The Honourable Peter A. Whitmore, a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan, has been appointed to the Court of Appeal to replace the Hon. Mr. Justice Robert G. Richards, who will become Chief Justice of Saskatchewan on June 30, 2013.
Justice Whitmore was appointed to the Court of Queen’s Bench in Regina in 2008. Prior to that, he’d been a partner with McKercher McKercher & Whitmore LLP since 1989. The appointment takes effect June 30, 2013.