REGINA — Cynthia Alexander has been appointed as a judge to the Provincial Court in Regina.
Judge Alexander received her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 1996 and was called to the bar in 1997. She completed her articles with Woloshyn & Company (now W Law) in Regina, where she remained as an associate lawyer until 2000.
Alexander then took a position as a Crown prosecutor with Public Prosecutions in Prince Albert, and became a senior Crown prosecutor there in 2008. In 2022, she moved to the head office of Public Prosecutions in Regina as the director of Professional Development.
Alexander has spent the majority of her career prosecuting criminal matters in Provincial Court and the Court of King's Bench. She has developed expertise in criminal procedure, trial advocacy and rules of evidence. She has mentored prosecutors, articling students, and summer students within the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General and has also lectured at the University of Regina, the Saskatchewan Police College and Saskatchewan Polytechnic.
Outside of work, Judge Alexander and her husband have raised two sons. She enjoys music and travelling and has volunteered with the Prince Albert Music Festival and the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival.