Fredericton judge elevated to King’s Bench
Cameron Gunn moving to fill vacancy in Woodstock court, says federal Justice Department
Fredericton provincial court Judge Cameron Gunn is getting a new title: Justice Cameron Gunn.
Federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced several new federal judicial appointments Wednesday, and among those moves was naming Gunn to be a trial division judge of the Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick.
He will fill a vacancy on the federal level of court left by Justice Terrence Morrison, who had presided in Fredericton but opted to become a supernumerary judge late last year.
But Gunn won’t remain in the capital, a Department of Justice Canada news release said.
“Due to internal court transfers by the Chief Justice, the vacancy is located in Woodstock,” it stated.
Gunn was born and raised in Miramichi, earning his education and law degrees from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton in 1989 and 1993, respectively.
He was called to the bar in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1994, the federal news release said.
Gunn had worked for years as a Crown prosecutor in Fredericton before eventually moving up to become the executive director of public prosecution services for the province.
He earned the designation of King’s Counsel, a distinction in the legal profession, in 2013, and he was named to the provincial court bench in 2019.
“Justice Gunn has been active in education and mentorship, having been a faculty member of the Federation of Law Societies National Criminal Law Program since 2008, a frequent presenter for the National Judicial Institute and the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges, and a speaker at various continuing professional development programs,” the news release said.
He was also a lecturer at the UNB law school, as he created and taught a course focusing on prosecuting and defending homicide cases, it said.
Gunn is also a published author. He wrote the non-fiction humour book titled Ben & Me: From Temperance to Humility – Stumbling Through Ben Franklin’s Thirteen Virtues, One Unvirtuous Day at a Time, published by Penguin Books in 2010, and with lawyers Patrick McGuinty and Mona Duckett, he co-wrote Witness Preparation, Presentation, and Assessment, a legal textbook released by Emond Publishing in 2022.
Gunn’s elevation to the Court of King’s Bench comes on the heels of a recent announcement by the provincial government of the addition of another provincial court judge in Fredericton.
Provincial Justice Minister Ted Flemming announced earlier this month that he was naming Campbellton lawyer Lyne Raymond to the provincial court bench.
Raymond had been serving as the chairwoman of the New Brunswick review board until the judicial appointment.
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