Provincial Court of Manitoba

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

Current Judges

(Full complement of 41) [1]

Name	Judicial Centre	Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Chief Judge Ryan Rolston [2]	Winnipeg	December 2014	NDP	Private practice (criminal) Called to bar (~1999)	Published criminal decisions (~11)
Associate Chief Judge Tracey M. Lord [3]	Winnipeg	November 19, 2008	NDP	Called to bar (1991)	Published criminal decisions (~7)
Associate Chief Judge Donovan Dvorak [4]	Brandon	February 27, 2013	NDP	Crown attorney Called to bar (~1994)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Associate Chief Judge Lee Ann M. Martin [5]	Winnipeg	September 17, 2007	NDP	Aikins MacAulay and Thorvaldson	Published criminal decisions (~25)
Margaret I. Wiebe		December 12, 2012 (Judge) July 10, 2016 to July 9, 2023 (Chief)	NDP (Judge) PC (CJ)		Published criminal decisions (~7)
John P. Guy	Winnipeg	May 15, 1989 October 18, 2013 to October 17, 2020 (Ass. Chief)	PC		Published criminal decisions (~6)
Anne Krahn [6] [7]		June 5, 2013 (Judge) Sept 9, 2015 to Sept 8, 2022 (Ass. Chief)	NDP (Judge and Ass. Chief)	Crown attorney Called to bar (~1991)	Published criminal decisions (~4)
Shauna Hewitt-Michta	Brandon	January 29, 2009 (Judge) August 2, 2013 to August 1, 2020 (Ass. Chief)	NDP (Judge and Ass. Judge)		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Heather R. Pullan	Winnipeg	December 21, 1994	PC		Published criminal decisions (~9)
Mary Kate Harvie [8]	Winnipeg	July 26, 2000 (Judge) September 18, 2002 - ? (Ass. Chief)	NDP (Judge)	Myers Weinberg	Published criminal decisions (~28)
Murray Thompson [9] [10]	Thompson	March 26, 2003 August 2, 2006 to August 1, 2014 (ACJ)	NDP (Judge) NDP (ACJ)	McDonald, Thompson, Huberdeau	Published criminal decisions (~7)
Kelly Moar [11]	Winnipeg	April 13, 2005	NDP	Crown attorney Called to bar (1997)	Published criminal decisions (~20)
Christine Harapiak [12]	Dauphin	April 13, 2005	NDP	Manitoba Justice Family Law Branch Hawkins & Sanderson Called to bar (1995)	Published criminal decisions (~16)
Catherine Carlson	Winnipeg	November 23, 2006	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~19)
Rodney Garson [13]	Winnipeg	December 15, 2006	NDP	Justice Canada Manitoba justice	Published criminal decisions (~8)
Doreen Redhead [14]	Thompson	April 4, 2007	NDP	Fox Lake First Nation Keewatin Tribal Council Called to bar (~1987)	Published criminal decisions (~7)
Patti-Anne L. Umpherville [15]	Winnipeg	September 17, 2007	NDP	Crown attorney (2003 to 2007) Phillips Aiello Legal Aid Called to bar (~1998)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Carena Roller [16]	Winnipeg	September 17, 2007	NDP	Justice Canada (aboriginal) Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Jean McBride [17]	Portage la Prairie	June 18, 2008	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Wanda M. Garreck [18]	Winnipeg	November 19, 2008	NDP	Crown attorney Private practice Called to bar (~1991)	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Herbert Lawrence Allen [19]	The Pas	January 29, 2009	NDP	Crown attorney Legal Aid Called to bar (~1976)	Published criminal decisions (~12)
Cynthia A. Devine [20]	Winnipeg	July 24, 2012	NDP	Constitutional Law Branch private practice (criminal) Called to bar (~1993)	Published criminal decisions (~70)
Catherine Hembroff [21]	Thompson	July 16, 2014	NDP	Crown Attorney Called to bar (1995)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Alain Huberdeau [22]	Winnipeg	September 24, 2014	NDP	Law North LLP Called to bar (~1996)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Lindy Choy [23]	Winnipeg	June 12, 2015	NDP	Called to bar (~1992)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Kael McKenzie [24]	Winnipeg	December 2015	NDP	Crown attorney Chapman Goddard Kagan Called to bar (2006)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Todd Allen Rambow [25]	Thompson	December 07, 2016	PC		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Julie Frederickson [26]	Winnipeg	February 13, 2018	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Kusham Sharma [27]	Winnipeg	February 13, 2018	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Keith Eyrikson [28]	Winnipeg	March 6, 2019		Crown attorney (2002 to 2019)
Victoria Cornick	Winnipeg	August 7, 2019
Antonio (Tony) Cellitti	Winnipeg	August 7, 2019
Stacy Cawley	Winnipeg	November 21, 2019
Geoffrey H. Bayly	Dauphin	February 19, 2020
Christina L. Cheater	Dauphin	February 19, 2020
Cindy Sholdice	Winnipeg	September 30, 2020
Samuel Raposo	Winnipeg	September 30, 2020
Dave Mann	Winnipeg	October 28, 2020
Patrick Sullivan	Brandon	February 4, 2021
Michael Clark [29]	Winnipeg	November 17, 2021		Myers LLP Called to bar (2002)
Rachel Rusen [30]	Winnipeg	November 17, 2021		MLT Aikins LLP (2011 to ?) MLT Aikins LLP (1997 to 1999) Called to bar (1997)
Vincent Sinclair [31]	Thompson	March 10, 2022		Crown Attorney (2010 to ?)
Curtis Briscoe [32]	Thompson	March 23, 2022 OIC		private practice Crown attorney private practice Windsor grad (2011)
Lori Ann Hunter				Crown prosecutor Called to bar (2012)
David Ireland	Winnipeg	June 8, 2023
Mark Kantor	Winnipeg	June 8, 2023
Michelle Bright	Winnipeg	August 30, 2023
Denis Guenette	Winnipeg	August 30, 2023
Darcie Yale	Winnipeg	September 1, 2023
Lisa Watson				Peszko and Watson Roe and Company Called to bar (2010)

Senior / Part-time

Name	Judicial Centre	Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Donald Slough [33]	Dauphin	July 10, 2010 (Judge) February 2020 (Senior)	NDP	Crown attorney Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~17)
Dale C. Schille[34]	Winnipeg	May 19, 2010 (Judge) March 2021 (Senior)	NDP	Crown attorney Called to bar (~1989)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Malcolm W. McDonald [35]	The Pas	February 3, 2010 (Judge) March 2022 (Senior)	NDP	Called to bar (~1983)	Published criminal decisions
Robin A. Finlayson [36]	Winnipeg	February 1, 2006 (Judge) August 2018 (senior)	NDP	Crown attorney Called to bar (1976)	Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge Raymond E. Wyant	Winnipeg	May 20, 1998 (Judge) July 10, 2002 - 2009 (Chief) August 2014 (senior) (16 years)	PC (Judge) NDP (CJ)		Published criminal decisions
Brian G. Colli	Thompson	September 21, 1994 (judge) May 2014 (senior)	PC		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Brent D. Stewart [37]	Winnipeg	April 15, 1998 (Judge) June 2020 (senior)	PC	Hoeschen and Stewart Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions (~10)
Kathlyn Mary A. Curtis [38]	Winnipeg	February 28, 2001 (Judge) April 13, 2013 (Senior)	NDP	Crown attorney Magistrate	Published criminal decisions (~13)
Judge Robert L. (Rocky) Pollack [39]	Winnipeg	December 15, 2006 (Judge) January 2, 2019 (Senior)	NDP	Called to bar (1972)	Published criminal decisions (~31)
Lynn A. Stannard [40]	Winnipeg	August 4, 1999 (Judge) February 6, 2018 (Senior)	PC	Crown Attorney	Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Marva J. Smith [41]	Winnipeg	October 27, 1999 (Judge) August 14, 2012 (Senior)	NDP (Judge)	Constitutional Branch of Manitoba Justice	Published criminal decisions (~12)
Sidney B. Lerner [42]	Winnipeg	August 4, 1999 (Judge) December 2022 (senior)	PC	Crown attorney Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
John Combs [43]		March 26, 2003 (Judge) March 2021 (Senior)	NDP		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Sandra L. Chapman [44]	Winnipeg	August 4, 2009 (Judge) February 2023 (Senior)	NDP	Killeen Chapman Called to bar (~1987)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Dale Harvey [45]	Winnipeg	July 10, 2013 (Judge) November 2020 (Senior)	NDP	Crown attorney Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~1)

Former Judges

• Provincial Court of Manitoba (History)

Contact Info

Altona

• Arborg
• Ashern
• Beausejour
• Berens River
• Bloodvein
• Brandon
• Brochet
• Camperville
• Churchill
• Cranberry Portage
• Cross Lake
• Dauphin
• Easterville
• Emerson
• Fisher Branch
• Flin Flon
• Garden Hill
• Gillam
• Gimli
• Gods Lake Narrows
• Gods River
• Grand Rapids
• Lac Brochet
• Leaf Rapids
• Little Grand Rapids
• Lundar
• Lynn Lake
• Minnedosa
• Moose Lake
• Morden
• Nelson House
• Norway House
• Oxford House
• Pauingassi
• Peguis
• Poplar River
• Portage la Prairie
• Powerview-Pine Falls
• Pukatawagan
• Roblin
• Rossburn
• Sandy Bay
• Selkirk
• Shamattawa
• Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
• Snow Lake
• South Indian Lake
• Split Lake
• St. Boniface
• St. Martin
• St. Pierre-Jolys
• St. Theresa Point
• Steinbach
• Stonewall
• Swan River
• The Pas
• Thompson
• Virden
• Waywayseecappo

External links

• Provincial Court of Manitoba website
• Provincial Court Annual Reports 2002 to 2016
• list of historical judges
• list of current judges
• government news releases

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