May 29, 2015 – Ottawa, ON – Department of Justice.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Central Nova, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment:
The Honourable Jeffery D. Kalmakoff, a judge with the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan in Regina, is appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan, to replace Mr. Justice D.P. Ball (Regina), who elected supernumerary status on May 9, 2014.
Mr. Justice Kalmakoff was appointed to the Saskatchewan Court of Justice in 2009. He was previously a Crown prosecutor with the Public Prosecutions Division of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice and Attorney General in Regina from 1995 until 2009.
Mr. Justice Kalmakoff received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan in 1993. He was admitted to the Bar of Saskatchewan in 1994 and joined Hnatyshyn Singer in Saskatoon. He is a past member of the Saskatchewan Crown Attorneys’ Association and of the Canadian Association of Crown Counsel.
This appointment is effective immediately.
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