who sit in one of 33 locations over the province.
The Justices are appointed by the province.
Judges
Current judges
Name | Location | Date appointed | Appointed by | Prior position(s) |
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Chief Judge Pamela S. Williams[1] | HRM | September 19, 2003 February 27, 2013 (Chief) | PC (2003) NDP (2013) | NS Legal Aid, Youth |
Associate Chief Judge S. Raymond Morse[2] | Truro | April 12, 2011 | NDP | Private practice |
Judge Corrine Sparks | Dartmouth | March 30, 1987 | PC | Private practice |
Judge A. Peter Ross | Sydney | 1990 | PC | NS Public Prosecution Service |
Judge Michael B. Sherar | Halifax | 1990 | PC | Private practice |
Judge Brian D. Williston | Sydney | 1995 | Liberal | NS Public Prosecution Service |
Judge Alanna Murphy[3] | Dartmouth | November 13, 2002 | PC | NS Public Prosecution Service (1987 to 2002), Chief Crown (2000 to 2002) |
Judge James H. Burrill[1] | Yarmouth | September 19, 2003 | PC | NS Public Prosecution Service (1987 to 2003) |
Judge Laurel J. Halfpenny-MacQuarrie[1] | Port Hawkesbury | September 19, 2003 | PC | NS Public Prosecution Service Private practice |
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) |
Judge Theodore K. Tax[5] | Dartmouth | October 1, 2008 | PC | Department of Justice Canada |
Judge Marci Lin Melvin[6] | Kentville | November 12, 2008 | PC | NS Legal Aid |
Judge Jean M. Whalen[7] | Dartmouth | January 16, 2009 | PC | NS Public Prosecution Service |
Judge Del W. Atwood[8] | Pictou | November 10, 2009 | NDP | NS Public Prosecution Service |
Judge Jean M. Dewolfe[8] | Kentville | November 10, 2009 | NDP | Private practice |
Judge Richard J. MacKinnon[8] | Antigonish | November 10, 2009 | NDP | NS Public Prosecution Service |
Judge Gregory E. Lenehan[9] | Halifax | October 19, 2010 | NDP | NS Public Prosecution Service (1989 to 2010) |
Judge Paul V. Scovil[10] | Bridgewater | August 2, 2011 | NDP | NS Public Prosecution Service (1998 to 2011) |
Judge Timothy D. Landry[11] | Digby/Yarmouth | September 19, 2012 | NDP | NS Legal Aid |
Judge Michelle Christenson[12] | Yarmouth | December 11, 2013 | NDP | NS Public Prosecution Service |
Judge Daniel A. MacRury[13] | Dartmouth | July 30, 2014 | Liberal | NS Public Prosecution Service |
Judge Timothy Daley[14] | Pictou | March 17, 2015 | Liberal | Private practice |
Judge Elizabeth Buckle[15] | Amherst | March 31, 2015 | Liberal | Private practice |
Judge E. Ann Marie MacInnes[16] | Sydney | November 10, 2015 | Liberal | NS Legal Aid |
Judge Alain Bégin[17] | Truro | September 1, 2016 | Liberal | Private practice |
Judge Ronda van der Hoek[18] | Kentville/Windsor | January 23, 2017 | Liberal | Public Prosecution Service of Canada |
Judge Cathy Benton[18] | Bridgewater/Shubenacadie | January 23, 2017 | Liberal | NS Legal Aid |
Judge Rickcola Brinton [19] | Halifax | March 31, 2017 | Liberal | NS Legal Aid, Youth (2001 to 2017) |
Judge Samuel Moreau[19] | Amherst | March 31, 2017 | Liberal | NS Legal Aid (1999 to 2017) |
Judge Rosalind Michie[19] | Amherst | March 31, 2017 | Liberal | NS Public Prosecution Service (2001 to 2017) |
Judge Amy Sakalauskas[19] | Sydney | March 31, 2017 | Liberal | NS Department of Justice |
Judge Diane L. McGrath[20] | Sydney | September 19, 2017 | Liberal | NS Prosecution Service NS Legal Aid Private practice |
Judge Anne Marie Simmons[21] | Halifax | November 10, 2017 | Liberal | Public Prosecution Service of Canada |
Judge Chris Manning[22] | Kentville | May 31, 2018 | Liberal | Private practice NS Legal Aid |
Associate Chief Judge Shane Russell[23] | Sydney | December 10, 2021 | PC | Ns Public Prosecution Service |
Supernumerary judges
Name | Location | Date appointed | Appointed by | Prior position(s) |
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Judge Warren Zimmer[2] | Truro | April 12, 2011 2017 (Supernumerary) | NDP | Private practice (1984 to 2011) NS Public Prosecution Service (1978 to 1984) |
Judge Marc C. Chisholm [1] | Halifax | September 19, 2003 2017 (Supernumerary) | PC | NS Public Prosecution Service (1980 to 2003) |
Judge William Digby[24] | Halifax | June 10, 1997 2017 (Supernumerary) | Liberal | NS Legal Aid Director (1994 to 1997) NS Legal Aid |
Judge Flora I. Buchan | Dartmouth | October 16, 1996[25] 2017 (Supernumerary) | Liberal | Private practice |
Judge Patrick Curran[26][27] | Halifax, Bedford | August 1, 1981 - 2003 2003 - 2013 (Chief Judge) | PC | NS Legal Aid City of Halifax Private practice |
