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{{decision count|October 2018}}
==Current Justices ==
==Current Justices ==
{{seealso|Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Previous Justices)}}
(Full complement of 22)[https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-j-1/latest/rsc-1985-c-j-1.html]
Manitoba Pop. (2021): 1.3 million<br>
Pop. per Justice: ~59k


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2011/02/pm-announces-manitoba-judicial-appointments.html|title=PM announces Manitoba judicial appointments|accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2004/12/manitoba-judicial-appointment-announced.html|title=MANITOBA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED|accessdate=3 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921114514/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32283.html|title=Manitoba Judicial Appointment Announced}}</ref>
! Name [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2011/02/pm-announces-manitoba-judicial-appointments.html][https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2004/12/manitoba-judicial-appointment-announced.html][https://web.archive.org/web/20110921114514/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32283.html]
! Jurisdiction
! Appointed
! Appointed
! Division
! Nominated By
! Nominated By
! Prior Position(s)
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
|-
| [[Chief Justice]] Glenn D. Joyal
| '''Chief Justice Glenn D. Joyal''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20110512185125/http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&featureId=6&pageId=26&id=3942] [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2011/02/pm-announces-manitoba-judicial-appointments.html]
|{{dts|June 22, 2007}} (Judge)<Br> 2011 (Chief)
|General
|General
|Stephen Harper
|{{dts|June 22, 2007}} (Judge)<br> 2011 (Chief)
|Harper (Judge & Chief)
|Provincial Court
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/mb/mbqb/#search/type=decision&ccId=mbqb&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=joyal&id=%22R.%20v.%22%20OR%20Regina%20OR%20Rex%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=mbqb Published Criminal Decisions] (~37)
|-
| '''Associate Chief Justice Shane Perlmutter'''
|General
|{{dts|February 3, 2011}}
|Harper
|
|
|[https://www.canlii.org/en/mb/mbqb/#search/type=decision&ccId=mbqb&sort=decisionDateDesc&text=perlmutter%20&id=%22R.%20v.%22%20OR%20Regina%20OR%20Rex%20OR%20%22HMTQ%22%20OR%20%22The%20Queen%22&origType=decision&origCcId=mbqb Published Criminal Decisions] (~25)
|-
|-
| Associate Chief Justice [[Marianne Rivoalen]]
| Justice Joan G. McKelvey
|{{dts|February 2, 2005}}
|General
|Family
|{{dts|September 27, 2001}}
|Paul Martin
|Chrétien
|
|
|{{publishedMBQB|mckelvey}} (~62)
|-
|-
| Associate Chief Justice Shane Perlmutter
| Justice Shawn D. Greenberg
|{{dts|February 3, 2011}}
|General
|General
|Stephen Harper
|{{dts|October 28, 2003}}
|Chrétien
|
|
|{{publishedMBQB|greenberg}} (~89)
|-
|-
| [[Robert B. Doyle|Mr. Justice Robert B. Doyle]]
| Justice Robert G. Cummings [https://web.archive.org/web/20110921114514/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32283.html]
|{{dts|February 28, 2000}}
|General
|Family
|{{dts|July 31, 2008}}
|Jean Chretien
|Harper
|
| Provincial Court Judge (1994 to 2008)<br>private practice<br>Called to bar (1977)
|{{publishedMBQB|cummings}} (~33)
|-
| Justice Christopher W. Martin [https://web.archive.org/web/20090302180505/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32321.html]
|General
|{{dts|January 22, 2009}}
|Harper
| Sole practitioner (2007 to 2009) <br>United Grain Growers Ltd (1994 to 2007)<br> Wolch, Pinx, Tapper, Scurfield (1983 to 1994)<br> Called to bar (1983)
|{{publishedMBQB|martin}} (~55)
|-
|-
| [[Joan McKelvey|Madam Justice Joan G. McKelvey]]
| Justice Robert Dewar
|{{dts|September 27, 2001}}
|General
|General
|Jean Chretien
|{{dts|September 9, 2009}}
|
|Harper
|Thompson Dorfman Sweatman<br> Called to bar (1974)
|{{publishedMBQB|dewar}} (~8)
|-
|-
| [[Colleen Suche|Madam Justice Colleen Suche]]
| Justice Richard Saull [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220103if_/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2010/doc_32477.html]
|{{dts|July 16, 2002}}
|General
|General
|Jean Chretien
|{{dts|February 10, 2010}}
|
|Harper
|Crown attorney<br>Called to bar (1979)<br> U of M
|{{publishedMBQB|saull}} (~5)
|-
|-
| [[Marilyn Goldberg|Madam Justice Marilyn E. Goldberg]]
| Justice Gerald Chartier
|{{dts|July 16, 2002}}
|General
|Family
|{{dts|September 30, 2010}}
|Jean Chretien
|{{Harper2}}
|
|
|{{publishedMBQB|chartier}} (~9)
|-
|-
| [[Shawn Greenberg|Madam Justice Shawn D. Greenberg]]
| Justice Herbert Rempel [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32854.html]
|{{dts|October 28, 2003}}
|General
|General
|Jean Chretien
|{{dts|March 7, 2013}}
|
|{{Harper2}}
| Family Division (Dec 2, 2011 to 2013)<br>Pullan Kammerloch Frolingerin<br> Called to bar (1988)
|{{publishedMBQB|rempel}} (~4)
|-
|-
| [[Karen Simonsen|Madam Justice Karen I. Simonsen]]
