Provincial Court of Manitoba

From Criminal Law Notebook


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

Current Judges

(Full complement of 41)

Name Judicial Centre Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Judge Margaret I. Wiebe Decebmer 12, 2012 (Judge)
July 10, 2016 to July 9, 2023 (Chief)
Associate Chief Judge 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
Associate Chief Judge John P. Guy Winnipeg May 15, 1989
October 18, 2013 to October 17, 2020 (Ass. Chief) 		PC Published criminal decisions
Associate Chief Judge Anne Krahn June 5, 2013 (Judge)
Sept 9, 2015 to Sept 8, 2022 (Ass. Chief) 		NDP (Judge and Ass. Chief)
Judge Brian M. Corrin Winnipeg March 4, 1988 NDP Published criminal decisions
Judge Heather R. Pullan Winnipeg December 21, 1994 PC Published criminal decisions (~9)
Judge Brent D. Stewart [1] Winnipeg April 15, 1998 PC Hoeschen and Stewart
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions
Senior Judge Lynn A. Stannard [2] Winnipeg August 4, 1999 (Judge)
February 6, 2018 (Senior) 		PC Crown Attorney Published criminal decisions
Judge Sidney B. Lerner [3] Winnipeg August 4, 1999 PC Crown attorney
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Marva J. Smith [4] Winnipeg October 27, 1999 (Judge)
August 14, 2012 (Senior) 		NDP (Judge) Constitutional Branch of Manitoba Justice Published criminal decisions
Associate Chief Judge Mary Kate Harvie [5] Winnipeg July 26, 2000 (Judge)
September 18, 2002 - ? (Ass. Chief) 		NDP (Judge) Myers Weinberg Published criminal decisions
Senior Judge Kathlyn Mary A. Curtis [6] Winnipeg February 28, 2001 (Judge)
April 13, 2013 (Senior) 		NDP Crown attorney
Magistrate 		Published criminal decisions
Judge John Combs [7] March 26, 2003 NDP Published criminal decisions
Judge Murray Thompson [8] [9] Thompson March 26, 2003
August 2, 2006 to August 1, 2014 (ACJ) 		McDonald, Thompson, Huberdeau Published criminal decisions
Judge Kelly Moar [10] Winnipeg April 13, 2005 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (1997) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Kenneth Champagne [11] Winnipeg April 13, 2005 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (1993) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Christine Harapiak [12] Dauphin April 13, 2005 NDP Manitoba Justice Family Law Branch
Hawkins & Sanderson
Called to bar (1995) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Robin A. Finlayson [13] Winnipeg February 1, 2006 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (1976) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Catherine Carlson[1] Winnipeg November 23, 2006 NDP Published criminal decisions
Judge Robert L. (Rocky) Pollack [14] Winnipeg December 15, 2006 NDP Called to bar (1972) Published criminal decisions
Judge Rodney Garson [15] Winnipeg December 15, 2006 NDP Justice Canada
Manitoba justice 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Doreen Redhead [16] April 4, 2007 Thompson NDP Fox Lake First Nation
Keewatin Tribal Council
Called to bar (~1987) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Patti-Anne L. Umpherville[2] Winnipeg September 17, 2007 NDP Crown attorney (2003 to 2007)
Phillips Aiello
Legal Aid
Called to bar (~1998) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Carena Roller[2] Winnipeg September 17, 2007 NDP Justice Canada (aboriginal)
Called to bar (1992) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Lee Ann M. Martin[2] Winnipeg September 17, 2007 NDP Aikins MacAulay and Thorvaldson Published criminal decisions (~25)
Judge Jean McBride[3] Portage la Prairie June 18, 2008 NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Tracey M. Lord Winnipeg November 19, 2008 NDP Published criminal decisions
Wanda M. Garreck Winnipeg November 19, 2008 NDP Published criminal decisions
Herbert Lawrence Allen The Pas January 29, 2009 NDP Published criminal decisions
Sandra L. Chapman Winnipeg August 4, 2009 NDP Published criminal decisions
Robert M. Heinrichs Winnipeg Sept 1, 2009 NDP Published criminal decisions
Malcolm W. McDonald The Pas February 3, 2010 NDP Published criminal decisions
Dale C. Schille Winnipeg May 19, 2010 NDP Published criminal decisions
Donald Slough Dauphin July 10, 2010 NDP Published criminal decisions
Cynthia A. Devine Winnipeg July 24, 2012 NDP Published criminal decisions
Timothy J. P. Killeen July 23, 2012 NDP Published criminal decisions
Donovan Dvorak Brandon February 27, 2013 NDP Published criminal decisions
Dale Harvey Winnipeg July 10, 2013 NDP Published criminal decisions
Catherine Hembroff Thompson July 16, 2014 NDP Published criminal decisions
Alain Huberdeau Winnipeg September 24, 2014 NDP Published criminal decisions
Ryan Rolston Winnipeg December 2014 NDP Published criminal decisions
Lindy Choy Winnipeg June 12, 2015 NDP Published criminal decisions
Kael McKenzie Winnipeg December 2015 NDP Published criminal decisions
Todd Allen Rambow Thompson December 07, 2016 PC Published criminal decisions
Julie Fredrickson Winnipeg February 13, 2018 PC Published criminal decisions
Kusham Sharma Winnipeg February 13, 2018 PC Published criminal decisions

