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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:
:(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;
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)]
}}
== Justices of the Court ==
== Justices of the Court ==
(Full complement of 8)


The current justices of the Court <ref>[http://www.sasklawcourts.ca/index.php/home/court-of-appeal/judges Courts of Saskatchewan website: Court of Appeal]</ref> are:
Saskatchwan Pop. (2021): 1.1 million<br>
Pop. per Justice: ~138k


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| Chief Justice [[Robert G. Richards]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20050923063438/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/nr/2004/doc_31236.html]
|1
| 2013 <br> 2004
| '''Chief Justice Robert G. Richards''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20050923063438/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/nr/2004/doc_31236.html]
| Harper <br> Martin
| 2004 (Judge) <br> 2013 (Chief)
| [[Saskatchewan Court of Appeal|Puisne Justice, Saskatchewan Court of Appeal]] <br> Lawyer at [http://www.mlt.com/ MacPherson Leslie and Tyerman]<br>Called to bar (1985)
| {{Martin}} (J)<br> Harper
| Court of Appeal <br> [http://www.mlt.com/ MacPherson Leslie and Tyerman]<br>Called to bar (1985)
| {{publishedSKCA|Richards}}
|-
|-
| Justice Georgina R. Jackson
|2
| 1991
| Neal W. Caldwell [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041253/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32500.html]
| Mulroney
| April 23, 2010
| Lawyer at [http://www.mlt.com/ MacPherson Leslie and Tyerman]
| {{Harper2}}
| McDougall, Gauley LLP [http://www.mcdougallgauley.com/]<br>Clark, Wilson, Barristers & Solicitors<br>Called to bar (1995)
| {{publishedSKCA|Caldwell}}
|-
|-
| Justice Ralph K. Ottenbreit
|3
| 2009
| Lian M. Schwann [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/08/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofs.html]
| Harper
| August 17, 2017
| [[Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan|Court of Queen's Bench]]
| {{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}}
|-
|-
| Justice Neal W. Caldwell [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041253/http://justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32500.html]
|4
| 2010
|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]
| Harper
| Lawyer at [[McDougall, Gauley LLP]].<ref>http://www.mcdougallgauley.com/</ref>
|-
| Justice Peter A. Whitmore
| 2013
| Harper
| [[Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan|Court of Queen's Bench]]
|-
| Justice Lian M. Schwann
| 2017
| J. Trudeau
| [[Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan|Court of Queen's Bench]]
|-
|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]
|September 21, 2018
|September 21, 2018
|Justin Trudeau
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Queen's Bench (2017 to 2018) <br>MLT Aikins LLP<br>Called to bar (1986)
|Queen's Bench (2017 to 2018) <br>MLT Aikins LLP<br>Called to bar (1986)
|}
| {{publishedSKCA|Leurer}}


'''Supernumerary'''
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Appointment Duration
! Nominated By
! Position Prior to Appointment
|-
|-
| Justice Jacelyn A. Ryan-Froslie
|5
| 2013
|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]
| Harper
| January 31, 2019
| [[Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan|Court of Queen's Bench]]
| {{J. Trudeau2}}
|Queen's Bench (2013 to 2019)<br>Ministry of Justice (criminal, civil)<br> called to bar (2000)
|{{publishedSKQB|Tholl}}
|-
|6
|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. Trudeau2}}
|Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (2009 to 2015)<br>Sask. Crown Attorney<br>Hnatyshyn Singer
|{{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)
|{{publishedSKCA|Drennan}}<br>{{publishedSKKB|Drennan}} (KB)
|}
|}


== Former Justices ==
==Supernumerary==
 
=== Former Chief Justices of Saskatchewan ===
 
* [[Edward Ludlow Wetmore|The Honourable E. L. Wetmore]] (1907–1912)<ref>Appointed to the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan</ref>
* [[Frederick W. A. G. Haultain|The Honourable Fredrick W. A. G. Haultain]] (1912–1938)<ref>Appointed to the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan;  later appointed to the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan</ref>
* [[William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon|The Honourable William F. A. Turgeon]] (1938–1941)
* [[William Melville Martin|The Honourable William M. Martin]] (1941–1961)
* [[Emmett Matthew Hall|The Honourable Emmett M. Hall]] (1961–1962)**
* [[E. M. Culliton|The Honourable Edward M. Culliton]] (1962–1981)
* [[Edward Bayda|The Honourable Edward D. Bayda]] (1981–2006)
* [[John Klebuc|The Honourable John Klebuc]] (2006-2013)
 
