Alberta Court of Justice

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

Present Judges

Office of the Chief Judge
Name	District	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Chief Judge Terrence J. Matchett [1] [	N/A	July 2008 (Judge) Jan 23, 2013 (Chief)	PC (Judge) PC (Chief)		Published criminal decisions
Deputy Judge L.K. McLellan [2]	N/A	?? (Judge) Sep 20, 2012 (Ass. Chief)		Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions

Edmonton Criminal

Edmonton Criminal
Name	District	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Assistant Chief Judge Larry G. Anderson [3]		October 2006 (Judge) May 08, 2013 (Ass. Chief)		Anderson Dawson Knisely Stevens & Shaigec	Published criminal decisions
Judge J.L. Dixon					Published criminal decisions
Judge J.B. Kerby (part time)					Published criminal decisions (~40)
Judge F.E. LeReverend					Published criminal decisions (~15)
Judge H.A. Bridges (part time)					Published criminal decisions (~28)
Judge L.E. Malin (part time)					Published criminal decisions
Judge J.J. Moher					Published criminal decisions
Judge S.E. Richardson					Published criminal decisions
Judge S.R. Creagh					Published criminal decisions (~90)
Judge Michael George Allen (part time) [4]		November 1998	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge James K. Wheatley (part time) [5]		March 2003			Published criminal decisions
Judge Elizabeth A Johnson		July 2006	PC	private practice	Published criminal decisions
Judge Donna R. Valgardson		January 2008 (Judge) July 11, 2018 (P/T)	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Marilena M. Carminati		December 2009	PC		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Donna M. Groves [6]		April 2010	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Frederick K. MacDonald [7]		Nov 28, 2012	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Raymond K. Bodnarek [8]		August 6, 2013	PC	Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Steven M.L. Bilodeau [9]	Edmonton	January 9, 2014	PC		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Laura K. Stevens [10]		September 18, 2014	PC	Dawson Stevens Duckett & Shaigec (criminal)	Published criminal decisions
Judge Joyce L. Lester [11]		October 15, 2014	PC		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Greg B. Lepp [12]		December 4, 2014	PC		Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge Renée R.M. Cochard [13]		October 23, 2015	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge Carrie Jean Sharpe [14]		July 29, 2016	NDP	Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions
Judge D. DePoe [15]		October 26, 2016	NDP	Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions
Judge M.C. Doyle [16]		October 26, 2016	NDP		Published criminal decisions

Edmonton Family and Youth

Edmonton Family and Youth
Name	District	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Assistant Chief Judge K.A. Holmstrom [17]					Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge W.S. Andrew					Published criminal decisions
Judge M.J. Burch (part time)					Published criminal decisions
Judge D. Dalton					Published criminal decisions (~10)
Judge G.B.N. Ho					Published criminal decisions (~25)
Judge Patricia Ellen Kvill (part time)		January 12, 2000			Published criminal decisions
Judge Justina Maria Filice [18]	Edmonton / Criminal Division	May 30, 2007	PC	Corbett Smith Bresee Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Michael J. Savaryn		October 2010	PC	Savaryn & Savaryn	Published criminal decisions
Judge Aran Veylan [19]		Oct 17, 2012	PC	Cleall	Published criminal decisions
Judge Daniel Zalmanowitz [20]		Jan 30, 2015	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Julie C. Lloyd [21]		December 13, 2016	NDP	Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions
Judge David G. Hancock [22]		December 4, 2017	NDP	Attorney General Member of Legislature Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~0)