Former Judges

Name Judicial Centre Duration Appointed By Previous Position(s) Other Details
Judith Webster Winnipeg 1988 to June 2006
1993 to 2001 (Chief) 		PC Published criminal decisions
Judge Howard Collerman Winnipeg July 1, 1975 to January 4, 2008
(33 years) 		NDP Published criminal decisions
Judge Theodore J. Lismer[4][5] Winnipeg January 17, 1977 to July 31, 2017 NDP Private practice (1954 to 1977) Published criminal decisions
Judge Ronald J. Meyers Winnipeg November 1, 1977 to January 4, 2010
(33 years) 		PC Published criminal decisions
Judge Marvin F. Garfinkel[6] Winnipeg December 5, 1979 to June 2014
(35 years) 		PC Published criminal decisions
Judge Charles K. Newcombe[7] Winnipeg February 1, 1980 to 2008 PC Published criminal decisions
Judge Susan V. Devine[8] Winnipeg March 4, 1988 to September 1, 2010
(21 years) 		NDP Published criminal decisions
Judge Linda M. Giesbrecht[9] Winnipeg March 4, 1988 to 2010 NDP Published criminal decisions
Judge Murray Sinclair March 4, 1988 to January 31, 2001 (ACJ) NDP Appointed to Senate (April 2, 2016)
Appointed to T&R Commission (2009)
Appointed MBQB (Jan 2001)
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Krystyna D. Tarwid July 6, 1994 - January 22, 2013 Brandon PC Published criminal decisions
Judge Timothy Preston [17] Winnipeg April 30, 2003 - May 2015 NDP Private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (~1981) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Janice leMaistre[1] November 23, 2006 - June 2015 Winnipeg NDP Appointed to MBCA
Published criminal decisions
Judge Michel L.J. Chartier[2] Winnipeg September 17, 2007 - March 2016 NDP Monk Goodwin
Called to bar (1991) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Raymond E. Wyant Winnipeg May 20, 1998 (Judge)
July 10, 2002 - 2009 (Chief)
August 2014 (retired)
(16 years) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Fred H. Sandhu [18] Winnipeg April 30, 2003 - July 6, 2012
(9 years) 		NDP Legal Aid
Called to bar (~1980) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Judith A. Elliott [19] Winnipeg July 26, 2000 - January 1, 2013 (13 years) NDP Legal Aid Manitoba (criminal) Published criminal decisions
Charles Rubin ? - April 20, 2007
(32 years)
Judge Roger J. C. Gregoire The Pas January 16, 1991 - September 2009
(19 years) 		PC Published criminal decisions (~3)
Wesley Swail January 1, 1981 - February 2006 (25 years)
Judith Kopstein ? - June 2006
(17 years)
Murray Howell Thompson ? - October 2006 (21 years)
Kenneth Peters Dauphin Centre ? - September 3, 2004
Bruce Miller Winnipeg Centre ? - December 4, 2004
Samuel Minuk Winnipeg Centre ? - March 4, 2005
Arnold Conner ? - December 2, 2005 (27 years)
Judge Richard Ward Thompson Dauphin January 28, 1987 - June 2010
(17 years) 		NDP Published criminal decisions
Judge Brian G. Colli Thompson September 21, 1994 - May 2014 PC Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Robert G. Cummings Portage la Prairie September 28, 1994 - July 31, 2008 PC Appointed to MBQB
Published criminal decisions
Mary A. Wawrykow 1 January 1973 - 8 June 1977
Robert Edmond “Bob” Trudel January 16, 1967 to March 16, 1988
Robert Merle Bruce Toews August 5, 1980 to November 2, 1986
Roy St. George Stubbs January 1, 1973 to July 31, 1982
Bruce Harold Miller December 21, 1994 - April 13, 2005
Léa A. Duval March 4, 1988 to April 30, 2001 Appointed to MBQB
Ian Ventress Dubienski August 1, 1961 to February 1, 1989
November 16, 1983 to January 18, 1988 (Ass. Chief)
Jack Peter Drapack June 14, 1982 to December 13, 2002
Richard J. F. Chartier August 16, 1993 to November 22, 2006 Appointed to MBCA (2013)
Published criminal decisions
Michael Baryluk June 17, 1968 to August 1, 1985
Philip Langlois Ashdown June 25, 1973 to December 31, 2001 Published criminal decisions
Frank Dennison Allen December 1, 1980 to October 31, 1996 Published criminal decisions
Alexander John Stringer November 1959 to 1969
Kristjan Fredric Stefanson September 1, 1979 to May 28, 1993
November 1, 1988 to 1993 (Chief)
Harvey Dennis Sparling 1957 to 1962
Manly Rusen 1975 to March 31, 1998

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=470
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?archive=&item=2260
  3. ↑ https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=3935
  4. ↑ http://news.gov.mb.ca/news/archives/1977/01/1977-01-21-lismer_appointed_provincial_judge.pdf
  5. ↑ http://oic.gov.mb.ca/OICDocs/2017/08/Justice%20&%20Attorney%20General.170809.Provincial%20Court%20Act.2142017.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.manitobacourts.mb.ca/site/assets/files/1541/annual_report_2014-2015_-_final.pdf
  7. ↑ https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-229833/Newcombe_Charles
  8. ↑ http://www.manitobacourts.mb.ca/site/assets/files/1541/annual_report_2009-2010-1.pdf
  9. ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/lives-lived-linda-giesbrecht-60/article14995651/

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