=== Former Justices of the Court of Appeal (1996 to present)===
 
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| The Honourable Darla C. Hunter
| Brian A. Barrington-Foote [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32719.html]
|(2007–2010)
| April 10, 2012 to November 2, 2018
|
| {{Harper2}}
|
|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
| Gene Anne Smith
|(2005-2013)
|
|
|-
|John Klebuc
|(2013-2015)*
|
|
|-
| Justice Maurice J. Herauf<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>
| 2011 - August 31, 2018
| Stephen Harper
| [[Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan|Court of Queen's Bench]] (2007 to 2011)<br>Registrar of the Court of Appeal (1995 to 2007)<br>Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority(1993 to 1995)<br>Director of Maintenance Enforcement Office (1988 to 1993)<bR>Called to bar (1987)
|-
|-
| Georgina R. Jackson
| 1991 (Judge)<br>December 15, 2018 (sup)
| {{Mulroney5}}
| [http://www.mlt.com/ MacPherson Leslie and Tyerman]<br>Crown attorney <br>Called to bar (1977)
| {{publishedSKCA|Jackson}}
|}
|}


=== Former Justices of the Court of Appeal (Before 1996)===
== Former Justices ==
 
* [[Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (Historical)]]
* [[John Henderson Lamont|The Honourable John H. Lamont]] (1918–1927)**
* The Honourable Edward L. Elwood (1918–1921)
* The Honourable Henry W. Newlands (1918–1921)
* [[James McKay (Canadian politician)|The Honourable James McKay]] (1921–1932)
* [[William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon|The Honourable William F. A. Turgeon]] (1921–1938)*
* [[William Melville Martin|The Honourable William M. Martin]] (1922–1941)*
* The Honourable Phillip E. MacKenzie (1927–1946)
* [[Percival Gordon|The Honourable Percival H. Gordon]] (1935–1961)
* The Honourable Thomas Clayton Davis (1939–1948)
* The Honourable Hector Y. MacDonald (1941–1951)
* [[E. M. Culliton|The Honourable Edward M. Culliton]] (1951–1962)*
* The Honourable Percy M. Anderson (1946–1948)
* The Honourable [[Arthur Thomas Procter]] (1948–1961)
* [[Donald McNiven|The Honourable Donald A. McNiven]] (1949–1961)
* The Honourable Percy H. Maguire (1962–1974)
* [[Edward Bayda|The Honourable Edward D. Bayda]] (1974–1981)*
* The Honourable Mervyn J. Woods (1961–1984) [https://sasklawcourts.ca/index.php/mervyn-j-woods]
* The Honourable Roy N. Hall (1962–1989)
* The Honourable Russell Brownridge (1961–1988)
* The Honourable Raymond A. MacDonald (1981–1984)
* The Honourable Thomas C. Wakeling (1984–2000)
* The Honourable Calvin F. Tallis (1981–2005)
* The Honourable Nicholas W. Sherstobitoff (1985 - 2010)
* The Honourable William J. Vancise (1983-2013)
* The Honourable Marjorie A. Gerwing (1984-2013)
* The Honourable Stuart J. Cameron (1981-2014)
* The Honourable Gary Lane (1991-2017)
 
An asterisk indicates the individual also served as Chief Justice of Saskatchewan; a double asterisk indicates subsequently appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
 
==Courts of Saskatchewan==
There are three main courts in Saskatchewan:
 
* Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan{{spaced ndash}}[[appellate court]];  highest court of Saskatchewan.
* [[Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan]]{{spaced ndash}}[[Superior court|superior trial court]] of Saskatchewan with inherent and unlimited jurisdiction
* [[Provincial Court of Saskatchewan]] – [[court of first instance]]; trial court with jurisdiction defined by statute
 
==Notes==
{{Reflist|2}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.sasklawcourts.ca Saskatchewan Court of Appeal website]
* [http://www.sasklawcourts.ca Saskatchewan Court of Appeal website]


{{Court Composition}}
{{Court Membership}}

Latest revision as of 12:30, 28 August 2023

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

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