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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)
(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]
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| Chief Justice Martel D. Popescul
| '''Chief Justice Martel D. Popescul'''
| N/A
| N/A
| 2006 (J)<br> 2012 (CJ)
| 2006 (J)<br> 2012 (CJ)
|  
|  
|Sanderson Balicki Popescul <Br>Crown Prosecutor (1980 to 1982)
|Sanderson Balicki Popescul <br>Crown Prosecutor (1980 to 1982)
|{{publishedSKQB|Popescul}} (~27)
|{{publishedSKQB|Popescul}} (~27)
|-
|-
|Justice C.L. Dawson
| '''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]
|Regina
| ~1995
|
|
|{{publishedSKQB|Dawson}} (~67)
|-
|Justice G.A.J. Chicoine [https://web.archive.org/web/20050831235822/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31012.html]
|Estevan
|October 30, 2003
|Chretien
| Provincial Court (2002 to 2003)<Br>Chicoine and Billesberger<br>Called to bar (1980)
|{{publishedSKQB|Chicoine}} (~50)
|-
|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]
|Saskatoon
| February 25, 2005
|Martin
|Robertson Stromberg Pedersen<br> Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedSKQB|Currie}} (~46)
|-
|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>
|
| November 16, 2005
|Martin
|Provincial Court Judge (1994 to 2005)<br>Woloshyn and Company<br> Called to bar (1986)
|{{publishedSKQB|Mcmurtry}} (~69)
|-
|Justice Ronald C. Mills [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2005/11/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
| Saskatoon
| Saskatoon
| November 16, 2005
| June 22, 2018 (Judge)
| Martin
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Mills Wilcox Zuk<br> Called to bar (1978)
|Called to bar (1984)
|{{publishedSKQB|mills}} (~46)
|{{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 D.B. Konkin
|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]
|Saskatoon
|Saskatoon
|~2006
|August 30, 2005
|
|{{Martin}}
|
|McKercher McKercher & Whitmore<br>Called to bar (1982)
|{{publishedSKQB|Konkin}} (~35)
|{{publishedSKQB|Konkin}} (~35)
|-
|-
|Justice Timothy J. Keene
|Timothy J. Keene
|Swift Current
|Swift Current
|~2011
|~2011
|
|{{Harper2}}
|Crown attorney  
|Crown attorney  
|{{publishedSKQB|keene}} (~19)
|{{publishedSKQB|keene}} (~19)
|-
|-
|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>
|Richard W. Danyliuk [https://web.archive.org/web/20111123022355/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32647.html]
| Saskatoon
| March 4, 2011
|Harper
|Miller Thomson LLP<br>Called to bar (1973)
|{{publishedSKQB|scherman}} (~43)
|-
|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>
|Saskatewan
|Saskatewan
|September 30, 2011
|September 30, 2011
|Harper
|{{Harper2}}
|McDougall Gauley LLP (2001 to 2011) <Br> Thorstad Danyliuk McAdam (1987 to 2000)<br>Called to bar (1984)
|McDougall Gauley LLP (2001 to 2011) <br> Thorstad Danyliuk McAdam (1987 to 2000)<br>Called to bar (1984)
|{{publishedSKQB|Danyliuk}} (~50)
|{{publishedSKQB|Danyliuk}} (~50)
|-
|-
| 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>
|L.L. Krogan [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32797.html]
|Regina
| April 10, 2012
| Harper
|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)
|{{publishedSKQB|Barrington-Foote}} (~37)
|-
|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>
|Regina
|Regina
| October 5, 2012
| October 5, 2012
|Harper
|{{Harper2}}
|Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice <Br> Called to bar (1994)
|Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice <br> Called to bar (1994)
|{{publishedSKQB|Krogan}} (~11)
|{{publishedSKQB|Krogan}} (~11)
|-
|-
|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>
|R.W. Elson [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32905.html]
|Saskatoon
|Saskatoon
| June 7, 2013
| June 7, 2013
|Harper
|{{Harper2}}
|McKercher LLP (1982 to 2013)
|McKercher LLP (1982 to 2013)
|{{publishedSKQB|Elson}} (~24)
|{{publishedSKQB|Elson}} (~24)
|-
|-
|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>
|Darin C Chow [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32990.html]
|Moose Jaw
|Moose Jaw
| November 8, 2013
| November 8, 2013
|Harper
|{{Harper3}}
|Provincial Court (2012 to 2013)
|Provincial Court (2012 to 2013)
|{{publishedSKQB|chow}} (~9)
|{{publishedSKQB|chow}} (~9)
|-
|-
|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>
|Michael T. Megaw [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33056.html]
|Regina
|March 7, 2014
|{{Harper3}}
|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}}
|-
|DH Layh [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33077.html]
|Yorkton
|Yorkton
| June 13, 2014
| June 13, 2014
|Harper
|{{Harper3}}
|Layh & Associates (1994 to 2014)
|Layh & Associates (1994 to 2014)
|{{publishedSKQB|layh}} (~18)
|{{publishedSKQB|layh}} (~18)
|-
|-
|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>
| G.A. Meschishnick [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/06/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
|Regina
| May 29, 2015
|Harper
|Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (2009 to 2015)<Br>Sask. Crown Attorney<Br>Hnatyshyn Singer
|{{publishedSKQB|Kalmakoff}} (~20)
|-
| Justice G.A. Meschishnick [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/06/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
| Prince Albert
| Prince Albert
| June 24, 2015
| June 24, 2015
|Harper
|{{Harper3}}
|  
|  
|{{publishedSKQB|Meschishnick}} (~4)
|{{publishedSKQB|Meschishnick}} (~4)
|-
|-
|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>
|Daryl E. Labach [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/06/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
|
|June 24, 2015
|{{Harper3}}
|
|{{publishedSKQB|labach}}
|-
|Heather MacMillan-Brown [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html]
| Saskatoon
| Saskatoon
| February 22, 2018
| February 22, 2018
|J. Trudeau
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Miller Thomson (1997 to 2018)
|Miller Thomson (1997 to 2018)
|{{publishedSKQB|MacMillan-Brown}} (~2)
|{{publishedSKQB|MacMillan-Brown}} (~2)
|-
|-
|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>
|Meghan McCreary [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html]
| Regina
| Regina
| February 22, 2018
| February 22, 2018
|J. Trudeau
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|MLT Aikins LLP
|MLT Aikins LLP
|{{publishedSKQB|mccreary}} (~2)
|{{publishedSKQB|mccreary}} (~2)
|-
|-
|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>
|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]
|Saskatoon
|Saskatoon
| {{dts|May 11, 2018}}
| {{dts|May 11, 2018}}
|J. Trudeau
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Crown Attorney <br>Called to bar (~1994)
|Crown Attorney <br>Called to bar (~1994)
|{{publishedSKQB|zerr}} (~0)
|{{publishedSKQB|zerr}} (~6) {{asof|Dec 2022}}
|-
|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>
| Saskatoon
| June 22, 2018
|J. Trudeau
|Called to bar (1984)
|{{publishedSKQB|tochor}} (~0)
|-
|-
|Graeme Mitchell [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/09/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
|Graeme Mitchell [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/09/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html]
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| J. Trudeau
| J. Trudeau
| Crown counsel (constitution) <br>Called to bar (1985)
| Crown counsel (constitution) <br>Called to bar (1985)
|{{publishedSKQB|mitchell}} (~0)
|{{publishedSKQB|mitchell}} (~0)<Br>[https://cjc-ccm.ca/en/news/cjc-completes-review-matter-involving-honourable-graeme-mitchell CJC Report]
|}
|-
 
|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]
==Supernumerary Justices==
|Battleford
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|November 2, 2018
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
! Name
| Sole practitioner <br> Gauley & Co (1994 to 2007)<br>Called to bar (1994)
! Duration
|{{publishedSKQB|Hildebradt}} (~0)
! Nominated By
|-<!-- FAMILY
! Prior Position(s)
| 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]
! Other Details
|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 M.D. Acton
| Beverly L. Klatt [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-836957230.html]
| December 1, 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>
|Regina
|
|
|
|
|{{publishedSKQB|Acton}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Klatt}}
|-
|-
|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>
| Natasha Crooks [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-836957230.html]
|1995 - ?
|
|
|Halyk, Allbright<Br>Director of the Saskatchewan Community Legal Services Commission<br>Kirkby & Allbright
|May 21, 2019
|{{publishedSKQB|Allbright}}
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|Provincial court (2018 to 2019)<br>Parole Board (2013 to 2018)<br>Called to bar (~2005)
|{{publishedSKQB|Crooks}}  
|-
|-
|Justice Mona Lynn Dovell [https://web.archive.org/web/20031114170602/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1997/sask0511.html]
| Neil Robertson [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-836957230.html]
|November 5, 1997 (Judge)<Br>December 31, 2016 (Sup.)
| Regina
|
|
|Halyk, Dovell, Morrison (1984 to 1997) <br>Called to bar (1984)
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Dovell}}
| {{publishedSKQB|Robertson}}
|-
|-
|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>
|Keith D. Kilback [https://kanuka.ca/justice-kilback-appointed-to-queens-bench/]
|? - 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
|
|July 2021
|
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Gabrielson}}
|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 Frederick J. Kovach [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923020835/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/sask1118.html]
|David G. Gerecke
| {{dts|November 18, 1998}}
|Saskatoon
| Chrétien
|August 9, 2021
|MacPherson, Leslie & Tyerman<br> Crown attorney <br>Woloshyn & Cawood<br> Called to bar (1976)
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Kovach}}
|Miller Thompson <br>Balfour and Moss<Br>Called to bar (1992)<br>U of Sask grad (1990)
|{{publishedSKQB|Gerecke}}  
|-
|-
|Justice R.D. Maher  [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923020835/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/sask1118.html]
|Crystal L. Norbeck
|{{dts|November 18, 1998}}
|Chrétien
|Shury & Miller<br> Called to bar (1967)
|{{publishedSKQB|Maher}}
|-
|Justice J.L. Pritchard
|
|
|
|June 2022
|
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Pritchard}}
|Gerrand Rath Johnson LLP
|{{publishedSKQB|Norbeck}}
|-
|-
|Justice A.R. Rothery
|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]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{publishedSKQB|Rothery}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Morrall}}
|-
|-
|Justice R. Shawn Smith [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024636/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30790.html]
|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]
|December 16, 2002 (Judge)<Br>December 31, 2017 (Sup.)
|Regina
|Chrétien
|October 31, 2022
|
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Smith}}
|Miller Thomson LLP<Br>Balfour Moss  LLP<br>Called to bar (1996)
|{{publishedSKQB|Bergbusch}}
|-
|-
|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>
|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]
|1996 - ?
|Regina
|
|October 31, 2022
|Sanderson & Wilkinson (1978 to 1996) <br>Called to bar (1978)
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Wilkinson}}
|McDougall Gauley LLP
|{{publishedSKQB|Kuski%22Bassett}}
|-
|-
|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>
| 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]
|1996
|Regina|
|August 28, 2023
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
|MacDougall Ready<br>Graf & Zarzeczny
|{{publishedSKQB|Wildeman}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Zarzeczny}}
|-
| Justice E.J. Gunn
|2005? - Sept 1, 2011 (sup.)