Calgary Family and Youth

Calgary Family and Youth
Name	District	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Assistant Chief Judge Richard J. O’Gorman [23]		May 2006 (Judge) May 28, 2014 (Ass. Chief)	PC (Judge) PC (Ass. Chief)	Van Harten O'Gorman Foster Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions
Judge Gordon John Burrell (part time)					Published criminal decisions
Judge L.T.L. Cook-Stanhope			PC		Published criminal decisions (~17)
Judge Karen J. Jordan		? (Judge) August 1, 2018 (P/T)			Published criminal decisions
Judge Steven E. Lipton					Published criminal decisions
Judge V.T. Tousignant (part time) [24] [25]		June 21, 2004 (Judge) September 19, 2007 (Ass. Chief)			Published criminal decisions
Judge Todd LaRochelle		June 2009	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge John R. Shaw [26]	Calgary/ Family and Youth Division	July 2009	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Nicholas William D’Souza [27]		Mar 13, 2013	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Gary H. Cornfield [28]		April 09, 2014	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Diana Mah [29]		Sep 18, 2015	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Judge F. Airth [30]	Calgary Family & Youth	May 09, 2017	NDP		Published criminal decisions

Civil Division

Civil Division
Name	District	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Assistant Chief Judge G.W. Sharek	Edmonton				Published criminal decisions
Judge James Lorne Skitsko	Edmonton	? July 1, 2018 (P/T)			Published criminal decisions
Judge N.R. Hess (part time) [31]	Calgary	Sept 1, 1999	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Fred A. Day (part time)	Calgary	July 2006	PC	McLennan Ross	Published criminal decisions
Judge K. Haymour	Edmonton	July 2006	PC	Sole practitioner Wilson Haymour	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge L. Diane Young	Edmonton	June 2009	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Mary A. McCorquodale [32]	Calgary	November 2009	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Laura L. Burt [33]	Calgary	March 2010	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge D.B. Higa [34]	Calgary	April 2011	PC		Published criminal decisions

Edmonton Region

Edmonton Region
Name	District	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Assistant Chief Judge J. Schaffter [35]	Leduc	Dec 04, 2013			Published criminal decisions
Judge M.M. White (part time)	Leduc				Published criminal decisions
Judge P.T. Johnston	Vermilion				Published criminal decisions
Judge D.C. Norheim (part time)	Hinton				Published criminal decisions
Judge B.H. Fraser (part time)	St. Albert				Published criminal decisions
Judge James R. Jacques [36]	Fort McMurray	June 22, 2005	PC		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Judge Ken E. Tjosvold (part time)	Stony Plain	July 2006	PC	Crown attorney	Published criminal decisions (~10)
Judge Vaughn Herman Myers [37]	St. Albert	May 2007	Edmonton / Criminal Division	Private practice	Published criminal decisions
Judge Bruce R. Garriock [38]	St. Albert	July 2008	PC		Published criminal decisions (~7)
Judge Stephanie A. Cleary	Fort McMurray	October 2008	PC	Crown attorney	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Kathleen D. Williams	St. Paul	July 2009	PC	Pringle & Associates Todd Drake Williams Findlater	Published criminal decisions
Judge D.G. Rae (part time)	Fort Saskatchewan	January 4, 2000			Published criminal decisions (~10)
Judge Charles Donald Gardner [39] [40]	Stony Plain	April 2010 May 25, 2012 (Ass. Chief)			Published criminal decisions
Judge John Peter Higgerty	Hinton	May 16, 2011	PC	Crown attorney	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Karl R. Wilberg [41]	Fort Saskatchewan	January 10, 2014	PC		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Rosanna M. Saccomani [42]	Stony Plain	May 07, 2014	PC		Published criminal decisions (~10)
Judge Clifton G. Purvis [43]	Leduc	Jul 24, 2014	PC	Crown attorney	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Ivan Modeste Laurie Ladouceur [44]	St. Paul	Sep 28, 2016	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Judge Thomas W. Achtymichuk [45]	Fort Saskatchewan	Nov 01, 2016	NDP	Called to bar (1990)	Published criminal decisions
Judge M.M. Collinson [46]	Leduc	December 13, 2016	NDP	Crown Attorney	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge R.C. Shaigec	Stony Plain	2017	NDP		Published criminal decisions

