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==Distribution of Judges==
{{quotation1|
; 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:
{{removed|(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.
| [https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/J-1/section-19.html (DOJ)]
}}


==Current Justices==
==Current Justices==
(Full complement of 33, including Family) [https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-j-1/latest/rsc-1985-c-j-1.html]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Name
! Jurisdiction
! Appointed
! Appointed
! Division
! Nominated By
! Nominated By
! Prior Position(s)
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
|-
| [[Chief Justice]] [[Martel D. Popescul|M.D. Popescul]]
| '''Chief Justice Martel D. Popescul'''
| N/A
| 2006 (J)<br> 2012 (CJ)
| 2006 (J)<br> 2012 (CJ)
|General
|  
|  
|Sanderson Balicki Popescul <Br>Crown Prosecutor (1980 to 1982)
|Sanderson Balicki Popescul <br>Crown Prosecutor (1980 to 1982)
|{{publishedSKQB|Popescul}} (~27)
|-
|-
| Justice B.A. Barrington-Foote<ref>{{cite web |title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED |url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32719.html |website=Department of Justice |accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref>
| '''Associate Chief Justice''' Michael Dennis Tochor [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
| 2012
| Saskatoon
|General
| June 22, 2018 (Judge)
|
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|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)
|Called to bar (1984)
|{{publishedSKQB|tochor}} (~14){{asof|Dec 2022}}<br>
[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Michael+D+Tochor&btnG= Published writings]
|-
|-
|Justice Darryl J. Brown <ref>{{cite web|title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33072.html|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref>
|D.B. Konkin [http://webarchive.bac-lac.gc.ca:8080/wayback/20071116084039/http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/en/news/ja/2005/doc_31610.html]
| 2014
|Saskatoon
|Family
|August 30, 2005
|Stephen Harper
|{{Martin}}
|Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice
|McKercher McKercher & Whitmore<br>Called to bar (1982)
|{{publishedSKQB|Konkin}} (~35)
|-
|-
|Justice C.L. Dawson
|Timothy J. Keene
|
|Swift Current
|
|~2011
|
|{{Harper2}}
|
|Crown attorney
|{{publishedSKQB|keene}} (~19)
|-
|-
|Justice R.W. Elson<ref>{{cite web|title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32905.html|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref>
|Richard W. Danyliuk [https://web.archive.org/web/20111123022355/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32647.html]
| 2013
|Saskatewan
|
|September 30, 2011
|Stephen Harper
|{{Harper2}}
|McKercher LLP (1982 to 2013)
|McDougall Gauley LLP (2001 to 2011) <br> Thorstad Danyliuk McAdam (1987 to 2000)<br>Called to bar (1984)
|{{publishedSKQB|Danyliuk}} (~50)
|-
|-
|Justice J.D. Kalmakoff<ref>{{cite web|title=SaskatchewaJudicial Appointment Announced|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/05/saskatchewan-judicial-appointment-announced.html|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref>
|L.L. Krogan [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32797.html]
| 2015
|Regina
|General
| October 5, 2012
|
|{{Harper2}}
|Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (2009 to 2015)<Br>Sask. Crown Attorney<Br>Hnatyshyn Singer
|Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice <br> Called to bar (1994)
|{{publishedSKQB|Krogan}} (~11)
|-
|-
|Justice L.L. Krogan <ref>{{cite web|title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32797.html|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref>
|R.W. Elson [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32905.html]
| 2012
|Saskatoon
|
| June 7, 2013
|Stephen Harper
|{{Harper2}}
|Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice
|McKercher LLP (1982 to 2013)
|{{publishedSKQB|Elson}} (~24)
|-
|-
|Justice Janet E. McMurtry<ref>{{cite web |title=Saskatchewan Judicial Appointments Announced |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2005/11/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html |website=Government of Canada |accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref>
|Darin C Chow [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32990.html]
| 2005
|Moose Jaw
|
| November 8, 2013
|
|{{Harper3}}
|Provincial Court Judge (1994 to 2005)
|Provincial Court (2012 to 2013)
|{{publishedSKQB|chow}} (~9)
|-
|-
|Justice M.T. Megaw<ref>{{cite web|title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33056.html|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref>
|Michael T. Megaw [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33056.html]
| 2014
|Regina
| Family
|March 7, 2014
| Stephen Harper
|{{Harper3}}
|Gerrand Rath Johnson
|Gerrand Rath Johnson (2001 to 2014)<Br>Shirkey Ulmer Wilner Megaw (1992 to 2001)<br>Robertson Stromberg (1991 to 1992)<Br>
Saskatchewan Government Insurance (1989-1991) <br> Gritzfeld Megaw (1987-1989) <br>Gritzfeld Johnson (1985-1987
|{{publishedSKQB|megaw}}
|-
|-
|Justice J.A. Tholl<ref>{{cite web|title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33018.html|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref>
