Past Presidents of the Law Society of Saskatchewan
March 31, 2017By Kelly Laycock
By Kelly LaycockFor all those history buffs, this is the complete list of the past presidents of the Law Society of Saskatchewan since its inception in 1907. This list was originally published as an appendix in Iain Mentiplay’s book, A Century of Integrity: The Law Society of Saskatchewan 1907 to 2007, and has recently been updated for the latest issue of the Benchers’ Digest to include the presidents from the past 10 years. In that update, we inadvertently forgot to include Mr. Robert Heinrichs, QC, who took over as president in May 2014 after the Honourable Miguel Martinez was appointed to the Provincial Court. We offer our sincerest apologies to Mr. Heinrichs for that omission. Please find the correction in the list below and in the online Spring 2017 issue of the Benchers’ Digest. If you want to learn more about the history of the Law Society, we’ll be posting more historical gems over the coming months to celebrate our 110th anniversary. Stay tuned!
1908 Edward Lindsay Elwood, Moosomin
1909 Norman Mackenzie, KC, Regina
1910 Wellington Bartley Willoughby, KC, Moose Jaw
1911 John Alexander Macdonald Patrick, KC, Yorkton
1912 Charles Edward Dudley Wood, Regina
1913 Herbert Acheson, Saskatoon
1914 Oliver Steele Black, KC, Weyburn
1915 James Balfour, KC, Regina
1916 Philip Edward Mackenzie, KC, Saskatoon
1917 Rufus Redmond Earle, KC, Battleford
1918 Albert Leslie Gordon, KC, Regina
1919 Norman Mackenzie, KC, Regina
1920 Joseph F. Frame, KC, Regina
1921 William Grayson, KC, Moose Jaw
1922 William Wellington Livingston, KC, Battleford
1923 Everett Bruce Jonah, KC, Regina
1924 Henry Lawson Jordan, KC, Saskatoon
1925 Daniel Buckles, KC, Swift Current
1926 Louis Thompson McKim, KC, Melville
1927 Frank Clayton Wilson, KC, Yorkton
1928 Harold J. Schull, KC, Moose Jaw
1929 Alfred Edward Bence, KC, Saskatoon
1930 Herbert Edmund Sampson, KC, Regina
1931 James Hawkins Lindsay, KC, Prince Albert
1932 J.M. Hanbidge, KC, Kerrobert
1933 Herbert Gilpin Sparling, KC, Battleford
1934 Andrew Murray McIntyre, KC, Saskatoon
1935 James Oswald Begg, KC, Swift Current
1936 William Henry Buchan Spotton, KC, Moose Jaw
1937 Percy McCuaig Anderson, KC, Regina
1938 Albert Edward Cairns, KC, Melfort
1939 William Milverton Rose, KC, Moose Jaw
1940 William James Perkins, KC, Estevan
1941 Frank Lindsay Bastedo, KC, Regina
1942 Percy George Hodges, KC, Regina
1943 Walter Buchanan Francis, KC, Saskatoon
1944 Richard Mulcaster, KC, Prince Albert
1944/45 Arthur Moxon, KC, Saskatoon
1946 Gordon Wright Forbes, KC, Regina
1947 Alan Carl Stewart, KC, Yorkton
1948 Herbert Elwood Keown, KC, Melfort
1949 John Newbery Conroy, KC, North Battleford
1950 Lester McTaggart, KC, Moose Jaw
1951 William Wallace Lynd, KC, Estevan
1952 Emmett Matthew Hall, KC, Saskatoon
1953 Frederick Charles Hayes, KC, Swift Current
1954 Charles Roberts Davidson, KC, Regina
1955 George Milledge Salter, KC, Prince Albert
1955/56 Edward Denis Noonan, KC, Regina
1957 Jacob Michael Goldenberg, KC, Saskatoon
1958 John Lorn McDougall, KC, Regina
1959 Stanley McDonald Mighton, KC, North Battleford
1960 William Harold Morrison, KC, Yorkton
1961 Norman R. McDonald, KC, Weyburn
1961 Frederick Wood Alexander, KC, Regina
1962 John Marcel Cuelenaere, KC, Prince Albert
1963 Cecil Gilbert Schmitt, KC, Saskatoon
1964 Boris Dubinsky, KC, Moose Jaw
1965 Alastair MacLean Nicol, KC, Regina
1966 David Eldon Gauley, QC, Saskatoon
1967 Joseph Gerard McIntyre, QC, Regina
1968 James Eremko, QC, Nipawin
1969 Alan Williams Embury, QC, Regina\
1970 Joseph Frederick Polley, QC, Swift Current
1971 Donald Stewart McKercher, QC, Saskatoon
1972 Edward John Moss, QC, Regina
1973 Henry Albert Osborn, QC, North Battleford
1974 Ramon John Hnatyshyn, QC, Saskatoon
1975 Donald Kenneth MacPherson, QC, Regina
1976 Silas Eugene Halyk, QC, Saskatoon
1977 Grant Harold Martin Armstrong, QC, Regina
1978 Robert Hamilton McKercher, QC, Saskatoon
1979 Thomas Clarkson Wakeling, QC, Regina
1980 Paul Hrabinsky, QC, Saskatoon
1981 Gerald Lorne Gerrand, QC, Regina
1982 Gerald Norman Allbright, QC, Saskatoon
1983 Elton Ronald Gritzfeld, QC, Regina
1984 Donald Anthony Wilhelm, QC, North Battleford
1985 Gordon Joseph Kuski, QC, Regina
1986 Robert Donald Laing, QC, Saskatoon
1987 Franklin Alexander MacBean, QC, Swift Current
1988 Loran Theodore Andrew Priel, QC, Saskatoon
1989 Gerald Mervin Kraus, QC, Regina
1990 David Jackson McKeague, QC, Saskatoon
1991 Lyle Victor Cundall, QC, Estevan
1992 Robert Bruce Pletch, QC, Regina
1993 Leslie William Prosser, QC, Saskatoon
1994 Peter Stephen Kolenick, QC, Yorkton
1995 Lawrence John Zatyln, QC, Prince Albert
1996 Neil George Gabrielson, QC, Saskatoon
1997 Richard Shawn Smith, QC, Regina
1998 Lynn B. MacDonald, QC, Radville (First female president of the LSS)
1998/99 Maurice Laprairie, QC, Regina
2000 Randall Baker, QC, Regina
2001 Martel Popescul, QC, Prince Albert
2002 Michael W. Milani, QC, Regina
2003 Robert Gibbings, QC, Saskatoon
2004 W. Brent Gough, QC, Saskatoon
2005 Michael Fisher, QC, Melville
2006 Alma Wiebe, QC, Saskatoon
2007 Victor Dietz, QC, Regina
2008 Richard Danyliuk, QC, Saskatoon
2009 Karl Bazin, QC, Swift Current
2010 Eileen Libby, QC, Regina
2011 Paul Korpan, QC, Regina
2012 Gregory Walen, QC, Saskatoon
2013 Heather Laing, QC, Saskatoon
2014 Miguel Martinez, QC, Lloydminster
2014 Robert Heinrichs, QC, Swift Current
2015 Brenda Hildebrandt, QC, Saskatoon
2016 Perry Erhardt, QC, Regina
2017 Erin Kleisinger, QC, Regina (Current president)
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