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Current Justices

Name	Appointed	Division	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)
Chief Justice M.D. Popescul	2006 (J) 2012 (CJ)	General		Sanderson Balicki Popescul Crown Prosecutor (1980 to 1982)
Justice B.A. Barrington-Foote^[1]	2012	General		MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP (2002 to 2012) McKercher McKercher & Whitmore (1995 to 2002) Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer (1992 to 1995) Called to bar (1985)
Justice Darryl J. Brown ^[2]	2014	Family	Stephen Harper	Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice
Justice C.L. Dawson
Justice R.W. Elson^[3]	2013		Stephen Harper	McKercher LLP (1982 to 2013)
Justice J.D. Kalmakoff^[4]	2015	General		Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (2009 to 2015) Sask. Crown Attorney Hnatyshyn Singer
Justice L.L. Krogan ^[5]	2012		Stephen Harper	Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice
Justice R.W. Leurer ^[6]	2017		Justin Trudeau	MLT Aikins LLP
Justice Janet E. McMurtry^[7]	2005			Provincial Court Judge (1994 to 2005)
Justice M.T. Megaw^[8]	2014	Family	Stephen Harper	Gerrand Rath Johnson
Justice J.A. Tholl^[9]	2013	Family
Justice G.A.J. Chicoine [1]	2003
Justice Darin C Chow^[10]	2013		Stephen Harper	Provincial Court (2012 to 2013)
Justice Grant M. Currie ^[11] [2]	2005		Paul Martin	Robertson Stromberg Pedersen
Justice Richard W. Danyliuk ^[12]				McDougall Gauley LLP (2001 to 2011) Thorstad Danyliuk McAdam (1987 to 2000)
Justice G.D. Dufour		Family
Justice M.D. Tochor ^[13]	2018
Justice G.V. Goebel ^[14]	2014	Family	Stephen Harper	Robertson Stromberg (1994 to 2014)
Justice D.B. Konkin
Justice D.E. Labach ^[15]	2015	Family
Justice Ronald C. Mills [3]	2005			Mills Wilcox Zuk
Justice B.J. Scherman^[16]^[17]	2011		Stephen Harper	Miller Thomson LLP
Justice F.N. Turcotte^[18]	2012	Family
Justice Donna L. Wilson [4]		Family
Justice K.L. Zerr ^[19]	May 11, 2018				Crown Attorney
Justice G.A. Meschishnick^[15]	2015
Justice L.W. Zuk^[20]	2013	Family	Stephen Harper	Wilcox Zuk Chovin Law Offices
Justice T.J. Keene		General
Justice DH Layh^[21]	2014	General	Stephen Harper	Layh & Associates (1994 to 2014)
Justice Heather MacMillan-Brown^[22]	2018		Justin Trudeau	Miller Thomson (1997 to 2018)
Justice Meghan McCreary^[23]	2018		Justin Trudeau	MLT Aikins LLP

Supernumerary Justices

Name	Duration	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)
Justice M.D. Acton	2017 (sup.)^[24]
Justice Gerald Norman Allbright ^[25]	1995 - ?		Halyk, Allbright Director of the Saskatchewan Community Legal Services Commission Kirkby & Allbright
Justice Mona Lynn Dovell [5]	November 5, 1997		Halyk, Dovell, Morrison (1984 to 1997) Called to bar (1984)
Justice Neil G. Gabrielson ^[26]	? - Febuary 28, 2018 (sup.) [6]
Justice Frederick J. Kovach [7]	November 18, 1998	Jean Chretien	MacPherson, Leslie & Tyerman Crown attorney Woloshyn & Cawood Called to bar (1976)
Justice R.D. Maher [8]	November 18, 1998	Jean Chretien	Shury & Miller Called to bar (1967)
Justice J.L. Pritchard
Justice A.R. Rothery
Justice R. Shawn Smith [9]	December 16, 2002	Jean Chretien
Justice Ysanne G.K. Wilkinson ^[27]	1996 - ?		Sanderson & Wilkinson (1978 to 1996) Called to bar (1978)
Justice T.C. Zarzeczny ^[28]	1996		MacDougall Ready Graf & Zarzeczny
Justice E.J. Gunn	2005? - Sept 1, 2011 (sup.)		Crown attorney

Previous Justices

Name	Duration	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)
Justice Maurice J. Herauf	2007 to 2011
Honourable Lian M. Schwann^[29]^[17]	March 2011 to 2017	Stephen Harper	Crown counsel McDougall Gauley
Merri-Ellen Rose Wright ^[30]	November 8, 1996	Jean Chretien	McDougall, Ready (1990 to 1996) Cuelenaere, Beaubier, Kendall, Fisher & Gaucher (1982 to 1990) Called to bar (1982)
Patricia Mabel Blacklock Linn^[31]	June 20, 1996 - 1998	Jean Chretien
Gene Anne Smith [10]	November 5, 1997	Jean Chretien	University of Saskatchewan Professor (1979 to 1987) McKercher, McKercher, Stack, Korchin and Laing (1975 to 1979) Called to bar (1975)
Gerald M Kraus [11]	Novebmer 18, 1998	Jean Chretien	Kraus, McKay, Pederson Called to bar (1971)
Lynn B. Macdonald [12]	November 18, 1998	Jean Chretien
Duane Koch [13]	July 28, 2000	Jean Chretien
Jacelyn Ann Ryan-Froslie [14]	July 28, 2000	Jean Chretien	Called to bar (1978)
Peter Foley [15]	July 28, 2000	Jean Chretien
Dennis P. Ball [16]	August 30, 2001	Jean Chretien	Hill, McLellan, Ball, Cundall & Bridges Kohaly & Associates Called to bar (1968)
Noel S. Sandomirsky	October 30, 2003		Kanuka, Thuringer Called to bar (1968)

