Court of King's Bench of Manitoba (Historical)

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

Previous Justices

From 1996

Name	Jurisdiction	Appointment Duration	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Justice Lori T. Spivak [1]	General	May 19, 2005 (Judge)	Martin	Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~29) Appointed to MBCA (2019)
Brian C Midwinter	Dauphin	June 19, 2008	Harper	Provincial Court (2006 to 2008) Hunt, Miller & Combs (1991 to 2005) Sheldon, Singleton, Midwinter, Brandon (1980 to 1991) Carroll, Mullally, Paterson, Brawn (1979 to 1980) Crown attorney (1978 to 1979) Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions (~8)
Associate Chief Justice Marianne Rivoalen [2]	Family	February 2, 2005 - September 21,2018	Martin	DOJ (aboriginal) Called to bar (1989)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Karen I. Simonsen	General	December 9, 2004 - August 31, 2018	Martin	Thompson Dorfman Sweatman Called to bar (1982)	Appointed to MBCA Published criminal decisions (~49)
Gordon J. Barkman					Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge Murray Sinclair		January 2001	Chretien	Provincial Court (1988 to 2001) Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~18)
William J. Burnett [3]		September 2009 (Judge) Feb 2011 (Ass. Chief)	Harper (Judge) Harper (Ass. Chief)	Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions
Christopher J. Mainella [4]		October 5, 2012 - ?	Harper	PPSC Crown Called to bar (1995)	Appointed to MBCA Published criminal decisions (~8)

Prior to 1980

Name	Jurisdiction	Appointment Duration	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Alexander Morris [5]
Louis Betourney
Joseph Dubuc [6] (Chief Justice of Manitoba from August 8, 1903 until 1909)
James Andrews Miller
Lewis Wallbridge [7]
Thomas Wardlaw Taylor [8]
Robert Smith
Albert Clements Killam [9]
John Farquhar Bain [10]		1887 to 1905
Albert Elswood Richards [11]		1899 - to 1906			Appointed to MBCA (1906)
William Edgerton Perdue
Thomas Graham Mathers [12]
Daniel Alexander Macdonald [13]
John Donald Cameron [14]		1908 to 1909			Appointed to MBCA (1909)
Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe [15]
James Emile Pierre Prendergast [16]
Hugh Amos Robson [17]
James Frederick
William James Donovan [18]
Percival John Montague [19]		1932 to 1951		Pitblado and Hoskin Called to bar (1907)	Appointed to MBCA (1951)
Fawcett Gowler Taylor
Ewan Alexander McPherson
William James Major					Appointed to MBCA and SCC Published criminal decisions
Esten Kenneth Williams [20]		~1946 to 1962			Published criminal decisions
Arnold Munroe Campbell [21]		1947 - ?		Called to bar (1920)	Published criminal decisions
Joseph Thomas Beaubien [22]		1948 to 1952		Called to bar (1913)	Appointed MBCA (1952)Published criminal decisions
John Joseph Kelly [23]		1949		Kelly and Campbell Called to bar (~1923)	Published criminal decisions
Robert George Brian Dickson		1963 to 1967	Pearson	University of Manitoba Law (1948 to 1954) Aikins, Loftus, MacAulay, Turner, Thompson & Tritschler Called to bar (1940)	Appointed to MBCA (1967 to 1973) and then SCC (1973) Published criminal decisions (~1)
John Alton Duncan [24]		1991 to 2006		Duncan Hanssen & Hoeschen Duncan and Duncan Called to bar (1958)	Published criminal decisions
John Ambrose Scollin [25] [26]		1981 to 1999	Assistant Deputy Attorney General (1966 to ?) Pitblado Hoskin City of Winnipeg
Richard J. Scott					Appointed to MBCA Published criminal decisions (~0)
Michel A. Monnin					Appointed to MBCA Published criminal decisions
Freda M. Steel (Appointed to Court of Appeal)					Appointed to MBCA Published criminal decisions
Barbara M. Hamilton					Appointed to MBCA Published criminal decisions
Alan D. MacInnes					Appointed to MBCA Published criminal decisions
James Charles McKeagney [27]				Called to bar (1838)
Alexander Casmir Galt [28]		1912 to 1933
John Philpot Curran [29]
Andrew Knox Dysart [30]		1921 to 1947		Called to bar (~1905)	Appointed to MBCA (1947)
John Evans Adamson [31]		1922 to 1948		Called to bar (1910)	Appointed to MBCA (1948) Published criminal decisions
Edmund Burke Wood [32]				Called to bar (1854)

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

Notes

Court Membership
Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)
British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) Supreme Court of British Columbia (BCSC) Provincial Court of British Columbia (BCPC)	Court of Appeal of Alberta (ABCA) Court of King's Bench of Alberta (ABKB) Alberta Court of Justice (ABCJ)	Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (SKCA) Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan (SKKB) Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (SKPC)	Manitoba Court of Appeal (MBCA) Court of King's Bench of Manitoba (MBKB) Provincial Court of Manitoba (MBPC)	Court of Appeal for Ontario (ONCA) Superior Court of Ontario (ONSC) Ontario Court of Justice (ONCJ)	Quebec Court of Appeal (QCCA) Quebec Superior Court (QCCS) Court of Quebec (QCCQ)	New Brunswick Court of Appeal (NBCA) Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick (NBKB) New Brunswick Provincial Court (NBPC)	Court of Appeal of Prince Edward Island (PEICA) Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island (PEISC) Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island (PEIPC)	Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (NSCA) Nova Scotia Supreme Court (NSSC) Nova Scotia Provincial Court (NSPC)	Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal) (NLCA) Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (NLSC) Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (NLPC)
Territorial Courts (YKTC, YKSC, YKCA, NTTC, NTSC, NTCA, NUCJ, NUCA)
Membership of Federal Appointments Committees