| Justice Sheldon W. Lanchbery [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32907.html]
|{{dts|December 9, 2004}}
|General
|General
|Paul Martin
|{{dts|June 6, 2013}}
|Thompson Dorfman Sweatman
|Harper
|sole practitioner (1981 to 2013)<br> Called to bar (1980)
|{{publishedMBQB|lanchbery}} (~1)
|-
|-
| [[Lori Spivak|Madam Justice Lori T. Spivak]]
| Justice James G. Edmond [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32967.html]
|{{dts|May 19, 2005}}
|General
|General
|Paul Martin
|{{dts|October 1, 2013}}
|Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson
|Harper
|Thompson Dorfman Sweatmann LLP <br> Called to bar (1982)
|{{publishedMBQB|edmond}} (~9)
|-
|-
| [[A. Catherine Everett|Madam Justice A. Catherine Everett]]
| Justice Victor E. Toews [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33057.html]
|{{dts|November 22, 2006}}
|General
|Family
|{{dts|March 7, 2014}}
|Stephen Harper
|Harper
|
|Member of Parliament (1995 to 2013) <br>Director of Constitutional Law (1987-1991)<br> Crown Attorney (1977-1979)<br> Called to bar (1977)
|{{publishedMBQB|toews}} (~41)
|-
|-
| [[Michael Thomson (judge)|Mr. Justice Michael A. Thomson]]
| Justice Sadie Bond [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2014/doc_33062.html]
|{{dts|June 1, 2007}}
|General
|Family
|{{dts|April 11, 2014}}
|Stephen Harper
|Harper
|
|PPSC Crown<br> Maureen Forestell<br> Legal Aid <br>Called to bar (~1996)
|{{publishedMBQB|bond}} (~11)
|-
|-
| Mr. Justice Robert Cummings
| Justice Sandra Zinchuk [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2015/doc_33102.html]
|{{dts|July 31, 2008}}
|General
|General
|Stephen Harper
|{{dts|February 26, 2015}}
| Provincial Court Judge (1994 to 2008)
|{{Harper3}}
|Monk Goodwin LLP (1995 to 2015)<br> Called to bar (~1995)
|{{publishedMBQB|zinchuk}} (~2)
|-
|-
| Madam Justice Joan MacPhail
| Justice David J. Kroft [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-manitoba.html]
|{{dts|January 22, 2009}}
|General
|Family
|{{dts|October 20, 2016}}
|Stephen Harper
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
| Director of Family Law Branch of provincial DOJ (1989 to 2009)
|Fillmore Riley LLP (1990 to 2016) <br> Called to bar (1990)
|{{publishedMBQB|kroft}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Mr. Justice Chris Martin
| Justice Candace Grammond [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2016/10/government-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-province-manitoba.html]
|{{dts|January 22, 2009}}
|General
|General
|Stephen Harper
|{{dts|October 20, 2016}}
|
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Pitblado LLP (1999 to 2016)<br> Called to bar (1999)
|{{publishedMBQB|grammond}} (~1)<Br>[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2021/06/the-honourable-sebastien-grammond-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
| Justice Scott Abel [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/12/government_of_canadaannouncesjudicialappointmentintheprovinceofm.html]
|Brandon
|{{dts|December 19, 2017}}
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Paterson Patterson Wyman and Abel<br>Sinclair and Associates<br> Called to bar (1997)
|{{publishedMBQB|abel}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Mr. Justice William Johnston
| Justice R Kenneth Champagne [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/04/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointment-in-the-province-of-manitoba.html]
|{{dts|July 30, 2009}}
|Winnipeg
|Family
|{{dts|April 4, 2018}}
|Stephen Harper
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|
|Provincial Court (2005 to 2018)<br>Crown attorney (1994 to 2005) <br>Called to bar (1994)
|{{publishedMBQB|champagne}}  (~0)<br> [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/11/the-honourable-r-kenneth-champagnes-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
| Mr. Justice Robert Dewar
|Justice Jeffrey F. Harris [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/10/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-manitoba.html]
|{{dts|September 9, 2009}}
| Winnipeg
|General
|October 9, 2018
|Stephen Harper
|{{J. Trudeau1}}
|Thompson Dorfman Sweatman
|Myers LLP (aboriginal) (1996 to 2018)<br>Keyser, Harris<br>Called to bar (1983)
|{{publishedMBQB|harris}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Mr. Justice Richard Saull
|Justice Shauna McCarthy [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-manitoba.html]
|{{dts|February 10, 2010}}
| Winnipeg
|General
|June 27, 2019
|Stephen Harper
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|
|
|{{publishedMBQB|McCarthy}} (~0)
|-
|-
| Mr. Justice Gerald Chartier
|Justice Anne Turner [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/06/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-manitoba.html]
|{{dts|September 30, 2010}}
| Winnipeg
|General
|June 27, 2019
|Stephen Harper
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
|PPSC Crown<br> Called to bar (2003)
|{{publishedMBQB|Turner}} (~0)
|}
 
