Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Historical): Difference between revisions

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(~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of Oct 2018, unless otherwise indicated.

Previous Justices

See also: Court of King's Bench of Alberta

Name	Division	Duration of Appointment	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Joshua B. Hawkes [1]	Calgary			provincial court (May 2017) Crown attorney	Appointed to ABCA
Tamara Friesen [2]	Edmonton	January 31, 2019 to April 15, 2024	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	King's Bench (2019 to April 2024) Nugent Law Office Director of Legal Research and Writing, UofA Law Law Society of Alberta Crown Attorney Called to bar (2002)	Published criminal decisions (~0) Appointed to ABCA
Mary T. Moreau[3]	Edmonton	November 1994	Chrétien / Rock (Lib)	private practice (criminal) Called to bar (~1980)	Published criminal decisions (~58) Appointed to SCC
John D. Rooke [4]	Calgary	1991	Mulroney / Campbell (PC)	Partner, Barnet Duckworth Palmer LLP (Calgary) Called to bar (1970)	Published criminal decisions (~25)
Willie deWit [5]	Calgary	March 24, 2017	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Criminal Defence Lawyer	Published criminal decisions (~14) Judicial Questionnaire
Donna L. Shelley [6]	Edmonton	2006 (Judge) June 2022 (Ret.)	Harper	Chair, Law Enforcement Review Board of Alberta McLennan Ross LLP	Published criminal decisions (~36)
Kevin P. Feehan^[1]	Edmonton	October 20, 2016 (Judge)	J. Trudeau	Dentons Canada LLP Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions (~8) Appointed to ABCA (2019)
J. Antonio^[2]	Calgary	October 20, 2016 (Judge ) December 13, 2018 (ABCA)	J. Trudeau	Crown Counsel, Alberta Justice PPSC Crown Called to bar (1995)	Published criminal decisions (~6) Appointed to ABCA (Dec 2018)
Jo'Anne Strekaf		2007		Bennett Jones LLP (1981 to 2007) Called to bar (1981)	Appointed to ABCA (October 19, 2016) Published criminal decisions
Justice Elizabeth A. Hughes [7]	Calgary	November 15, 2001	Chrétien	Crown attorney (1982 - 2001) Called to bar (1981/82)	Appointed to ABCA (2018) Published criminal decisions (~40)
Justice D. Pentelechuk^[3]	Edmonton	November 8, 2013 - November 2018	Harper	Cleall Barristers & Solicitors	Appointed to ABCA (2018) Published criminal decisions (~11)
Joanne B Veit ^[4]		June 18, 1981 to September 9, 2017	P Trudeau	Alberta Securities Commission	Published criminal decisions (~267)
Andrea Beverly Moen [8]	Edmonton	December 20, 1999 - ?	Chrétien	Fraser Milner Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~54)
Sheila J. Greckol [9]		2001 to 2016	Chrétien	Chivers Greckol Kanee Called to bar (~1976)	Published criminal decisions (~40)
Sheilah L. Martin	Calgary	2005 to 2016	Martin	Code Hunter LLP (1996 to 2005) Calgary Faculty of Law, Acting Dean (1991 to 1996) Calgary Faculty of Law, prof (1982 to 1996) Called to bar (1989)	Appointed to ABCA and then SCC (2017) Published criminal decisions (~12)
Ritu Khullar		2017 to 2018	J. Trudeau	Chivers Carpenter (1998 to 2017) Called to bar (1998)	Appointed to ABCA (2018) Published criminal decisions (~1)
J Richard Philippe Marceau [10]		December 19, 1995 to December 31, 2015	Chretien	Marceau, Mathieu, Hryniuk, Shynkar & Erickson (1979 to 1995) Provincial Court (1975 to 1979) Called to bar (1967)	Published criminal decisions (~39)
Neil C. Wittmann^[5]		June 8, 1999 (Judge) January 18, 2005 (ACJ) October 22, 2009 (CJ) April 30, 2017 (Ret)		Code Hunter Wittmann (1972 to 1999) Called to bar (1968)	Published criminal decisions (~10)
Melvyn Binder^[6]		1996 to ?	Chretien		Published criminal decisions (~41)
Cecilia I. Johnstone ^[6]		1996	Chretien		Published criminal decisions (~21)
Gerard C Hawco [11]		June 20, 1996 - July 31, 2017	Chretien	Director of Legal Aid Howard, Mackie McLaws & Company Called to bar (1966)	Published criminal decisions (~6)
Marina S. Paperny [12]		June 20, 1996 - ?	Chretien	General Counsel of Madacalo Investments Ltd (1992 to 1996) Howard, Mackie Barron, McBain Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Jacqueline Coutu [13]		1997 - ?	Chretien		Published criminal decisions (~11)
Alexander (Sandy) Graham Park [14]		December 1, 1998 - June 25, 2017	Chretien		Published criminal decisions (~12)
L Darlene Acton [15]		December 1, 1998 - January 3, 2016	Chretien	DOJ, civil (1990 to 1998) Newson, Brumlik (1985 to 1990) Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (-10)
Douglas A. Sirrs [16]		1999 - ?	Chretien		Published criminal decisions (~7)
Patricia A. Rowbotham [17]		June 9, 1999 - ?	Chretien	University of Calgary Law (1990 to 1999) Blakes Milner Fenerty Called to bar (~1983)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Frans F. Slatter [18]		2001 - ?	Chretien	McCuaig, Desrochers Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions (~26)
Vital O. Ouellette [19]		2002 - ?			Published criminal decisions (~16)
Marsha Colleen Erb [20]		November 15, 2001 - August 31, 2017	Chretien		Published criminal decisions (~10)
Costigan [21]		? - December 20, 1999			Published criminal decisions (~1)
Tellex W. Gallant [22]		? (Judge) December 1999 (sup.)			Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Peter M. Clark		? (Judge) April 25, 2010 (sup.)			Published criminal decisions (~19)
Kirk L Sisson		October 26, 2006 to January 3, 2017			Published criminal decisions (~5)
Peter J. McIntyre		November 29, 1994 to January 5, 2016			Published criminal decisions
Peter Walter Lambert Martin [23]		June 12, 1998 - 2005	Chrétien	Crown Attorney (1978 to 1995) Evans Martin Wilson (1995 to 1998) Crown Attorney (1977 to 1995) Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions Appointed to ABCA

