Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador

The Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador is the lower trial court of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It hears cases relating to criminal law and family law.

Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
Established	1729
Jurisdiction	Newfoundland and Labrador
Location	St. John's
Authorised by	Provincial Court Act
Number of positions	23
Website	Provincial Court
Chief Judge
Currently	Pamela J. Goulding
Since	September 28, 2015

Judges of the Provincial Court are appointed by the provincial cabinet, on recommendation of the Attorney General.

Judges of the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador

Current Judges

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)
Chief Judge Pamela Goulding	St. John's	January 30, 2012 (J) September 28, 2015(CJ)	PC	Director of Public Prosecutions
Associate Chief Judge Michael Madden [1]	St. John's	February 3, 2010(J) 2015 (ACJ)	PC	Crown prosecutor
Judge Catherine Allen-Westby[2]	Corner Brook	October 28, 2002	Liberal	Monaghan, Marshall, Allen-Westby, Murphy and Watton
Judge Jacqueline Brazil[3]	St. John's	February 4, 2010	PC	Crown Lawyer
Judge Lynn E. Cole [4]	Stephenville	March 13, 2014	PC	Lawyer with Legal Aid
Judge Colin J. Flynn [5]	St. John's	April 30, 2001	Liberal	Director of Public Prosecutions Department of Justice (Criminal)
Judge Robin Fowler[6]	Grand Falls-Windsor	August 7, 2017	Liberal	Crown Attorney (2000 to 2013) Public Prosecution Service of Canada (2013 to 2017)
Judge Wayne Gorman[7]	Corner Brook	November 9, 2000	PC	Director of Public Prosecutions Crown counsel
Judge Phyllis Harris[8]	Happy Valley-Goose Bay	June 10, 2014	PC	Public Prosecutions Office (1999 to 2014)
Judge Kymil Howe	Corner Brook	March 11, 1993
Judge Jacqueline Jenkins[9]	Gander	September 24, 2008	PC	Private practice
Judge Mark T. Linehan[10]	Gander	March 4, 2014	PC	Crown prosecutor
Judge Lori A. Marshall[11]	St. John's	August 13, 2012	PC
Judge Paul Noble[12]	Clarenville	September 17, 2015	PC	Dept of Justice RCMP
Judge David Orr	St. John's	August 25, 1994	Liberal
Judge D. Mark Pike[13]	St. John's	November 17, 2008	PC	Department of Justice Benson Myles PLC
Judge Kari Ann Pike[14]	Happy Valley-Goose Bay	August 7, 2017	Liberal	Crown attorney
Judge Harold Porter[15]	Grand Bank	October 12, 2001	Liberal	Crown attorney (1988 to 2001)
Judge Bruce Short[16]	Harbour Grace	November 1, 2003	Liberal	Legal aid
Judge Lois Skanes[17]	St.John's	February 15, 2010	PC	Private practice
Judge Wynne Anne Trahey	Wabush	June 8, 2007	PC
Judge James G. Walsh[18]	St.John's	September 3, 2012	PC	Private practice (criminal)

Supernumerary or Per Diem

Name	Location	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)
Judge Gregory O. Brown (Per Diem)	1992 2013 (per diem)		Liberal
Judge William English[19] (Per Diem)	November 9, 2000 2014 (per diem)		Liberal	Director of NL Legal Aid
Judge John Joy[20]	August 1, 2006 2017 (per diem)		PC	White, Ottenheimer and Baker
Judge Patrick J.B. Kennedy [21]	2001 2014 (per diem)		Liberal	Private Practice

See also

• Judicial appointments in Canada
• Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador