Court of King's Bench of Manitoba
- (~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of October 2018, unless otherwise indicated.
Distribution of Judges
- Composition of Court
5(1) Subject to subsection (2), the court shall consist of the following offices:
- (a) the Chief Justice who shall be called the "Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench";
- (b) the Associate Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench who shall be called the "Associate Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench" and who shall be the senior associate chief justice;
- (c) the Associate Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench (Family Division) who shall be called the "Associate Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench (Family Division)"; and
- (d) 31 other judges, of whom
- (i) 19 are judges of the court, other than the family division, and
- (ii) 12 are judges of the family division.
- Additional offices
5(2) The court shall consist of as many additional judicial offices as are required for purposes of subsections (3) and (4).
- C.J.K.B., A.C.J.K.B. election
5(3) Where the requirements of the Judges Act (Canada) are otherwise met, the Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Associate Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench or the Associate Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench (Family Division), may elect to cease to perform the duties of chief justice or associate chief justice and to perform the duties of a judge of the court.
- Supernumerary election
5(4) Where the requirements of the Judges Act (Canada) are otherwise met a judge may elect to act as a supernumerary judge.
S.M. 1996, c. 6, s. 2; S.M. 2005, c. 33, s. 6; S.M. 2008, c. 42, s. 16.
- L.G. in C. may increase judges
6 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation increase the number of judges under clause 5(1)(d) but may not, by revoking a regulation or otherwise, decrease the number of judges under clause 5(1)(d).
– CQBA
- Additional judicial office — limited period
1.1 For the five-year period commencing July 1, 2009, and for the purpose of ensuring that there are a sufficient number of judges to carry out the work of the court while the Honourable Mr. Justice Murray Sinclair is the chairperson of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the number of judicial offices of judge is 32, of whom 20 are judges of the court, other than the family division.
M.R. 124/2009
– regs
- Court of Appeal and Court of Queen’s Bench for Manitoba
16 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Court of Appeal for Manitoba and of Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench for Manitoba are as follows:
[omitted (a) and (b)]
- (c) the Chief Justice, the Senior Associate Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench, $371,400 each; and
- (d) the 31 puisne judges of the Court of Queen’s Bench, $338,800 each.
R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 16R.S., 1985, c. 41 (1st Supp.), s. 5, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 1989, c. 8, s. 3; 2001, c. 7, s. 8; 2006, c. 11, s. 1; 2009, c. 19, s. 1; 2012, c. 31, s. 2102017, c. 20, s. 204; 2022, c. 10, s. 345
– (DOJ)
Manitoba Pop. (2021): 1.3 million
Pop. per Justice: ~59k
Current Justices
| Name [1][2][3] | Jurisdiction | Appointed | Nominated By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Justice Glenn D. Joyal [4] [5] | General | June 22, 2007 (Judge) 2011 (Chief) |
Harper / Nicholson (CPC) (Judge & Chief) | Provincial Court | Published Criminal Decisions (~37) |
| Associate Chief Justice Shane Perlmutter | General | February 3, 2011 | Harper / Nicholson (CPC) | Published Criminal Decisions (~25) | |
| Joan G. McKelvey | General | September 27, 2001 | Chrétien / McLellan (Lib) | Published criminal decisions (~62) | |
| Shawn D. Greenberg | General | October 28, 2003 | Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib) | Published criminal decisions (~89) | |
| Robert G. Cummings [6] | General | July 31, 2008 | Harper / Nicholson (CPC) | Provincial Court Judge (1994 to 2008) private practice Called to bar (1977) |
Published criminal decisions (~33) |
| Christopher W. Martin [7] | General | January 22, 2009 | Harper / Nicholson (CPC) | 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) |
| Robert Dewar | General | September 9, 2009 | Harper / Nicholson (CPC) | Thompson Dorfman Sweatman Called to bar (1974) |
Published criminal decisions (~8) |
| Richard Saull [8] | General | February 10, 2010 | Harper / Nicholson (CPC) | Crown attorney Called to bar (1979) U of M |
Published criminal decisions (~5) |
| Gerald Chartier | General | September 30, 2010 | Harper / Nicholson (CPC) | Published criminal decisions (~9) | |
| Herbert Rempel [9] | 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) |
| Sheldon W. Lanchbery [10] | General | June 6, 2013 | Harper / Nicholson (CPC) | sole practitioner (1981 to 2013) Called to bar (1980) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| James G. Edmond [11] | General | October 1, 2013 | Harper / MacKay (CPC) | Thompson Dorfman Sweatmann LLP Called to bar (1982) |
Published criminal decisions (~9) |
| Victor E. Toews [12] | General | March 7, 2014 | Harper / MacKay (CPC) | Member of Parliament (1995 to 2013) Director of Constitutional Law (1987-1991) Crown Attorney (1977-1979) Called to bar (1977) |
Published criminal decisions (~41) |
| Sadie Bond [13] | General | April 11, 2014 | Harper / MacKay (CPC) | PPSC Crown Maureen Forestell Legal Aid Called to bar (~1996) |
Published criminal decisions (~11) |
| Sandra Zinchuk [14] | General | February 26, 2015 | Harper / MacKay (CPC) | Monk Goodwin LLP (1995 to 2015) Called to bar (~1995) |
Published criminal decisions (~2) |
| David J. Kroft [15] | General | October 20, 2016 | J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) | Fillmore Riley LLP (1990 to 2016) Called to bar (1990) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Candace Grammond [16] | General | October 20, 2016 | J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) | Pitblado LLP (1999 to 2016) Called to bar (1999) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) Judicial Questionnaire |
| Scott Abel [17] | 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) |
| R Kenneth Champagne [18] | 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 |
| Jeffrey F. Harris [19] | 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) |
| Shauna McCarthy [20] | Winnipeg | June 27, 2019 | J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Anne Turner [21] | 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 [22] | 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 [23] | Winnipeg, Family | October 9, 2018 | J Trudeau | Published criminal decisions | |
| Annette J.R. Horst [24] | Winnipeg, Family | October 9, 2018 | J Trudeau | Published criminal decisions |
Supernumerary Justices
The following justices have elected supernumerary status:
| Name [25] [26] [27] | 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) | |||
| 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 [28] | October 3, 1995 [PC 1995-1655] [29] | 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) |
Previous Justices
External links
- Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba website
- Publicly accessible court registry system
- Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba decisions database
- History of Manitoba Judges