NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED

OTTAWA, June 5, 2002 -- The Honourable Martin Cauchon, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment:

The Honourable Kendra Goulding of Grand Falls-Windsor is appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, Trial Division, in St. John's. She replaces Mr. Justice Malcolm H. Rowe who was appointed to the Newfoundland Court of Appeal.

Madam Justice Goulding received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Ottawa in 1980, and was admitted to the Bar of Newfoundland the same year. Appointed to the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1989, Madam Justice Goulding was the first woman to be appointed to that Court. During her time as a provincial court judge, Madam Justice Goulding served as the Newfoundland representative on the Atlantic Education Committee and is a former member of the Family Court Rules Committee.

This appointment is effective immediately.

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