|
|Crown attorney
|{{publishedSKQB|Gunn}}
|}
|}


==Family Division==
==Supernumerary Justices==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Name
! Jurisdiction
! Location
! Duration
! Duration
! Nominated By
! Nominated By
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! Other Details
! Other Details
|-
|-
|Justice G.D. Dufour
|Ronald C. Mills [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2005/11/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
|Family
| Saskatoon
|
| November 16, 2005
|
| {{Martin}}
|
|Mills Wilcox Zuk<br> Called to bar (1978)
|{{publishedSKQB|dufour}}
|{{publishedSKQB|mills}} (~46)
|-
|-
| Justice Donna L. Wilson [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024636/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30790.html]
|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]
|Family
|Saskatoon
|December 16, 2002
| February 25, 2005
|Chrétien
|Martin
|
|Robertson Stromberg Pedersen<br> Called to bar (1981)
|{{publishedSKQB|Wilson}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Currie}} (~46)
|-
|-
|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>
|Janet E. McMurtry [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2005/11/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
|Family
|Regina
| 2014
| November 16, 2005
|Harper
|Martin
|Robertson Stromberg (1994 to 2014)
|Provincial Court Judge (1994 to 2005)<br>Woloshyn and Company<br> Called to bar (1986)
|{{publishedSKQB|Goebel}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Mcmurtry}} (~69)
|-
|-
| Justice F. Neil 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>
|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]
|Family
| Saskatoon
|June 22, 2012
| March 4, 2011 (Judge)<Br>March 5, 2021 (sup.)
|Harper
|Harper
|MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP<Br>Cuelenaere Kendall Katzman & Watson<Br>Called to bar (1990)
|Miller Thomson LLP<br>Called to bar (1973)
|{{publishedSKQB|turcotte}} (~7)
|{{publishedSKQB|scherman}} (~43)
|-
|-
| 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>
|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]
|Family
| November 8, 2013
|Harper
|Wilcox Zuk Chovin Law Offices
|{{publishedSKQB|zuk}}
|-
|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>
|Family
|Family
| 2013
| 2013
|
|
|
|
|{{publishedSKQB|Tholl}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Tholl}}<br>Appointed to SKCA (2019)
|-
|-
|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>
|Catherine L. Dawson
|Family
|Regina
| 2014
| ~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]
|Harper
|
|Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice
|
|{{publishedSKQB|brown}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Dawson}} (~67)
|-
|-
|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>
|M.D. Acton
| Family
|
| 2014
| December 1, 2017 (sup.) [https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-674859033.html]
| Harper
|
|Gerrand Rath Johnson
|{{publishedSKQB|megaw}}
|-
|Justice D.E. Labach [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/06/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html]
|Family
| June 24, 2015
|Harper
|
|
|{{publishedSKQB|labach}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Acton}} (~47)
|}
 
==Previous Justices==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Duration
! Nominated By
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
|-
|John Klebuc
|Gerald Norman Allbright [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225351/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/sask4.html]
|1993 to 2006 (Judge) 2006 to 2013 (Chief)
|Chretien
|private practice<br>Called to bar (1965)
|Appointed to SKCA (2013)<Br>{{publishedSKQB|klebuc}}
|-
|Peter A. Whitmore
| ? - June 7, 2013
|
|
|McKercher McKercher & Whitmore LLP<br>G.H.M. Armstrong and Associates<br> Called to bar (~1974)
|1995 (Judge)<br> August 2016 (Sup)
|
|
|Halyk, Allbright<br>Director of the Saskatchewan Community Legal Services Commission<br>Kirkby & Allbright
|{{publishedSKQB|Allbright}} (~73)
|-
|-
|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]
|Mona Lynn Dovell [https://web.archive.org/web/20031114170602/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1997/sask0511.html]
| 2017 - September 21, 2018
|J. Trudeau
|MLT Aikins LLP<br>Called to bar (1986)
|{{publishedSKQB|Leurer}}
|-
|Justice Maurice J. Herauf
|2007 to 2011 (appt'd to CA)
|
|
|November 5, 1997 (Judge)<br>December 31, 2016 (Sup.)
