Members of the Judiciary

Judicial authority for the Provincial Court is vested in the Judges of the court, who have jurisdiction throughout the Province. Administrative, judicial support, and quasi-judicial functions are provided by Chief Clerks and their staff.

Judges of the Nova Scotia Provincial Court are appointed by the Nova Scotia Minister of Justice. Some Judges are jointly-appointed to the Provincial Court and the Family Court but sit primarily in one or the other. In the list below, the Court in which the Judge sits most of the time is show first (Provincia/Family or Family/Provincal).

Provincial Court Judges may be contacted through the courthouse in the "Location" column below. Contact information for the Province's courthouses can be found by clicking here: << Court Locations/Maps >>

Judge	Court	Location
Chief Judge of the Provincial Court: Patrick H. Curran	Provincial/Family	Halifax
Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court: R. Brian Gibson	Provincial/Family	Dartmouth
Chief Judge of the Family Court: John D. Comeau	Family/Provincial	Yarmouth
Judge Del W. Atwood	Provincial/Family	Truro
Judge Jean-Louis Batiot (part-time)	Provincial	Digby
Judge Barbara Beach	Provincial	Halifax
Judge Carole A. Beaton	Provincial/Family	Amherst
Judge Flora Inglis Buchan	Provincial/Family	Dartmouth
Judge James H. Burrill	Provincial/Family	Bridgewater
Judge Jamie S. Campbell	Provincial/Family	Halifax
Judge Marc C. Chisholm	Provincial/Family	Halifax
Judge Anne E. Crawford (part-time)	Provincial	Bridgewater
Judge Anne S. Derrick	Provincial/Family	Halifax
Judge Jean M. Dewolfe	Family/Provincial	Amherst
Judge William Digby	Provincial/Family	Halifax
Judge John D. Embree	Provincial	Antigonish
Judge Laurel J. Halfpenny-MacQuarrie	Provincial/Family	Port Hawkesbury
Judge Frank P. Hoskins	Provincial/Family	Dartmouth
Judge Claudine MacDonald	Provincial	Kentville
Judge D. William MacDonald	Provincial	Dartmouth
Judge John G. MacDougall (part-time)	Provincial/Family	Truro
Judge Richard J. MacKinnon	Provincial/Family	Bridgewater
Judge Marci Lin Melvin	Family/Provincial	Kentville
Judge Pierre L. Muise	Provincial/Family	Digby
Judge Alanna Murphy	Provincial	Dartmouth
Judge Robert M. Prince	Provincial	Yarmouth
Judge G. Hughes Randall (part-time)	Provincial	Halifax
Judge A. Peter Ross	Provincial	Sydney
Judge David J. Ryan	Provincial	Sydney
Judge Michael B. Sherar	Provincial	Halifax
Judge Robert A. Stroud (part-time)	Provincial	Pictou
Judge Theodore K. Tax	Provincial/Family	New Glasgow
Judge Alan T. Tufts	Provincial	Kentville
Judge Jean M. Whalen	Provincial/Family	Sydney
Judge Robert White (part-time)	Family/Provincial	Pictou
Judge Castor Williams (part time)	Provincial	Halifax
Judge Pamela S. Williams	Provincial/Family	Halifax
Judge Brian D. Williston	Provincial	Sydney
Judge James C.  Wilson	Family/Provincial	Pictou