|DH Layh [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33077.html]
| 2013
|Yorkton
|Family
| June 13, 2014
|
|{{Harper3}}
|
|Layh & Associates (1994 to 2014)
|{{publishedSKQB|layh}} (~18)
|-
|-
|Justice G.A.J. Chicoine [https://web.archive.org/web/20050831235822/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31012.html]
| G.A. Meschishnick [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/06/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
|2003
| Prince Albert
|
| June 24, 2015
|
|{{Harper3}}
|
|  
|{{publishedSKQB|Meschishnick}} (~4)
|-
|-
|Justice Darin C Chow<ref>{{cite web|title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32990.html}}</ref>
|Daryl E. Labach [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/06/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
| 2013
|
|
|Stephen Harper
|June 24, 2015
|Provincial Court (2012 to 2013)
|{{Harper3}}
|-
|Justice Grant M. Currie <ref>{{cite web |title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2005/02/saskatchewan-judicial-appointment-announced.html |website=Government of Canada |accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20050310123824/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2005/doc_31404.html]
| 2005
|
|
|Paul Martin
|{{publishedSKQB|labach}}
|Robertson Stromberg Pedersen
|-
|-
|Justice Richard W. Danyliuk <ref>{{cite news|title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123022355/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32647.html}}</ref>
|Heather MacMillan-Brown [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html]
|
| Saskatoon
|
| February 22, 2018
|
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|McDougall Gauley LLP (2001 to 2011) <Br> Thorstad Danyliuk McAdam (1987 to 2000)
|Miller Thomson (1997 to 2018)
|{{publishedSKQB|MacMillan-Brown}} (~2)
|-
|-
|Justice G.D. Dufour
|Meghan McCreary [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html]
|
| Regina
|Family
| February 22, 2018
|
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|
|MLT Aikins LLP
|{{publishedSKQB|mccreary}} (~2)
|-
|-
|Justice M.D. Tochor <ref>{{cite web |title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html |website=Government of Canada |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>
|K.L. Zerr [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/05/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
| 2018
|Saskatoon
|
| {{dts|May 11, 2018}}
|
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|
|Crown Attorney <br>Called to bar (~1994)
|{{publishedSKQB|zerr}} (~6) {{asof|Dec 2022}}
|-
|-
|Justice G.V. Goebel <ref>{{cite web|title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33063.html|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref>
|Graeme Mitchell [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/09/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
| 2014
|Regina
|Family
|September 21, 2018
|Stephen Harper
| J. Trudeau
|Robertson Stromberg (1994 to 2014)
| Crown counsel (constitution) <br>Called to bar (1985)
|{{publishedSKQB|mitchell}} (~0)<Br>[https://cjc-ccm.ca/en/news/cjc-completes-review-matter-involving-honourable-graeme-mitchell CJC Report]
|-
|-
|Justice D.B. Konkin
|Brenda R. Hildebrandt [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/11/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
|
|Battleford
|
|November 2, 2018
|
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|
| Sole practitioner <br> Gauley & Co (1994 to 2007)<br>Called to bar (1994)
|{{publishedSKQB|Hildebradt}} (~0)
|-<!-- FAMILY
| Charlene M. Richmond [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/11/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
|Regina
|November 2, 2018
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
| Richmond Nychuk (1991 to 2018) <br> Merchant Law Group <br>Called to bar (~1989)
|{{publishedSKQB|Richmond}} (~0)<br> [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/02/the-honourable-charlene-m-richmonds-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]  -->
|-
|-
|Justice D.E. Labach <ref name="thestarphoenix.com">{{cite web|title=Judge, lawyer appointed to Queen's Bench|url=http://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/judge-lawyer-appointed-to-queens-bench|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref>
| Beverly L. Klatt [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-836957230.html]
| 2015
|Regina
|Family
|
|
|
|
|{{publishedSKQB|Klatt}}
|-
|-
|Justice Ronald C. Mills [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2005/11/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
| Natasha Crooks [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-836957230.html]
| 2005
|
|
|
|Mills Wilcox Zuk
|May 21, 2019
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|Provincial court (2018 to 2019)<br>Parole Board (2013 to 2018)<br>Called to bar (~2005)
|{{publishedSKQB|Crooks}}
|-
|-
|Justice B.J. Scherman<ref>{{cite web|title=Saskatchewan Judicial Appointments Announced|url=http://nationtalk.ca/story/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref><Ref name="march2011">{{cite news|title=Saskatchewan Judicial Appointments Announced| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821220412/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32595.html}}</ref>
