Provincial Court of New Brunswick

The Provincial Court of New Brunswick (French: Cour provinciale du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the lower trial court of the province of New Brunswick. It hears cases relating to criminal law and other statutes. The court system of New Brunswick also has a Mental Health Court located in Saint John. The provincial bench has 22 judges, 9 supernumerary judges (as of February 2018), and 2 per diem judges.

The courthouse in Saint John

Judges of the Provincial Court of New Brunswick

Current Judges

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)
Chief Judge Pierre W. Arseneault [1]	Moncton	1988 2006 (ACJ) 2014 (CJ)	Liberal	McIntyre & McIntyre (1980 to 1988) D. Paul Hayes (1979 to 1980)
Associate Chief Judge Mary Jane Richards	Fredericton
Judge Brigitte Sivret [2]	Bathurst	2007	Liberal
Judge Ronald LeBlanc	Bathurst
Judge Kenneth Oliver [3]	Burton	2012	PC	Crown Prosecutor
Judge Pierre F. Dubé	Burton
Judge Suzanne C. Bernard	Campbellton
Judge Yvette Finn	Caraquet
Judge Brigitte Volpé [4]	Edmundston	2012	PC	Private Practice
Judge Julian Dickson	Fredericton
Judge Irwin E. Lampert	Moncton
Judge Jolène Richard [5]	Moncton	2008	Liberal	Stewart McKelvey
Judge D. Troy Sweet [6]	Moncton	2012	PC	Private Practice
Judge Paul E. Duffie	Moncton	2008	Liberal	Provincial MLA Mayor of Grand Falls
Judge Denise A. LeBlanc [7]	Moncton	2016		McInnes Cooper
Judge Cameron H. Gunn	Fredericton			Executive Director, Public Prosecution Services
Judge Marco Robert Cloutier [8]	Saint John	2013	PC	Private Practice
Judge W. Andrew LeMesurier	Saint John
Judge Richard Andrew Palmer	Saint John
Judge Henrik G. Tonning	Saint John
Judge Éric P. Sonier [9]	Tracadie-Sheila	2016	Liberal
Judge Brian McLean	Woodstock

Supernumerary

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)
Judge R. Leslie Jackson	Woodstock	1997 - 2014 (J) 2006 (ACJ)	Liberal	Private Practice
Judge Anne Dugas-Horsman	Moncton	2001	PC	Private Practice
Judge Camille A. Dumas	Bathurst
Judge Donald J. LeBlanc	Tracadie-Sheila
Judge David C. Walker	Saint John
Judge James G. McNamee (per diem)	Saint John
Judge Anne Jeffries (per diem)	Saint John
Judge William McCarroll	Saint John
Judge Alfred H. Brien	Saint John
Judge Denis T. Lordon	Miramichi
Judge Joseph C. Michaud	Moncton
Judge J. Camille Vautour	Moncton

Previous Judges

• Judge Fred Ferguson
• Judge S.M. Hutchinson
• Judge P.L. Cumming
• Judge T. Denis Lordon
• Judge Murray F. Cain

External links

• Provincial Court of New Brunswick website
• Mental Health Court website
• List of Judges by Region (gnb.ca)