References

External links

Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench website

Court Membership
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Membership of Federal Appointments Committees

[1] ttp://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32719.html

[2] ttp://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33072.html

[3] ttp://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32905.html

[4] ttps://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/05/saskatchewan-judicial-appointment-announced.html

[5] ttp://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32797.html

[6] ttps://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/11/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofs.html

[7] ttps://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2005/11/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced.html

[8] ttp://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33056.html

[9] ttp://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33018.html

[10] ttp://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32990.html

[11] ttps://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2005/02/saskatchewan-judicial-appointment-announced.html

[12] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20111123022355/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2011/doc_32647.html

[13] ttps://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html

[14] ttp://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33063.html

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[16] ttp://nationtalk.ca/story/saskatchewan-judicial-appointments-announced

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[18] ttp://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2012/doc_32755.html

[19] ttps://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/05/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan.html

[20] ttp://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32990.html

[21] ttp://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33077.html

[22] ttps://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html

[23] ttps://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/02/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentsintheprovinceof1.html

[24] ttps://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-saskatchewan-674859033.html

[25] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20031111225351/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/sask4.html

[26] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110508155755/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2005/doc_31730.html

[27] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20031111225659/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/SASK6_2.html

[28] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20031111225423/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/SASK6.html

[29] ttps://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/08/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofs.html

[30] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20031111225659/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1996/SASK6_2.html

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-==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
-==Notable cases==
-In the Crown vs Stanley, presided by Saskatchewan Chief Justice Popescul, an all-white jury<ref name="thestar_2018_Stanley_acquittal"/> acquitted local [[Battleford]], [[Saskatchewan]] farmer Gerald Stanley on February 9, 2018. The jury found that the [[death of Colten Boushie]], from the [[Cree people|Cree]] [[Red Pheasant First Nation]]<ref name="aptnnews_2018_Stanley_acquittal">{{cite news |url=http://aptnnews.ca/2018/02/10/gerald-stanley-acquitted-of-all-charges-in-the-death-of-colten-boushie/ |newspaper=[[APTN National News]] |title=Gerald Stanley acquitted of all charges in the death of Colten Boushie |date=February 10, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref> occurred because of "[[hang fire]]".<ref name="G&M_2018_Stanley_verdict"/><ref name="G&M_2018_Stanley_Crown">{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/saskatchewan-jury-begins-deliberating-in-gerald-stanley-trial/article37900404/shooting|newspaper=The Globe and Mail |title=Gerald Stanley must be held accountable for death of Colten Boushie, Crown argues |date=February 8, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |first=Joe |last=Friesen |location=Battleford, Saskatchewan}}</ref> [[Clint Wuttunee]], Chief of the [[Red Pheasant First Nation]], called the verdict "absolutely perverse".<ref name="thestar_2018_Stanley_acquittal">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/02/10/outrage-follows-not-guilty-verdict-for-gerald-stanley-in-shooting-death-of-colten-boushie.html |newspaper=The Toronto Star |title=Not guilty verdict in shooting death of Colten Boushie 'absolutely perverse'|date=February 10, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |first=Bill |last=Graveland}}</ref><ref name="thestar_2018_Stanley_noevidence">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/02/08/closing-arguments-set-to-begin-at-trial-for-gerald-stanley-farmer-charged-with-killing-colten-boushie.html |newspaper=The Toronto Star |title=Defence claims no evidence Gerald Stanley intentionally killed Colten Boushie|date=February 8, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |first=Bill |last=Graveland}}</ref><ref name="G&M_2018_Stanley_verdict">{{cite news |title=The Stanley verdict: Manslaughter and 'hang fire'|newspaper=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/the-stanley-verdict-manslaughter-and-hang-fire/article37932338/ |date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |first=Michael |last=Plaxton |location=Battleford, Saskatchewan}}</ref> Following the announcement of the acquittal, rallies and vigils took place across Canada.<ref name="G&M_2018_Stanley_protests"/> The rally at the Saskatoon court attracted 1,000 people who supported Boushie's family and were frustrated by the jury's decision.<ref name="G&M_2018_Stanley_protests">{{cite news |title=Thousands rally across Canada after Gerald Stanley acquitted in killing of Colten Boushie|newspaper=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/protests-across-canada-after-acquittal-in-boushie-death/article37931825/ |date=February 10, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |first=Joe |last=Frieson |location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan}}</ref> At a press conference on February 11, hosted by [[Saskatoon Tribal Council]], Mayor Clark described the event as a "defining moment for this community and this country".<ref name="G&M_2018_Stanley_protests"/>
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