Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:06, 20 February 2024

Judges and Justices specializing in family law are omitted

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: [omitted (a) and (b)]

(c) the Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench, $371,400 each; and

(d) the 33 other judges of the Court of Queen’s Bench, $338,800 each.

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)

Current Justices

(Full complement of 33, including Family) [1]

Name	Jurisdiction	Appointed	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Chief Justice Martel D. Popescul	N/A	2006 (J) 2012 (CJ)		Sanderson Balicki Popescul Crown Prosecutor (1980 to 1982)	Published criminal decisions (~27)
Associate Chief Justice Michael Dennis Tochor [2]	Saskatoon	June 22, 2018 (Judge)	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Called to bar (1984)	Published criminal decisions (~14) (as of the end of Dec 2022) Published writings
D.B. Konkin [3]	Saskatoon	August 30, 2005	Martin / Cotler (Lib)	McKercher McKercher & Whitmore Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~35)
Timothy J. Keene	Swift Current	~2011	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Crown attorney	Published criminal decisions (~19)
Richard W. Danyliuk [4]	Saskatewan	September 30, 2011	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	McDougall Gauley LLP (2001 to 2011) Thorstad Danyliuk McAdam (1987 to 2000) Called to bar (1984)	Published criminal decisions (~50)
L.L. Krogan [5]	Regina	October 5, 2012	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~11)
R.W. Elson [6]	Saskatoon	June 7, 2013	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	McKercher LLP (1982 to 2013)	Published criminal decisions (~24)
Darin C Chow [7]	Moose Jaw	November 8, 2013	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Provincial Court (2012 to 2013)	Published criminal decisions (~9)
Michael T. Megaw [8]	Regina	March 7, 2014	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Gerrand Rath Johnson (2001 to 2014) Shirkey Ulmer Wilner Megaw (1992 to 2001) Robertson Stromberg (1991 to 1992) Saskatchewan Government Insurance (1989-1991) Gritzfeld Megaw (1987-1989) Gritzfeld Johnson (1985-1987	Published criminal decisions
DH Layh [9]	Yorkton	June 13, 2014	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Layh & Associates (1994 to 2014)	Published criminal decisions (~18)
G.A. Meschishnick [10]	Prince Albert	June 24, 2015	Harper / MacKay (CPC)		Published criminal decisions (~4)
Daryl E. Labach [11]		June 24, 2015	Harper / MacKay (CPC)		Published criminal decisions
Heather MacMillan-Brown [12]	Saskatoon	February 22, 2018	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Miller Thomson (1997 to 2018)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Meghan McCreary [13]	Regina	February 22, 2018	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	MLT Aikins LLP	Published criminal decisions (~2)
K.L. Zerr [14]	Saskatoon	May 11, 2018	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Crown Attorney Called to bar (~1994)	Published criminal decisions (~6) (as of the end of Dec 2022)
Graeme Mitchell [15]	Regina	September 21, 2018	J. Trudeau	Crown counsel (constitution) Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~0) CJC Report
Brenda R. Hildebrandt [16]	Battleford	November 2, 2018	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Sole practitioner Gauley & Co (1994 to 2007) Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Beverly L. Klatt [17]	Regina			Published criminal decisions
Natasha Crooks [18]		May 21, 2019	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Provincial court (2018 to 2019) Parole Board (2013 to 2018) Called to bar (~2005)	Published criminal decisions
Neil Robertson [19]	Regina		J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Published criminal decisions
Keith D. Kilback [20]	Regina	July 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Kanuka Thuringer LLP Called to bar (1995) U of Sask grad (1994)	published articles
David G. Gerecke	Saskatoon	August 9, 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Miller Thompson Balfour and Moss Called to bar (1992) U of Sask grad (1990)	Published criminal decisions
Crystal L. Norbeck		June 2022	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Gerrand Rath Johnson LLP	Published criminal decisions
John P. Morrall [21]				Published criminal decisions
Peter T. Bergbusch [22]	Regina	October 31, 2022	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Miller Thomson LLP Balfour Moss LLP Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions
Holli A. Kuski Bassett [23]	Regina	October 31, 2022	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	McDougall Gauley LLP	Published criminal decisions
Jodi R. Wildeman [24]		August 28, 2023	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)		Published criminal decisions

Supernumerary Justices

Name	Location	Duration	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Ronald C. Mills [25]	Saskatoon	November 16, 2005	Martin / Cotler (Lib)	Mills Wilcox Zuk Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~46)
Grant M. Currie [26] [27]	Saskatoon	February 25, 2005	Martin	Robertson Stromberg Pedersen Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~46)
Janet E. McMurtry [28]	Regina	November 16, 2005	Martin	Provincial Court Judge (1994 to 2005) Woloshyn and Company Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~69)
B.J. Scherman [29] [30]	Saskatoon	March 4, 2011 (Judge) March 5, 2021 (sup.)	Harper	Miller Thomson LLP Called to bar (1973)	Published criminal decisions (~43)
Jerome A. Tholl [31] [32]	Family	2013			Published criminal decisions Appointed to SKCA (2019)
Catherine L. Dawson	Regina	~1995 (Judge) November 1, 2018 (sup) [33]			Published criminal decisions (~67)
M.D. Acton		December 1, 2017 (sup.) [34]			Published criminal decisions (~47)
Gerald Norman Allbright [35]		1995 (Judge) August 2016 (Sup)		Halyk, Allbright Director of the Saskatchewan Community Legal Services Commission Kirkby & Allbright	Published criminal decisions (~73)
Mona Lynn Dovell [36]		November 5, 1997 (Judge) December 31, 2016 (Sup.)		Halyk, Dovell, Morrison (1984 to 1997) Called to bar (1984)	Published criminal decisions (~30)
Neil G. Gabrielson [37]		November 16, 2005 - Febuary 28, 2018 (sup.) [38]	Martin	McKercher McKercher and Whitmore Called to bar (1972)	Published criminal decisions (~70)
Frederick J. Kovach [39]		November 18, 1998	Chrétien	MacPherson, Leslie & Tyerman Crown attorney Woloshyn & Cawood Called to bar (1976)	Published criminal decisions (~28)
Allisen R. Rothery			? (Judge) December 2015 (sup)		Published criminal decisions (~86)
R. Shawn Smith [40]		December 16, 2002 (Judge, Family) December 31, 2017 (Sup.)	Chrétien	McDougall Gauley Called to bar (1976)	Published criminal decisions
Ysanne G.K. Wilkinson [41]		1996 - ?	Chrétien	Sanderson & Wilkinson (1978 to 1996) Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions

Previous Justices

Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan (Historical)

External links

Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench website

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