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Distribution of Judges

Court of Appeal and Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan

19 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan and of Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan are as follows:

(a) the Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, $371,400;

(b) the seven Judges of Appeal, $338,800 each;

[omitted (c) and (d)]
R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 19; R.S., 1985, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 2001, c. 7, s. 11; 2006, c. 11, s. 1; 2012, c. 31, s. 210; 2017, c. 20, s. 207; 2018, c. 12, s. 299; 2021, c. 23, s. 257; 2022, c. 10, s. 348.

– (DOJ)

Justices of the Court

(Full complement of 8)

Saskatchwan Pop. (2021): 1.1 million
Pop. per Justice: ~138k

#	Name	Appointed	Nominated By	Position(s) Prior to Appointment	Other Details
1	Chief Justice Robert G. Richards [1]	2004 (Judge) 2013 (Chief)	Martin / Cotler (Lib) (J) Harper	Court of Appeal MacPherson Leslie and Tyerman Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions
2	Neal W. Caldwell [2]	April 23, 2010	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	McDougall, Gauley LLP [3] Clark, Wilson, Barristers & Solicitors Called to bar (1995)	Published criminal decisions
3	Lian M. Schwann [4]	August 17, 2017	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Court of Queen's Bench Registrar of the Court of Appeal (2007 to ?) Crown counsel (civil) (1984 to 2007) McDougall Gauley (1980 to 1984) Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions
4	Robert W. Leurer [5] [6]	September 21, 2018	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Queen's Bench (2017 to 2018) MLT Aikins LLP Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions
5	Jerome A. Tholl [7] [8]	January 31, 2019	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Queen's Bench (2013 to 2019) Ministry of Justice (criminal, civil) called to bar (2000)	Published criminal decisions
6	Jeffery D. Kalmakoff [9] [10]	May 17, 2019	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (2009 to 2015) Sask. Crown Attorney Hnatyshyn Singer	Published criminal decisions
7	Meghan McCreary [11]	June 2022	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Queen's Bench (2018 to 2022) MLT Aikins Called to bar (~1999)
8	Jillyne M. Drennan [12]	October 2022	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Kings Bench (2022) Legal Aid (2014 to 2022) Kanuka Thuringer LLP (family) (2007 to 2014) Called to bar (2007) U of Sask grad (2005)	Published criminal decisions Published criminal decisions (KB)

Supernumerary

Name	Appointment Duration	Nominated By	Position Prior to Appointment	Other Details
Brian A. Barrington-Foote [13]	April 10, 2012 to November 2, 2018	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Queen's Bench ( to 2018) MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP (2002 to 2012) McKercher McKercher & Whitmore (1995 to 2002) Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer (1992 to 1995) Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions Married to Linda Zarzeczny, Q.C., Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Georgina R. Jackson	1991 (Judge) December 15, 2018 (sup)	Mulroney / Campbell (PC)	MacPherson Leslie and Tyerman Crown attorney Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions

Former Justices

Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (Historical)

External links

Saskatchewan Court of Appeal website

Court Membership
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Membership of Federal Appointments Committees