|
|
|{{publishedSKQB|Herauf}} (~9)
|Halyk, Dovell, Morrison (1984 to 1997) <br>Called to bar (1984)
|{{publishedSKQB|Dovell}} (~30)
|-
|-
|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>
|Neil G. Gabrielson [https://web.archive.org/web/20110508155755/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2005/doc_31730.html]
|March 2011 to 2017
|
|Harper
|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]
|Crown counsel<br>McDougall Gauley
|Martin
|{{publishedSKQB|Schwann}} (~43)
|McKercher McKercher and Whitmore<br>Called to bar (1972)
|{{publishedSKQB|Gabrielson}} (~70)
|-
|-
|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>
|Frederick J. Kovach [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923020835/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/sask1118.html]
|November 8, 1996
|
| Chretien
| {{dts|November 18, 1998}}
|McDougall, Ready (1990 to 1996)<Br>Cuelenaere, Beaubier, Kendall, Fisher & Gaucher (1982 to 1990)<Br>Called to bar (1982)
| Chrétien
|{{publishedSKQB|Wright}}
|MacPherson, Leslie & Tyerman<br> Crown attorney <br>Woloshyn & Cawood<br> Called to bar (1976)
|{{publishedSKQB|Kovach}} (~28)
|-
|-
|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>
|Allisen R. Rothery
|June 20, 1996 - 1998
|
|Chretien
|
|
|{{publishedSKQB|Linn}} (~0)
|? (Judge)<br>December 2015 (sup)
|
|{{publishedSKQB|Rothery}} (~86)
|-
|-
|Gene Anne Smith [https://web.archive.org/web/20031114170602/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1997/sask0511.html]
|R. Shawn Smith [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923024636/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2002/doc_30790.html]
|November 5, 1997
|
|Chretien
|December 16, 2002 (Judge, Family)<br>December 31, 2017 (Sup.)
|University of Saskatchewan Professor (1979 to 1987)<Br>McKercher, McKercher, Stack, Korchin and Laing (1975 to 1979)<br> Called to bar (1975)
|Chrétien
|McDougall Gauley<br>Called to bar (1976)
|{{publishedSKQB|Smith}}
|{{publishedSKQB|Smith}}
|-
|-
|Gerald M Kraus [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923020835/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/sask1118.html] ||Novebmer 18, 1998 || Chretien ||Kraus, McKay, Pederson<br> Called to bar (1971)
|Ysanne G.K. Wilkinson [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111225659/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/SASK6_2.html]
|{{publishedSKQB|Kraus}}
|
|-
|1996 - ?
|Lynn B. Macdonald [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923020835/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1998/sask1118.html] || November 18, 1998 || Chretien ||
|Chrétien
|{{publishedSKQB|Macdonald}}
|Sanderson & Wilkinson (1978 to 1996) <br>Called to bar (1978)
|-
|{{publishedSKQB|Wilkinson}}
|Duane Koch [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923023556/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25474.html] || July 28, 2000 || Chretien ||
|{{publishedSKQB|Koch}} (~31)
|-
|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 to November 8, 2013 || Chretien || Called to bar (1978)
|Appointed SKCA <br>{{publishedSKQB|Ryan-Froslie}} (~25)
|-
|Peter Foley [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923023556/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/2000/doc_25474.html] || July 28, 2000 || Chretien ||
|{{publishedSKQB|Foley}} (~30)
|-
|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 || Chretien || Hill, McLellan, Ball, Cundall & Bridges<br>Kohaly & Associates <br>Called to bar (1968)
|{{publishedSKQB|Ball}} . (~34)
|-
|Noel S. Sandomirsky ||October 30, 2003 || || Kanuka, Thuringer<Br> Called to bar (1968)
|{{publishedSKQB|Sandomirsky}} (~8)
|-
|W. Frank Gerein [https://www.pressreader.com/canada/regina-leader-post/20141112/281625303594128] ||  1981 to 2014 (Judge)<br>2000 to 2005 (Chief) || || District Judge (1980)<br> Called to bar (1964)|| {{publishedSKQB|Gerein}} (~33)
|}
|}


==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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