Judge Alan T. Tufts[28] | Kentville | January 21, 1998 June 28, 2013 (ACJ) May 31, 2018 (Supernumerary) | Liberal (1998) NDP (2013) | Private practice |
Judge William J. Dyer | Bridgewater | 1991 - | ||
Judge Claudine MacDonald | Kentville | February 20, 1996[29] | Liberal | NS Public Prosecution Service |
Judge John D. Comeau | Dartmouth | 1981[30] |
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Previous Judges
Name | Location | Duration | Appointed By | Prior Position(s) | |
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Judge Barbara Beach | Halifax, Youth | January 5, 1995 - October 31, 2021[32] | Liberal | NS Legal Aid | |
Judge David J. Ryan | Dartmouth | October 1997 - March 4, 2020[33][34] | Liberal | Private practice (1971 to 1997) | |
Judge Castor H.F. Williams | Halifax | February 20, 1996[29] | Liberal | NS Public Prosecution Service | |
Judge Pierre Muise | Yarmouth | June 5, 2009 - August 6, 2010 | PC | NS Public Prosecution Service (1996 to 2009) | |
Judge R. Brian Gibson[35] | Dartmouth | 1990 - ? | PC | Private practice (1973 to 1990) | |
Judge Anne S. Derrick [36] | Halifax | September 2, 2005 - July 18, 2017 | PC | Private practice | |
Judge Jamie Campbell | Halifax | September 2, 2005 - June 22, 2014 | PC | ||
Judge Jean-Louis Batiot | Comeauville, Digby, Annapolis Royal | 1987 - 2009 | PC | ||
Judge Robert M. Prince | Yarmouth | 1994 - | Liberal | ||
Judge Roy Edward "Bud" Kimball[37] | Windsor and Kentville | May 4, 1967 - 1995 | PC | Private practice (1960 to 1967) | |
Judge George Hughes Randall | Halifax | July 1, 1974 - 2012[38] | Liberal | Private practice | |
Judge John Richard Nichols | Digby, Annapolis Royal | November 14, 1972 - August 31, 1997 August 31, 1997 - 2007 (Supernumerary)[32] | Liberal | Private practice | |
Judge Clinton Roger Rand [39] | Shelburne and Yarmouth | January 3, 1946 - June 30, 1976 | Liberal | ||
Judge John Donald MacIntyre[40] | Cape Breton | 1951 - 1956 | Liberal | ||
Judge William Ackley Richardson[41] | New Glasgow, Stellarton, Pictou, and Tatamagouche | November 6, 1951 to November 30, 1968 | Liberal | ||
Judge John Ferguson McDonald[42] | Cape Breton | 1953 to 1978 | Liberal | ||
Judge Duncan John Chisholm [43] | October 1, 1953 - February, 1980 | Liberal | |||
Chief Judge Henry How[44] | November 1983 - ?? | PC | |||
Judge Joseph Francis McManus[45] | 1953 - 1961 | Liberal | |||
Judge Vincent Gualbert LeBlanc[46] | 1971 - 1990 | Liberal |
References
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- ^ Provincial and Family Court Judicial Appointment Nova Scotia Government
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- ^ 'A historic moment': Judicial appointment gives N.S. court gender parity CTV News
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- ^ "Sydney prosecutor appointed as judge". SaltWire. December 10, 2021.
- ^ "History of Legal Aid" (PDF). Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ NEWS RELEASE (CNS668) -->> JUSTICE--FAMILY COURT JUDGE APPOINTED Government of Nova Scotia
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- ^ Chief Judge of Family Court Appointed Nova Scotia Government
- ^ "The Courts of Nova Scotia - Provincial Court Judges". www.courts.ns.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-02-17.
- ^ a b PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE RETIRES FROM THE BENCH Courts of Nova Scotia
- ^ JUSTICE--Provincial Court Judge Appointed Government of Nova Scotia
- ^ Nova Scotia Courts on Twitter Twitter
- ^ Brian Gibson Appointed Associate Chief Judge Government of Nova Scotia
- ^ Appointed to Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
- ^ Obituary of Roy Kimball Sweenys Funeral Home
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- ^ R.E. Kimball. The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court. p. 46.
- ^ R.E. Kimball. The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court. p. 52.
- ^ R.E. Kimball. The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court. p. 53.
- ^ R.E. Kimball. The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court. p. 55.
- ^ R.E. Kimball. The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court. p. 60.
- ^ R.E. Kimball. The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court. p. 125.
- ^ R.E. Kimball. The Bench: The history of Nova Scotia's provincial court. p. 57.
- ^ Le Courrier - December 19, 1990, page 21
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