| Neil Robertson [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-836957230.html]
| 2011
| Regina
|
|
|Stephen Harper
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|Miller Thomson LLP
| {{publishedSKQB|Robertson}}
|-
|-
| Justice F.N. Turcotte<ref>{{cite web|title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32755.html|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref>
|Keith D. Kilback [https://kanuka.ca/justice-kilback-appointed-to-queens-bench/]
| 2012
|Regina
|Family
|July 2021
|
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|Kanuka Thuringer LLP <br>Called to bar (1995)<br>U of Sask grad (1994)
|[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Keith+D.+Kilback&btnG= published articles]
|-
|-
| Justice Donna L. Wilson [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024636/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30790.html]
|David G. Gerecke
|
|Saskatoon
|Family
|August 9, 2021
|
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|Miller Thompson <br>Balfour and Moss<Br>Called to bar (1992)<br>U of Sask grad (1990)
|{{publishedSKQB|Gerecke}}
|-
|-
|Justice K.L. Zerr <ref>{{cite web |title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/05/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html |website=Government of Canada |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref>
|Crystal L. Norbeck
| {{dts|May 11, 2018}}
|
|
|
|Crown Attorney
|June 2022
|-
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
| Justice L.W. Zuk<ref>{{cite web|title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32990.html|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref>
|Gerrand Rath Johnson LLP
| 2013
|{{publishedSKQB|Norbeck}}
|Family
|Stephen Harper
|Wilcox Zuk Chovin Law Offices
|-
|-
|Justice T.J. Keene
|John P. Morrall [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]
|
|
|General
|
|
|
|
|{{publishedSKQB|Morrall}}
|-
|-
|Justice DH Layh<ref>{{cite web|title=SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33077.html|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref>
|Peter T. Bergbusch [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]
| 2014
|Regina
|General
|October 31, 2022
|Stephen Harper
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|Layh & Associates (1994 to 2014)
|Miller Thomson LLP<Br>Balfour Moss  LLP<br>Called to bar (1996)
|{{publishedSKQB|Bergbusch}}
|-
|-
| Justice G.A. Meschishnick<ref name="thestarphoenix.com"/>
|Holli A. Kuski Bassett [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]
| 2015
|Regina
|
|October 31, 2022
|
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|  
|McDougall Gauley LLP
|{{publishedSKQB|Kuski%22Bassett}}
|-
|-
|Justice Heather MacMillan-Brown<ref>{{cite web|title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Saskatchewan|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref>
| Jodi R. Wildeman [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2023/08/minister-of-justice-and-attorney-general-of-canada-announces-a-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
| 2018
|Regina|
|
|August 28, 2023
|Justin Trudeau
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|Miller Thomson (1997 to 2018)
|-
|Justice Meghan McCreary<ref>{{cite web|title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Saskatchewan|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref>
| 2018
|
|Justin Trudeau
|MLT Aikins LLP
|-
|Graeme Mitchell [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
|
|
| Justin Trudeau
|{{publishedSKQB|Wildeman}}
| Crown counsel (constitution) <br>Called to bar (1985)
|}
|}


'''Supernumerary Justices'''
==Supernumerary Justices==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Name
! Location
! Duration
! Duration
! Nominated By
! Nominated By
! Prior Position(s)
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
|Ronald C. Mills [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2005/11/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
| Saskatoon
| November 16, 2005
| {{Martin}}
|Mills Wilcox Zuk<br> Called to bar (1978)
|{{publishedSKQB|mills}} (~46)
|-
|Grant M. Currie [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2005/02/saskatchewan-judicial-appointment-announced.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20050310123824/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2005/doc_31404.html]
|Saskatoon
| February 25, 2005
|Martin
|Robertson Stromberg Pedersen<br> Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedSKQB|Currie}} (~46)
|-
|Janet E. McMurtry [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2005/11/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
|Regina
| November 16, 2005
|Martin
|Provincial Court Judge (1994 to 2005)<br>Woloshyn and Company<br> Called to bar (1986)
|{{publishedSKQB|Mcmurtry}} (~69)
|-
|-
|Justice M.D. Acton
|B.J. Scherman [http://nationtalk.ca/story/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110821220412/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32595.html]
| 2017 (sup.)<ref>{{cite web |title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Saskatchewan |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-674859033.html |accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref>
| Saskatoon
|
| March 4, 2011 (Judge)<Br>March 5, 2021 (sup.)