==Family Division==
(Full complement of 13)
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
! Jurisdiction
! Appointed
! Nominated By
! Prior Position(s)
! Other Details
|-
| Justice Robert B. Doyle
|Family
|{{dts|February 28, 2000}}
|Chrétien
|
|
|{{publishedMBQB|doyle}}
|-
|-
| Mr. Justice Herbert Rempel
 
|{{dts|March 7, 2013}}
| Justice Marilyn E. Goldberg
|General
|Family
|Stephen Harper
|{{dts|July 16, 2002}} (Judge)<br> July 16, 2017 (sup.)
|Chrétien
|
|
|{{publishedMBQB|goldberg}}
|-
|-
| Mr. Justice Sheldon Lanchbery
 
|{{dts|June 6, 2013}}
| Justice A. Catherine Everett
|General
|Family
|Stephen Harper
|{{dts|November 22, 2006}}
|Harper
|
|
|{{publishedMBQB|everett}}
|-
|-
| Madam Justice Gwen Hatch
| Justice Michael A. Thomson
|{{dts|June 6, 2013}}
|Family
|Family
|Stephen Harper
|{{dts|June 1, 2007}}
|Harper
|
|
|{{publishedMBQB|thomson}}
|-
|-
| James Edmond|Mr. Justice James G. Edmond
 
|{{dts|October 1, 2013}}
| Justice William Johnston
|General
|Family
|Stephen Harper
|{{dts|July 30, 2009}}
|Harper
|
|
|{{publishedMBQB|johnston}}
|-
|-
| [[Vic Toews|Mr. Justice Victor E. Toews]]
 
|{{dts|March 7, 2014}}
| Justice Joan MacPhail [https://web.archive.org/web/20090302180505/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2009/doc_32321.html]
|General
|Family
|Stephen Harper
|{{dts|January 22, 2009}}
|Member of Parliament (1995 to 2013) <br>Director of Constitutional Law (1987-1991)<Br> Crown Attorney (1977-1979)
|Harper
| Director of Family Law Branch of provincial DOJ (1989 to 2009)
|{{publishedMBQB|macphail}}
 
|-
|-
| Madam Justice Sadie Bond
 
|{{dts|April 11, 2014}}
| Justice Gwen Hatch
|General
|Family
|Stephen Harper
|{{dts|June 6, 2013}}
|Harper
|
|
|{{publishedMBQB|hatch}}
|-
|-
| Mr. Justice Allan Dueck
| Justice Allan Dueck
|Family
|{{dts|May 9, 2014}}
|{{dts|May 9, 2014}}
|Harper
|Mercier Dueck (2005 to 2014)<br>Gould Gosner (1997 to 2005)
|{{publishedMBQB|dueck}}
|-
| Kaye Dunlop| Justice Kaye Dunlop
|Family
|Family
|Stephen Harper
|Mercier Dueck (2005 to 2014)<Br>Gould Gosner (1997 to 2005)
|-
| Madam Justice Sandra Zinchuk
|{{dts|February 26, 2015}}
|General
|Stephen Harper
|Monk Goodwin LLP (1995 to 2015)
|-
| Kaye Dunlop|Madam Justice Kaye Dunlop
|{{dts|June 19, 2015}}
|{{dts|June 19, 2015}}
|Family
|Harper
|Stephen Harper
|Kaye E. Dunlop, Q.C. Law Office (1984 to 2015)
|Kaye E. Dunlop, Q.C. Law Office (1984 to 2015)
|{{publishedMBQB|dunlop}}
|-
|-
| Mr. Justice Regan Thatcher
| Justice Regan Thatcher
|Family
|{{dts|June 19, 2015}}
|{{dts|June 19, 2015}}
|Family
|Harper
|Stephen Harper
|Regan Thatcher Law Office (2002 to 2015)
|Regan Thatcher Law Office (2002 to 2015)
|{{publishedMBQB|thatcher}}
|-
|-
| Lore Mirwaldt|Madam Justice Lore Mirwaldt
| Lore Mirwaldt|Justice Lore Mirwaldt
|Family
|{{dts|October 20, 2016}}
|{{dts|October 20, 2016}}
|Family
|J. Trudeau
|Justin Trudeau
|Mirwaldt & Gray (1986 to 2016)
|Mirwaldt & Gray (1986 to 2016)
|{{publishedMBQB|mirwaldt}}
|-
|-
| David Kroft|Mr. Justice David J. Kroft
| Connie F. Petersen [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/10/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-manitoba.html]
|{{dts|October 20, 2016}}
| Winnipeg, Family
|General
| October 9, 2018
|Justin Trudeau
|J Trudeau
|Fillmore Riley LLP (1990 to 2016)
|
|{{publishedMBQB|mirwaldt}}
|-
|-
| Candace Grammond|Madam Justice Candace Grammond
| Annette J.R. Horst [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2018/10/government-of-canada-announces-judicial-appointments-in-the-province-of-manitoba.html]
|{{dts|October 20, 2016}}
| Winnipeg, Family
|General
| October 9, 2018
|Justin Trudeau
|J Trudeau
|Pitblado LLP (1999 to 2016)
|-
| Scott Abel|Mr. Justice Scott Abel
|{{dts|December 19, 2017}}
|General
|Justin Trudeau
|
|
|-
|{{publishedMBQB|mirwaldt}}
| Kenneth Champagne|Mr. Justice Kenneth Champagne
|{{dts|April 4, 2018}}
|General
|Justin Trudeau
|Crown attorney (1994 to 2005) <Br>Provincial Court (2005 to 2018)
|-
|-
|}
|}
Under the federal Judges Act, federally appointed judges (such as those on the Manitoba Court of Appeal) may, after being in judicial office for at least 15 years and whose combined age and number of years of judicial service is not less than 80 or after the age of 70 years and at least 10 years judicial service, elect to give up their regular judicial duties and hold office as a supernumerary judge.


==Supernumerary Justices==
The following justices have elected supernumerary status:
The following justices have elected supernumerary status:


* Mr. Justice Carr (December 14, 2006)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* Mr. Justice Goodman (December 14, 2006)
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
* Mr. Justice Kennedy (December 21, 2004)
! Name [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2011/02/pm-announces-manitoba-judicial-appointments.html] [https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2004/12/manitoba-judicial-appointment-announced.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110921114514/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32283.html]
* Mr. Justice Clearwater (July 10, 2007)
! Appointed
* [[Nathan Nurgitz|Mr. Justice Nurgitz]] (June 22, 2004)
! Supernumerary
* [[Sylvia Guertin-Riley|Madam Justice Guertin-Riley]] (September 16, 2006)
! Nominated By
* [[John A. Menzies|Mr. Justice John A. Menzies]] (August 7, 1996)
! Prior Position(s)
* [[Donald Little|Mr. Justice Donald M. Little]] (February 10, 1998)
! Other Details
* [[Laurie Allen (judge)|Madam Justice Laurie P. Allen]] (October 6, 1998)
|-
* [[Brenda Keyser|Madam Justice Brenda L. Keyser]]<Ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030923003005/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/MAN2.html}}</ref> (October 3, 1995)
| Justice Colleen Suche
* Mr. Justice Frank Aquila
| {{dts|July 16, 2002}} (Judge)<br> November 19, 2018 (sup.)
* [[Deborah McCawley|Madam Justice Deborah J. McCawley]] (September 17, 1997)
|
* Mr. Justice D.N. Abra
| Chrétien
 
|
==Past Justices==
| {{publishedMBQB|Suche}} (~83)<br> [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-judge-not-sanctioned-federal-appointment-1.5555197 May 4, 2020]
{{div col|colwidth=24em}}
|-
* Gordon J. Barkman<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/37th_2nd/vol_033/h033.html |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |title=Hansard - Members' Statements |date=May 22, 2001 |accessdate=14 Dec 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407063920/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/37th_2nd/vol_033/h033.html |archivedate=2014-04-07 |df= }}</ref>
| Justice Carr || {{dts|December 14, 2006}} || || ||
* [[Alexander Morris (politician)|Alexander Morris]]
|{{publishedMBQB|Carr}} (~0)
* [[James Charles McKeagney]]
|-
* Louis Betourney
| Justice Goodman || {{dts|December 14, 2006}} || || ||
* [[Edmund Burke Wood]]
|{{publishedMBQB|Goodman}} (~0)
* [[Joseph Dubuc]] (Chief Justice of Manitoba from August 8, 1903 until 1909)
|-
* James Andrews Miller
| Justice Kennedy || {{dts|December 21, 2004}} || || ||
* [[Lewis Wallbridge]]
|{{publishedMBQB|Kennedy}}
* [[Thomas Wardlaw Taylor]]
|-
* Robert Smith
| Justice Clearwater || {{dts|July 10, 2007}} || || ||
* [[Albert Clements Killam]]
|{{publishedMBQB|Clearwater}} (~8)
* John Farquhar Bain
|-
* Albert Elswood Richards
| Nathan Nurgitz || {{dts|June 22, 2004}} || || ||
* William Edgerton Perdue
|{{publishedMBQB|Murgitz}} (~0)
* Thomas Graham Mathers
|-
* Daniel Alexander Macdonald
| Sylvia Guertin-Riley [https://web.archive.org/web/20031111223821/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/MAN1.html] || {{dts|September 16, 2006}} || || || Family Divison (1995 to 2006)<br>Riley, Orle, Guertin, Born (1988 to 1995)<br> Schwartz, McJannet & Co<br> Called to bar (1981)
* [[John Donald Cameron]]
|{{publishedMBQB|Guertin-Riley}} (~0)
* Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe
|-
* James Emile Pierre Prendergast
| Justice John A. Menzies || {{dts|August 7, 1996}} || || ||  
* [[Hugh Robson (politician)|Hugh Amos Robson]]
|{{publishedMBQB|Menzies}} (~45)
* Alexander Casmir Galt
|-
* John Philpot Curran
| Justice Donald M. Little  || {{dts|February 10, 1998}}  (Family)<br>March 2, 2017 (sup.)|| || ||
* Andrew Knox Dysart
|{{publishedMBQB|Little}} (~0)
* John Evans Adamson
|-
* James Frederick Kilgour
| Justice Laurie P. Allen || {{dts|October 6, 1998}} || || ||
* William James Donovan
|{{publishedMBQB|Allen}}
* Percival John Montague
|-
* [[Fawcett Taylor|Fawcett Gowler Taylor]]
| Brenda L. Keyser [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923003005/http://www.justice.gc.ca:80/en/news/ja/1995/MAN2.html] || {{dts|October 3, 1995}} || || ||
* [[Ewan McPherson|Ewan Alexander McPherson]]
|{{publishedMBQB|Keyser}} (~47)
* [[William James Major]]
|-
* Esten Kenneth Williams
| Justice Frank Aquila || || || ||
* Arnold Munroe Campbell
|{{publishedMBQB|Aquila}} (~2)
* Joseph Thomas Beaubien
|-
* John Joseph Kelly
| Justice Deborah J. McCawley ||{{dts|September 17, 1997}} || || ||
* [[Brian Dickson|Robert George Brian Dickson]]
|{{publishedMBQB|Mccawley}}
* [[John Alton Duncan]]
|-
* Richard J. Scott (currently serving as [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Manitoba Court of Appeal]])
| Justice D.N. Abra || || ~2007 (Judge)<br> July 10, 2017 (Sup.) || ||
* [[Michel Monnin|Michel A. Monnin]] (currently serving as a judge on the [[Manitoba Court of Appeal]])
|{{publishedMBQB|abra}} (~17)
* [[Freda Steel|Freda M. Steel]] (currently serving as a judge on the [[Manitoba Court of Appeal]])
|}
* [[Barbara Hamilton (judge)|Barbara M. Hamilton]] (currently serving as a judge on the [[Manitoba Court of Appeal]])
* [[Alan MacInnes|Alan D. MacInnes]] (currently serving as a judge on the [[Manitoba Court of Appeal]])
* Brian C Midwinter<ref>{{cite news|title=Manitoba Judicial Appointment Announced|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208052412/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32264.html}}</ref>
 
{{div col end}}


==See also==
==Previous Justices==
* [[Judicial appointments in Canada]]
* [[Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Historical)]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/manitobajudges.shtml History of Manitoba Judges]
* [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/manitobajudges.shtml History of Manitoba Judges]


== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}


{{Court Composition}}
{{Court Composition}}

Revision as of 11:42, 25 May 2022

These tables are adapted from Wikipedia and remain licenced under the same terms and conditions


(~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of October 2018, unless otherwise indicated.

Current Justices

See also: Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Previous Justices)

(Full complement of 22)[1]

Manitoba Pop. (2021): 1.3 million
Pop. per Justice: ~59k

Name [2][3][4] Jurisdiction Appointed Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Justice Glenn D. Joyal [5] [6] General June 22, 2007 (Judge)
2011 (Chief)
Harper (Judge & Chief) Provincial Court Published Criminal Decisions (~37)
Associate Chief Justice Shane Perlmutter General February 3, 2011 Harper Published Criminal Decisions (~25)
Justice Joan G. McKelvey General September 27, 2001 Chrétien Published criminal decisions (~62)
Justice Shawn D. Greenberg General October 28, 2003 Chrétien Published criminal decisions (~89)
Justice Robert G. Cummings [7] General July 31, 2008 Harper Provincial Court Judge (1994 to 2008)
private practice
Called to bar (1977)
Published criminal decisions (~33)
Justice Christopher W. Martin [8] General January 22, 2009 Harper Sole practitioner (2007 to 2009)
United Grain Growers Ltd (1994 to 2007)
Wolch, Pinx, Tapper, Scurfield (1983 to 1994)
Called to bar (1983)
Published criminal decisions (~55)
Justice Robert Dewar General September 9, 2009 Harper Thompson Dorfman Sweatman
Called to bar (1974)
Published criminal decisions (~8)
Justice Richard Saull [9] General February 10, 2010 Harper Crown attorney
Called to bar (1979)
U of M
Published criminal decisions (~5)
Justice Gerald Chartier General September 30, 2010 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Published criminal decisions (~9)
Justice Herbert Rempel [10] General March 7, 2013 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Family Division (Dec 2, 2011 to 2013)
Pullan Kammerloch Frolingerin
Called to bar (1988)
Published criminal decisions (~4)
Justice Sheldon W. Lanchbery [11] General June 6, 2013 Harper sole practitioner (1981 to 2013)
Called to bar (1980)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
Justice James G. Edmond [12] General October 1, 2013 Harper Thompson Dorfman Sweatmann LLP
Called to bar (1982)
Published criminal decisions (~9)
Justice Victor E. Toews [13] General March 7, 2014 Harper Member of Parliament (1995 to 2013)
Director of Constitutional Law (1987-1991)
Crown Attorney (1977-1979)
Called to bar (1977)
Published criminal decisions (~41)
Justice Sadie Bond [14] General April 11, 2014 Harper PPSC Crown
Maureen Forestell
Legal Aid
Called to bar (~1996)
Published criminal decisions (~11)
Justice Sandra Zinchuk [15] General February 26, 2015 Harper / MacKay (CPC) Monk Goodwin LLP (1995 to 2015)
Called to bar (~1995)
Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice David J. Kroft [16] General October 20, 2016 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Fillmore Riley LLP (1990 to 2016)
Called to bar (1990)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Candace Grammond [17] General October 20, 2016 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Pitblado LLP (1999 to 2016)
Called to bar (1999)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judicial Questionnaire
Justice Scott Abel [18] Brandon December 19, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Paterson Patterson Wyman and Abel
Sinclair and Associates
Called to bar (1997)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice R Kenneth Champagne [19] Winnipeg April 4, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Provincial Court (2005 to 2018)
Crown attorney (1994 to 2005)
Called to bar (1994)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judicial Questionnaire
Justice Jeffrey F. Harris [20] Winnipeg October 9, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Myers LLP (aboriginal) (1996 to 2018)
Keyser, Harris
Called to bar (1983)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Shauna McCarthy [21] Winnipeg June 27, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Anne Turner [22] Winnipeg June 27, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) PPSC Crown
Called to bar (2003)
Published criminal decisions (~0)

Family Division

(Full complement of 13)


Name Jurisdiction Appointed Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Justice Robert B. Doyle Family February 28, 2000 Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Justice Marilyn E. Goldberg Family July 16, 2002 (Judge)
July 16, 2017 (sup.)
Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Justice A. Catherine Everett Family November 22, 2006 Harper Published criminal decisions
Justice Michael A. Thomson Family June 1, 2007 Harper Published criminal decisions
Justice William Johnston Family July 30, 2009 Harper Published criminal decisions
Justice Joan MacPhail [23] Family January 22, 2009 Harper Director of Family Law Branch of provincial DOJ (1989 to 2009) Published criminal decisions
Justice Gwen Hatch Family June 6, 2013 Harper Published criminal decisions
Justice Allan Dueck Family May 9, 2014 Harper Mercier Dueck (2005 to 2014)
Gould Gosner (1997 to 2005)
Published criminal decisions
Justice Kaye Dunlop Family June 19, 2015 Harper Kaye E. Dunlop, Q.C. Law Office (1984 to 2015) Published criminal decisions
Justice Regan Thatcher Family June 19, 2015 Harper Regan Thatcher Law Office (2002 to 2015) Published criminal decisions
Justice Lore Mirwaldt Family October 20, 2016 J. Trudeau Mirwaldt & Gray (1986 to 2016) Published criminal decisions
Connie F. Petersen [24] Winnipeg, Family October 9, 2018 J Trudeau Published criminal decisions
Annette J.R. Horst [25] Winnipeg, Family October 9, 2018 J Trudeau Published criminal decisions

Supernumerary Justices

The following justices have elected supernumerary status:

Name [26] [27] [28] Appointed Supernumerary Nominated By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Justice Colleen Suche July 16, 2002 (Judge)
November 19, 2018 (sup.)
Chrétien Published criminal decisions (~83)
May 4, 2020
Justice Carr December 14, 2006 Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Goodman December 14, 2006 Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Kennedy December 21, 2004 Published criminal decisions
Justice Clearwater July 10, 2007 Published criminal decisions (~8)
Nathan Nurgitz June 22, 2004 Published criminal decisions (~0)
Sylvia Guertin-Riley [29] September 16, 2006 Family Divison (1995 to 2006)
Riley, Orle, Guertin, Born (1988 to 1995)
Schwartz, McJannet & Co
Called to bar (1981)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice John A. Menzies August 7, 1996 Published criminal decisions (~45)
Justice Donald M. Little February 10, 1998 (Family)
March 2, 2017 (sup.)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Laurie P. Allen October 6, 1998 Published criminal decisions
Brenda L. Keyser [30] October 3, 1995 Published criminal decisions (~47)
Justice Frank Aquila Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Deborah J. McCawley September 17, 1997 Published criminal decisions
Justice D.N. Abra ~2007 (Judge)
July 10, 2017 (Sup.)
Published criminal decisions (~17)

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