The Chief Justice of the Province of New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada

Canada

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 holds the highest office within the Province's judicial system. He/she is part of the Court of Appeal

Court of Appeal of New Brunswick

The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick is the court of appeal in the province of New Brunswick. There are five Justices, one Chief Justice, any former judge of the Court of Appeal who is a supernumerary judge and any former Chief Justice of New Brunswick who is a judge or a supernumerary judge...

, the highest court in the Province which includes five other judge

Judge

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s plus any former judge of the Court of Appeal who is a supernumerary judge and any former Chief Justice of New Brunswick who is a judge or a supernumerary

Supernumerary

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 judge.

The Court of Appeal generally sits in the Province's capital, Fredericton

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial parliament which sits there. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art...

.

Based on the recommendation of the Premier of New Brunswick

Premier of New Brunswick

The Premier of New Brunswick is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive....

, the Governor General in Council appoints the Chief Justice and the other judges to the Court of Appeal.

Historical list of Chief Justices of New Brunswick:

Minister	Term
George D. Ludlow George Duncan Ludlow George Duncan Ludlow was lawyer and a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the British Province of New York in the Thirteen Colonies who became the first Chief Justice of New Brunswick in Canada....	1784–1808
Jonathan Bliss Jonathan Bliss Jonathan Bliss was a lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented St. John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1786 to 1792 and from 1796 to 1802....	1809–1822
John Saunders	1822–1834
Ward Chipman Ward Chipman Ward Chipman was a New Brunswick lawyer, judge and political figure. He briefly served as administrator for New Brunswick from 1823 until his death in 1824.-Early life:...	1834–1851
James Carter James Carter (judge) Sir James Carter was a British lawyer and judge. He was Chief Justice of New Brunswick from 1851 to 1865....	1851–1865
Robert Parker Robert Parker (judge) Robert Parker was a lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented St. John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1826 to 1830....	1865–1865
William J. Ritchie William Johnstone Ritchie Sir William Johnstone Ritchie was one of the first judges appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada and became the second Chief Justice of the court....	1865–1875
John C. Allen John Campbell Allen Sir John Campbell Allen was from 1865–1896 a Supreme court justice of the colonial New Brunswick Supreme Court, serving as Chief Justice of New Brunswick from 1875 to 1896....	1875–1896
William H. Tuck	1896–1908
Frederick E. Barker Frederick Eustace Barker Frederick Eustace Barker, QC was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician.Born in Sheffield, New Brunswick, the son of Enoch Barker, Barker was educated at the Sunbury Grammar School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1856, a Master of Arts degree in 1858, and a Bachelor of Civil Law degree...	1908–1913
Ezekiel McLeod Ezekiel McLeod Ezekiel McLeod, QC, LL.B was a lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the City of St. John in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1882 to 1886 and the City of St...	1914–1917
J. Douglas Hazen John Douglas Hazen Sir John Douglas Hazen, PC, KCMG was a politician in New Brunswick, Canada.Known by his second name, Douglas, he entered politics in 1885 when he was elected as an alderman in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He became mayor in 1888.Hazen was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative...	1917–1935
John B. M. Baxter John Babington Macaulay Baxter John Babington Macaulay Baxter, PC was a New Brunswick lawyer, jurist and the 19th Premier of the Canadian Province of New Brunswick....	1935–1946
Charles D. Richards Charles Dow Richards Charles Dow Richards , born in Southampton, York County, New Brunswick, was a judge and New Brunswick politician....	1946–1955
John B. McNair	1955–1964
George F. B. Bridges	1964–1972
Charles J. A. Hughes	1972–1984
Stuart G. Stratton	1984–1992
William L. Hoyt	1993–1998
Joseph Z. Daigle Joseph Z. Daigle Joseph Zenon Daigle, BA, BCL, QC born June 23, 1934 in Saint-Charles, New Brunswick, is a Canadian lawyer and a former politician and Chief Justice of New Brunswick....	1998–2003
J. Ernest Drapeau	2003 – present