|
|Harper
|Miller Thomson LLP<br>Called to bar (1973)
|{{publishedSKQB|scherman}} (~43)
|-
|-
|Justice Gerald Norman Allbright <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225351/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/sask4.html}}</ref>
|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]
|1995 - ?
|Family
| 2013
|
|
|Halyk, Allbright<Br>Director of the Saskatchewan Community Legal Services Commission<br>Kirkby & Allbright
|-
|Justice Mona Lynn Dovell [https://web.archive.org/web/20031114170602/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1997/sask0511.html]
|November 5, 1997
|
|
|Halyk, Dovell, Morrison (1984 to 1997) <br>Called to bar (1984)
|{{publishedSKQB|Tholl}}<br>Appointed to SKCA (2019)
|-
|-
|Justice Neil G. Gabrielson <ref>{{cite news|title=Saskatchewan Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508155755/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2005/doc_31730.html}}</ref>
|Catherine L. Dawson
|? - Febuary 28, 2018 (sup.) [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
|Regina
| ~1995 (Judge)<br> November 1, 2018 (sup) [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-836957230.html]
|
|
|
|
|{{publishedSKQB|Dawson}} (~67)
|-
|-
|Justice Frederick J. Kovach [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923020835/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/sask1118.html]
|M.D. Acton
| {{dts|November 18, 1998}}
| Jean Chretien
|MacPherson, Leslie & Tyerman<br> Crown attorney <br>Woloshyn & Cawood<br> Called to bar (1976)
|-
|Justice R.D. Maher  [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923020835/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/sask1118.html]
|{{dts|November 18, 1998}}
|Jean Chretien
|Shury & Miller<br> Called to bar (1967)
|-
|Justice J.L. Pritchard
|
|
| December 1, 2017 (sup.) [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-674859033.html]
|
|
|
|
|{{publishedSKQB|Acton}} (~47)
|-
|-
|Justice A.R. Rothery
|Gerald Norman Allbright [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225351/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/sask4.html]
|
|
|
|1995 (Judge)<br> August 2016 (Sup)
|
|
|Halyk, Allbright<br>Director of the Saskatchewan Community Legal Services Commission<br>Kirkby & Allbright
|{{publishedSKQB|Allbright}} (~73)
|-
|-
|Justice R. Shawn Smith [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024636/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30790.html]
|Mona Lynn Dovell [https://web.archive.org/web/20031114170602/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1997/sask0511.html]
|December 16, 2002
|Jean Chretien
|
|
|-
|November 5, 1997 (Judge)<br>December 31, 2016 (Sup.)
|Justice Ysanne G.K. Wilkinson <Ref>{{cite news|title=Saskatchewan Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225659/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/SASK6_2.html}}</ref>
|1996 - ?
|
|
|Sanderson & Wilkinson (1978 to 1996) <br>Called to bar (1978)
|Halyk, Dovell, Morrison (1984 to 1997) <br>Called to bar (1984)
|{{publishedSKQB|Dovell}} (~30)
|-
|-
|Justice T.C. Zarzeczny <ref>{{cite news|title=Saskatchewan Judicial Appointments Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225423/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/SASK6.html}}</ref>
|Neil G. Gabrielson [https://web.archive.org/web/20110508155755/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2005/doc_31730.html]
|1996
|
|
|MacDougall Ready<br>Graf & Zarzeczny
|November 16, 2005 - Febuary 28, 2018 (sup.) [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
|Martin
|McKercher McKercher and Whitmore<br>Called to bar (1972)
|{{publishedSKQB|Gabrielson}} (~70)
|-
|-
| Justice E.J. Gunn
|Frederick J. Kovach [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923020835/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/sask1118.html]
|2005? - Sept 1, 2011 (sup.)