Former Chief Justices of the Court

Allan H.J. Wachowich
W. Kenneth Moore
William R. Howson

Historical Distribution of Judges

2017

Court of Appeal and Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta

20 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Court of Appeal of Alberta and of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta are as follows: [omitted (a) and (b)]

(c) the Chief Justice and the two Associate Chief Justices of the Court of Queen’s Bench, $344,400 each; and

(d) the 68 other Justices of the Court of Queen’s Bench, $314,100 each.

R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 20; R.S., 1985, c. 41 (1st Supp.), s. 7, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 1989, c. 8, s. 5; 2001, c. 7, s. 12; 2006, c. 11, s. 1; 2012, c. 31, s. 210; 2014, c. 20, s. 165; 2017, c. 20, s. 208, c. 33, s. 231.

– (DOJ)

References

External links

Official website

Court Membership
Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)
British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) Supreme Court of British Columbia (BCSC) Provincial Court of British Columbia (BCPC)	Court of Appeal of Alberta (ABCA) Court of King's Bench of Alberta (ABKB) Alberta Court of Justice (ABCJ)	Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (SKCA) Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan (SKKB) Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (SKPC)	Manitoba Court of Appeal (MBCA) Court of King's Bench of Manitoba (MBKB) Provincial Court of Manitoba (MBPC)	Court of Appeal for Ontario (ONCA) Superior Court of Ontario (ONSC) Ontario Court of Justice (ONCJ)	Quebec Court of Appeal (QCCA) Quebec Superior Court (QCCS) Court of Quebec (QCCQ)	New Brunswick Court of Appeal (NBCA) Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick (NBKB) New Brunswick Provincial Court (NBPC)	Court of Appeal of Prince Edward Island (PEICA) Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island (PEISC) Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island (PEIPC)	Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (NSCA) Nova Scotia Supreme Court (NSSC) Nova Scotia Provincial Court (NSPC)	Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal) (NLCA) Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (NLSC) Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (NLPC)
Territorial Courts (YKTC, YKSC, YKCA, NTTC, NTSC, NTCA, NUCJ, NUCA)
Membership of Federal Appointments Committees

[1] ttps://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-alberta.html

[2] ttps://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-alberta.html

[3] ttp://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32986.html

[4] ttp://www.cmac-cacm.ca/bios/veit-eng.shtml

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20120220011932/http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&id=2906

