Court of Appeal of Alberta

Current judges

(Full complement of 15 including Chief Justice)

Alberta Pop. (2021): 4.4 million
Pop. per Justice: ~293k

#	Name	Appointed	Nominated by	Position Prior to Appointment	Other Details
1	Chief Justice Ritu Khullar [1]	15 March 2018 (Justice) 2023 (Chief)	J. Trudeau	Court of Queen's Bench (2017 to 2018) Chivers Carpenter Lawyers (1998 to 2017) Graduated (1991)	Published criminal decisions Judicial Questionnaire
2	Frans F. Slatter [2] [3]	27 October 2006	Harper / Toews (CPC)	Court of Queen's Bench (2001 to 2006) McCuaig Desrochers LLP Called to bar (~1980) SCC Law clerk Dal grad (1977)	Published criminal decisions
3	Patricia A. Rowbotham [4] [5] [6]	2007	Harper	Court of Queen's Bench	Published criminal decisions
4	J. D. Bruce McDonald [7] [8]	2008	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Court of Queen's Bench	Published criminal decisions
5	Barbara Lea Veldhuis [9], [10]	3 February 2013	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Court of Queen's Bench (2011 to 2013) Clarkson Mochan Veldhuis (1993 to 1995) Department of Justice Canada (1998 to 2006) Provincial Crown Attorney (1991 to 1993, 1996 to 1998) Logan Watson & Company (criminal) (1988 to 1991) Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions
6	Thomas W. Wakeling [11]	7 March 2014	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Court of Queen's Bench Fraser Milner Casrgain (1983 to 2013) Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions
7	Frederica L. Schutz [12] [13]	14 August 2015	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Court of Queen's Bench (2013 to 2015) Emery Jamieson LLP (1991 to 2013) Called to bar (1991)	Published criminal decisions
8	Michelle Crighton [14]	20 October 2016	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Court of Queen's Bench (2007 to 2016) McLennan Ross LPP (1985 to 2007) Called to bar (1985)	Published criminal decisions
9	Jo'Anne Strekaf [15] [16]	20 October 2016	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Court of Queen's Bench (2007 to 2016) Bennett Jones (1981 to 2007) Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions
10	Elizabeth A. Hughes [17]	5 November 2018	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Queen's Bench Chief Crown Attorney Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions
11	Dawn Pentelechuk [18]	5 November 2018	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Court of Queen's Bench (2013 to 2018) Duncan Craig LLP Schlosser Nikel Pentelechuk Wood Cleall Pahl Called to bar (1987)	Published criminal decisions
12	Jolaine Antonio [19]	31 January 2018	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Court of Queen's Bench (2016 to 2018) Crown Counsel, Alberta Justice PPSC Crown Called to bar (1995)	Published criminal decisions
13	Kevin P. Feehan [20]	13 December 2018	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Court of Queen's Bench (2016 to 2019) Milner & Steer/Dentons LLP Called to bar (~1979)	Published criminal decisions
14	L. Bernette Ho [21]	August 6, 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)		Published criminal decisions
15	Anne Kirker [22]	August 6, 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Calgary grad (1991)	Published criminal decisions
Lisa Silver [23]	April 24, 2023	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	U of Calgary Prof (2016 to 2023) U of Calgary grad LLM (2001) Brian Greenspan and David Humphrey (1989 to 1999) Called to bar (1989) Osgoode grad (1987)	Academic articles (SSRN)

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Supernumerary

Name	Stationed In	Appointed	Nominated by	Position Prior to Appointment	Other Details
Catherine Fraser	N/A	1991 1992	Mulroney	Court of Appeal Court of Queen's Bench (1989 to 1991) Lucas, Bishop and Fraser (1971-1989)	Published criminal decisions
Marina S. Paperny [24]	Calgary	2001 (ABCA) June 30, 2017 (Sup.)	Chrétien	Court of Queen's Bench (1996 to 2001) Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions
Peter Walter Lambert Martin [25] [26] [27]	Calgary	2005	Martin	Court of Queen's Bench (1998 to 2005) Crown Attorney (1978 to 1995) Evans Martin Wilson (1995 to 1998) Crown Attorney (1977 to 1995) Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions Member of Judicial Advisory Cttee (Jan 2017)
Jack Watson [28] [29] [30]	Edmonton	2006 2016 (sup.)	Harper	Court of Queen's Bench (2000 - 2006) Called to bar (1973)	Published criminal decisions
Myra B. Bielby [31]	Edmonton	2010	Harper	Court of Queen's Bench (1990 to 2010) Field & Field (1975-1990)	Published criminal decisions
Peter T. Costigan [32] [33]	Edmonton	1999 (Justice) 2014 (sup)[34]	Chrétien	Court of Queen's Bench (1994 to 1999) Brownlee, Fryett Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions
Sheila J. Greckol [35]	Edmonton	June 17, 2016 (Judge) January 1, 2018 (Sup.)	J. Trudeau	Court of Queen's Bench (2001 to 2016) Chivers, Greckol & Kanee (1976 to 2001)	Published criminal decisions

Previous Judges

• Court of Appeal of Alberta (Historical)

See Also

• Court of Appeal site

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