|
|
|Crown attorney
| {{dts|November 18, 1998}}
|}
| Chrétien
 
|MacPherson, Leslie & Tyerman<br> Crown attorney <br>Woloshyn & Cawood<br> Called to bar (1976)
==Previous Justices==
|{{publishedSKQB|Kovach}} (~28)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Duration
! Nominated By
! Prior Position(s)
|-
|-
|Justice Robert W. Leurer <ref>{{cite web|title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointment in the province of Saskatchewan|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/11/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofs.html|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref> [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/09/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
|Allisen R. Rothery
| 2017 - September 21, 2018
|
|
|Justin Trudeau
|MLT Aikins LLP<br>Called to bar (1986)
|-
|Justice Maurice J. Herauf
|2007 to 2011
|
|
|? (Judge)<br>December 2015 (sup)
|
|
|{{publishedSKQB|Rothery}} (~86)
|-
|-
|Honourable Lian M. Schwann<ref>{{cite web|title=Government of Canada announces judicial appointment in the province of Saskatchewan|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/08/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofs.html|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref><Ref name="march2011">{{cite news|title=Saskatchewan Judicial Appointments Announced| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821220412/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32595.html}}</ref>
|R. Shawn Smith [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024636/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30790.html]
|March 2011 to 2017
|
|Stephen Harper
|December 16, 2002 (Judge, Family)<br>December 31, 2017 (Sup.)
|Crown counsel<br>McDougall Gauley
|Chrétien
|-
|McDougall Gauley<br>Called to bar (1976)
|Merri-Ellen Rose Wright <Ref>{{cite news|title SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225659/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/SASK6_2.html}}</ref>
|{{publishedSKQB|Smith}}
|November 8, 1996
|Jean Chretien
|McDougall, Ready (1990 to 1996)<Br>Cuelenaere, Beaubier, Kendall, Fisher & Gaucher (1982 to 1990)<Br>Called to bar (1982)
|-
|-
|Patricia Mabel Blacklock Linn<ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225701/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/SASK5.html}}</ref>
|Ysanne G.K. Wilkinson [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225659/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/SASK6_2.html]
|June 20, 1996 - 1998
|Jean Chretien
|
|
|-
|1996 - ?
|Gene Anne Smith [https://web.archive.org/web/20031114170602/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1997/sask0511.html]
|Chrétien
|November 5, 1997
|Sanderson & Wilkinson (1978 to 1996) <br>Called to bar (1978)
|Jean Chretien
|{{publishedSKQB|Wilkinson}}
|University of Saskatchewan Professor (1979 to 1987)<Br>McKercher, McKercher, Stack, Korchin and Laing (1975 to 1979)<br> Called to bar (1975)
|-
|Gerald M Kraus [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923020835/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/sask1118.html] ||Novebmer 18, 1998 || Jean Chretien ||Kraus, McKay, Pederson<br> Called to bar (1971)
|-
|Lynn B. Macdonald [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923020835/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/sask1118.html] || November 18, 1998 || Jean Chretien ||
|-
|Duane Koch [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923023556/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25474.html] || July 28, 2000 || Jean Chretien ||
|-
|Jacelyn Ann Ryan-Froslie [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923023556/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25474.html] || July 28, 2000 || Jean Chretien || Called to bar (1978)
|-
|Peter Foley [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923023556/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25474.html] || July 28, 2000 || Jean Chretien ||
|-
|Dennis P. Ball [https://web.archive.org/web/20031113091555/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/nr/2001/doc_27685.html] || August 30, 2001 || Jean Chretien || Hill, McLellan, Ball, Cundall & Bridges<br>Kohaly & Associates <br>Called to bar (1968)
|-
|Noel S. Sandomirsky ||October 30, 2003 || || Kanuka, Thuringer<Br> Called to bar (1968)
|}
|}


==References==
==Previous Justices==
{{reflist|30em}}
 
* [[Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan (Historical)]]


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.sasklawcourts.ca Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench website]
* [http://www.sasklawcourts.ca Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench website]
{{Court Composition}}
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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

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