Northern Region

Northern Region
Name	District	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Assistant Chief Judge Morris B. Golden [47]	Grande Prairie	July 2007 (Judge) Sep 06, 2013 (Ass. Chief)		Crown attorney private practice	Published criminal decisions (~5)
Judge James Richard McIntosh (part time) [48]	Peace River	1989 (Judge) June 21, 2004 (Ass. Chief)			Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge G. William Paul [49]	High Prairie	June 22, 2005	PC		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Brian R. Hougestol	Grande Prairie	October 2008	PC		Published criminal decisions (~35)
Judge Claus K.W. Thietke [50]	Peace River	July 2010	PC		Published criminal decisions (~4)
Judge D.R. Shynkar [51]	High Prairie	Feb 06, 2013	PC		Published criminal decisions (~21)
Judge G.R. Ambrose [52]	Peace River	Aug 23, 2013	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Jasmine Sihra [53]	Grande Prairie	Oct 26, 2016	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~5)

Central Region

Central Region
Name	District	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Assistant Chief Judge James A. Hunter [54]	Red Deer	July 2009	PC	Stettler town councillor Stettler mayor	Published criminal decisions
Judge E.D. Riemer (part time)	Red Deer				Published criminal decisions
Judge James Bryce Mitchell [55]	Red Deer	September 1, 1999	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Bart D. Rosborough	Wetaskiwin	October 2005	PC	Crown attorney	Published criminal decisions (~93)
Judge W.A. "Bert" Skinner	Red Deer	July 2007	PC	Crown attorney	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge John D. Holmes [56]	Red Deer	December 2007	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge William A. Andreassen [57]	Camrose	November 2009	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Gordon E. Deck [58]	Red Deer	November 26, 2009	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Gordon A.G. Yake [59]	Red Deer	Apr 24, 2013	PC		Published criminal decisions (~16)
Judge James A. Glass [60]	Red Deer	May 07, 2014	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)

Calgary

Calgary and Calgary Regional
Name	District	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Assistant Chief Judge M.J. Durant [61]	Calgary	April 14, 2011	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge K.R. McLeod	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge Gerard Matthew Meagher (part time)	Calgary				Published criminal decisions (~43)
Judge L.W. Robertson	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge T.C. Semenuk	Calgary				Published criminal decisions (~370)
Judge C.M. Skene	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge S.L. Van de Veen (part time)	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge M.L. Graham	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge C.L. Daniel (part time)	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge M.C. Dinkel	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge R.J. Wilkins (part time)	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge G.S. Dunnigan	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge A.J. Brown	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge H.A. Lamoureux	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge Allan A. Fradsham	Calgary	1990	PC		Published criminal decisions (~440)
Judge J.J. Ogle	Calgary	May 2006	PC	Wolch Ogle Wilson Hursch & deWitt (criminal)	Published criminal decisions
Judge Peter B. Barley	Calgary Regional	July 2006	PC	Crown attorney	Published criminal decisions
Judge Judith Shriar (part time)	Calgary Regional	July 2006	PC	Private practice	Published criminal decisions (~93)
Judge John D. Bascom	Calgary	October 2006	PC	Bascom & Dunn Law Firm (criminal)	Published criminal decisions
Judge William J. Cummings	Calgary	April 2007	PC	private practice	Published criminal decisions
Judge Daniel R. Pahl (part time) [62]	Calgary	May 30, 2007	PC		Published criminal decisions (~11)
Judge Leslie R. Grieve	Calgary Regional	January 2008	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge George J. Gaschler [63]	Calgary Regional	July 2008	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Eugene J. Creighton	Calgary Regional	March 2009	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Mark T.C. Tyndale	Calgary	December 2009	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Paul J. Mason	Calgary	October 2010	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Harry M. Van Harten [64]	Calgary	December 2010	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge G.K. Wong [65]	Calgary	Nov 24, 2011	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Karim Zaher Jivraj [66]	Calgary	August 14, 2012	PC	Jivraj Knight & Pritchett	Published criminal decisions
Judge J.B. Hawkes [67]	Calgary	May 09, 2017	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Judge M.M. Keelaghan [68]	Calgary Regional	May 09, 2017	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Judge Marian V. De Souza	Calgary and Calgary Regional	December 2017	NDP		Published criminal decisions
Judge K.A. Crowshoe [69]	Calgary and Calgary Regional	December 13, 2017	NDP	Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions

Southern Region

Southern Region
Name	District	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Assistant Chief Judge Derek G. Redman [70]	Lethbridge	November 2007	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge E.D. Brooks	Medicine Hat				Published criminal decisions
Judge F.C. Fisher	Medicine Hat				Published criminal decisions
Judge T.G. Hironaka (part time)	Lethbridge				Published criminal decisions
Judge J.N. LeGrandeur [71]	Lethbridge				Published criminal decisions
Judge E.W. Peterson [72]	Lethbridge	1999 (Judge) September 12, 2007 (Ass. Chief)			Published criminal decisions
Judge Sylvia L. Oishi	Lethbridge	October 2008	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Gordon K. Krinke	Medicine Hat	March 2009	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge P. Gale Pharo [73]	Lethbridge	November 24, 2010	PC	Stringam Denecky	Published criminal decisions
Judge Gregory S. Maxwell [74]	Lethbridge	March 2011	PC	Crown attorney Huckvale Wilde Law Office	Published criminal decisions

Supernumerary

Supernumerary Judges
Name	District	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Judge P. Ayotte	Edmonton				Published criminal decisions
Judge D. Brand	Medicine Hat				Published criminal decisions
Judge D.J. Buchanan	Edmonton				Published criminal decisions
Judge G.R. DeBow	Lethbridge				Published criminal decisions
Judge J.G. Easton	Edmonton				Published criminal decisions
Judge Janet Dianne Soneff Franklin [75]	Edmonton	November 1998	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge H.W.A. Fuller [76]	Edmonton	June 21, 2004	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge B.R. Fraser	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge J.C. Koshman [77]	Edmonton	June 21, 2004	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Allan Harold Lefever	Edmonton	January 24, 2000	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge Philip John Maher	Sherwood Park				Published criminal decisions
Judge Frances Lawrence Maloney	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge Patrick M. McIlhargey	Calgary	July 2006	PC	private practice Justice of Peace	Published criminal decisions
Judge D.J. McNab	Edmonton				Published criminal decisions
Judge L.E. Nemirsky	Edmonton				Published criminal decisions
Judge S.G. Peck	Edmonton				Published criminal decisions
Judge David Joseph Plosz	Red Deer				Published criminal decisions
Judge J.C.M. Spence	Edmonton				Published criminal decisions
Judge B.C. Stevenson	Calgary				Published criminal decisions
Judge J.A. Watson [78]	Grande Prairie	April 12, 2005	PC		Published criminal decisions
Judge D. Raymond Wong	Edmonton				Published criminal decisions (~1)

(*) means part-time Judges

Previous Judges

Retired Judges
Name	District	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Monica Bast		May 2006	Schnell Hardy Jones	PC	Published criminal decisions
Shauna Miller	Edmonton / Family / Youth	April 2007	PC	Fraser Milner Casgrain	Published criminal decisions
Barbara Veldhuis[79]		May 2007	Calgary / Criminal Division	Private practice	Published criminal decisions
Darwin James Greaves [80]		November 1998			Published criminal decisions
Paul Gordon Sully [81]		November 1998		Brownlee Fryett	Published criminal decisions
J.D. Bruce McDonald [82]		June 21, 2004
A. Gail Vickery [83]		2000
Hugh Clark [84]	Peace River	May 14, 2001		Crown Attorney
Joanne Helen Goss [85]		September 1, 1999
Leonard Stephen Mandamin [86]		September 1, 1999
Harry Gaede
Ronald A. Jacobson					Published criminal decisions
P.G.C. Ketchum					Published criminal decisions
Donald George Ingram		January 17, 2000			Published criminal decisions
Kenneth Douglas Hope		February 1, 2012 (Sup.)

External links

• Provincial Court of Alberta
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