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-{{Adapted From Wikipedia}}
+==Distribution of Judges==
+{{quotation1|
+; Court of Appeal and Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan
+The yearly salaries of the judges of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan and of Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan are as follows:
+:(a) the Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, $371,400;
+:(b) the seven Judges of Appeal, $338,800 each;
+{{removed|(c) and (d)}}
+R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 19;
+R.S., 1985, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1;
+, c. 7, s. 11;
+, c. 11, s. 1;
+, c. 31, s. 210;
+, c. 20, s. 207;
+, c. 12, s. 299;
+, c. 23, s. 257;
+, c. 10, s. 348.
+| [https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/J-1/section-19.html (DOJ)]
+}}
 == Justices of the Court ==
 (Full complement of 8)
@@ Line 19: / Line 36: @@
 | '''Chief Justice Robert G. Richards''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20050923063438/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/nr/2004/doc_31236.html]
 | 2004 (Judge) <br> 2013 (Chief)
-| Harper <br> Martin
+| {{Martin}} (J)<br> Harper
 | Court of Appeal <br> [http://www.mlt.com/ MacPherson Leslie and Tyerman]<br>Called to bar (1985)
 | {{publishedSKCA|Richards}}
 |-
 |2
-| Justice Ralph K. Ottenbreit
+| Neal W. Caldwell [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041253/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32500.html]
-| 2009
-| Harper
-| Court of Queen's Bench (~2007 to 2009)<br> Robertson Stromberg (1991 to ~2007)<br>Shirkey Ulmer Shirkey and Ottenbreit (1982 to 1991)<br>Griffin Beke and Thorson<br>
-| {{publishedSKCA|Ottenbreit}}
-|-
-|3
-| Justice Neal W. Caldwell [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041253/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32500.html]
 | April 23, 2010
-| Harper
+| {{Harper2}}
 | McDougall, Gauley LLP [http://www.mcdougallgauley.com/]<br>Clark, Wilson, Barristers & Solicitors<br>Called to bar (1995)
 | {{publishedSKCA|Caldwell}}
 |-
-|4
+|3
-| Justice Lian M. Schwann [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/08/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofs.html]
+| Lian M. Schwann [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/08/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofs.html]
 | August 17, 2017
-| J. Trudeau
+| {{J. Trudeau1}}
 | Court of Queen's Bench <br> Registrar of the Court of Appeal (2007 to ?)<br>Crown counsel (civil) (1984 to 2007)<br> McDougall Gauley (1980 to 1984)<br>Called to bar (1981)
 | {{publishedSKCA|Schwann}}
 |-
-|5
+|4
-|Justice Robert W. Leurer [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/11/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofs.html] [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/09/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
+|Robert W. Leurer [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/11/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofs.html] [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/09/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
 |September 21, 2018
-|J. Trudeau
+|{{J. Trudeau1}}
 |Queen's Bench (2017 to 2018) <br>MLT Aikins LLP<br>Called to bar (1986)
 | {{publishedSKCA|Leurer}}
-|-
-|6
-| Justice B.A. Barrington-Foote [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32719.html]
-| April 10, 2012 to November 2, 2018
-| J. Trudeau
-|Queen's Bench ( to 2018)<br>MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP (2002 to 2012)<br>McKercher McKercher & Whitmore (1995 to 2002)<br> Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer (1992 to 1995)<br>Called to bar (1985)
-|{{publishedSKCA|Barrington-Foote}} <br>Married to Linda Zarzeczny, Q.C., Assistant Deputy Attorney General
 |-
-|7
+|5
 |Jerome A. Tholl [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33018.html] [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/01/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
 | January 31, 2019
-| J. Trudeau
+| {{J. Trudeau2}}
 |Queen's Bench (2013 to 2019)<br>Ministry of Justice (criminal, civil)<br> called to bar (2000)
 |{{publishedSKQB|Tholl}}
 |-
-|8
+|6
-|J.D. Kalmakoff [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/05/saskatchewan-judicial-appointment-announced.html] [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-836957230.html]
+|Jeffery D. Kalmakoff [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/05/saskatchewan-judicial-appointment-announced.html] [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-836957230.html]
 | May 17, 2019
-|J. Trudeau
+|{{J. Trudeau2}}
 |Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (2009 to 2015)<br>Sask. Crown Attorney<br>Hnatyshyn Singer
-|{{publishedSKCA|Kalmakoff}} (~20)
+|{{publishedSKCA|Kalmakoff}}
 |-
+|7
+| Meghan McCreary [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2022/06/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-a-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
+| June 2022
+|{{J. Trudeau2}}
+|Queen's Bench (2018 to 2022)<br>MLT Aikins<br> Called to bar (~1999)
 |
+|-
+|8
 | Jillyne M. Drennan [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2022/10/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
 |October 2022
 |{{J. Trudeau2}}
 |Kings Bench (2022)<br>Legal Aid (2014 to 2022) <br>Kanuka Thuringer LLP (family) (2007 to 2014)<br>Called to bar (2007)<br>U of Sask grad (2005)
-|{{publishedSKQB|Drennan}}
+|{{publishedSKCA|Drennan}}<br>{{publishedSKKB|Drennan}} (KB)
 |}
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 ! Other Details
 |-
-| Justice Peter A. Whitmore [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32905.html]
+| Brian A. Barrington-Foote [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32719.html]
-| June 7, 2013
+| April 10, 2012 to November 2, 2018
-| Harper
+| {{Harper2}}
-|Court of Queen's Bench<br> McKercher McKercher & Whitmore LLP (1989 to ?)<br> Whitmore Company (1985 to 1989)<br> Wilson Drummond & Whitmore (1976 to 1977)<br>G.H.M. Armstrong and Associates (1975 to 1976)<br>Called to bar (~1975)
+|Queen's Bench ( to 2018)<br>MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP (2002 to 2012)<br>McKercher McKercher & Whitmore (1995 to 2002)<br> Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer (1992 to 1995)<br>Called to bar (1985)
-| {{publishedSKCA|Whitmore}}
+|{{publishedSKCA|Barrington-Foote}} <br>Married to Linda Zarzeczny, Q.C., Assistant Deputy Attorney General
 |-
-| Justice Georgina R. Jackson
+| Georgina R. Jackson
 | 1991 (Judge)<br>December 15, 2018 (sup)
-| Mulroney
+| {{Mulroney5}}
 | [http://www.mlt.com/ MacPherson Leslie and Tyerman]<br>Crown attorney <br>Called to bar (1977)
 | {{publishedSKCA|Jackson}}
-|-
-| Justice Jacelyn A. Ryan-Froslie
-| 2013
-| Harper
-| Court of Queen's Bench
-| {{publishedSKCA|Ryan-Froslie}}
 |}
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 * [http://www.sasklawcourts.ca Saskatchewan Court of Appeal website]
-{{Court Composition}}
+{{Court Membership}}