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-| Justice Kevin P. Feehan<ref>{{cite news|title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Alberta|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-alberta.html|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref> || Edmonton|| October 20, 2016 (Judge)||  J. Trudeau|| Dentons Canada LLP <br>Called to bar (1979)||{{PublishedABQB|Feehan}} (~8)<Br> Appointed to ABCA (2019)
+|Joshua B. Hawkes [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-judge-appointments-provincial-court-1.4107363]
+|Calgary
+|
+|
+|provincial court (May 2017) <br>Crown attorney
+| Appointed to ABCA
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+|Tamara Friesen [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/01/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-alberta.html]
+|Edmonton
+|January 31, 2019 to April 15, 2024
+|{{J. Trudeau2}}
+| King's Bench (2019 to April 2024)<br> Nugent Law Office<br> Director of Legal Research and Writing, UofA Law<br> Law Society of Alberta<br> Crown Attorney<br> Called to bar (2002)
+|{{publishedABQB|Friesen}} (~0)<br> Appointed to ABCA
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+| Mary T. Moreau[http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2017/10/17/prime-minister-announces-appointment-new-chief-justice-court-queens-bench-alberta] ||Edmonton ||  November 1994 ||{{Chretien1}} || private practice (criminal)<br>Called to bar (~1980)
+|{{PublishedABQB|moreau}} (~58)<br>Appointed to SCC
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+| John D. Rooke [https://web.archive.org/web/20120220011932/http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&id=2906]  ||Calgary||  1991 ||  {{Mulroney5}} || Partner, Barnet Duckworth Palmer LLP (Calgary) <br>Called to bar (1970)
+|{{PublishedABQB|rooke}} (~25)
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-| Justice J. Antonio<ref>{{cite news|title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Alberta|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-alberta.html|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref> || Calgary||October 20, 2016 (Judge )<br>December 13, 2018 (ABCA) ||   J. Trudeau|| Crown Counsel, Alberta Justice <br> PPSC Crown <br> Called to bar (1995)  ||{{PublishedABQB|Antonio}} (~6)<br>Appointed to ABCA (Dec 2018)
+| Willie deWit [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/03/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof.html]||Calgary||  March 24, 2017
+| {{J. Trudeau1}}|| Criminal Defence Lawyer||{{PublishedABQB|deWit}} (~14)<Br>[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/03/the_honourable_justicewilliamtdewitsquestionnaire0.html Judicial Questionnaire]
+|-
+| Donna L. Shelley [https://www.albertacourts.ca/qb/resources/announcements/retirement-profile-of-the-honourable-justice-donna-l.-shelley] || Edmonton|| 2006 (Judge)<br>June 2022 (Ret.)||  Harper|| Chair, Law Enforcement Review Board of Alberta <br> McLennan Ross LLP
+|{{PublishedABQB|Shelley}} (~36)
+|-
+| Kevin P. Feehan<ref>{{cite news|title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Alberta|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-alberta.html|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref> || Edmonton|| October 20, 2016 (Judge)||  J. Trudeau|| Dentons Canada LLP <br>Called to bar (1979)||{{PublishedABQB|Feehan}} (~8)<br> Appointed to ABCA (2019)
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+| J. Antonio<ref>{{cite news|title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Alberta|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-alberta.html|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref> || Calgary||October 20, 2016 (Judge )<br>December 13, 2018 (ABCA) ||   J. Trudeau|| Crown Counsel, Alberta Justice <br> PPSC Crown <br> Called to bar (1995)  ||{{PublishedABQB|Antonio}} (~6)<br>Appointed to ABCA (Dec 2018)
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-| Justice L. Bernette Ho<ref>{{cite news|title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointment in the province of Alberta|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/04/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-alberta.html|accessdate=4 April 2018}}</ref> ||   Calgary||  April 4, 2018 || J. Trudeau|| Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP|| Appointed to ABCA<br>{{PublishedABQB|Ho}} (~0)
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 * William R. Howson
+==Historical Distribution of Judges==
+; 2017
+{{quotation1|
+; Court of Appeal and Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta
+The yearly salaries of the judges of the Court of Appeal of Alberta and of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta are as follows:
+{{removed|(a) and (b)}}
+:(c) the Chief Justice and the two Associate Chief Justices of the Court of Queen’s Bench, $344,400 each; and
+:(d) the 68 other Justices of the Court of Queen’s Bench, $314,100 each.
+R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 20;
+R.S., 1985, c. 41 (1st Supp.), s. 7, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1;
+, c. 8, s. 5;
+, c. 7, s. 12;
+, c. 11, s. 1;
+, c. 31, s. 210;
+, c. 20, s. 165;
+, c. 20, s. 208, c. 33, s. 231.
+| [https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/J-1/section-20.html (DOJ)]
+}}
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