Provincial Court of Manitoba (History)
Previous Judges
| Name | Judicial Centre | Duration | Appointed By | Previous Position(s) | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shauna McCarthy [1] | March 8, 2019 (Judge) June 27, 2019 (appointed to MBQB) [2] |
private practice Called to bar (1994) |
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| Judge R Kenneth Champagne [3] | Winnipeg | April 13, 2005 | NDP | Crown attorney Called to bar (1993) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Judith Webster | Winnipeg | 1988 to June 2006 1993 to 2001 (Chief) |
PC (Judge) PC (CJ) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Judge Howard Collerman | Winnipeg | July 1, 1975 to January 4, 2008 (33 years) |
NDP | Published criminal decisions (~3) | |
| Judge Theodore J. Lismer [4] [5] | Winnipeg | January 17, 1977 to July 31, 2017 | NDP | Private practice (1954 to 1977) | Published criminal decisions (~19) |
| Judge Ronald J. Meyers | Winnipeg | November 1, 1977 to January 4, 2010 (33 years) |
PC | Published criminal decisions (~9) | |
| Judge Marvin F. Garfinkel [6] | Winnipeg | December 5, 1979 to June 2014 (35 years) |
PC | Published criminal decisions (~33) | |
| Judge Charles K. Newcombe [7] | Winnipeg | February 1, 1980 to 2008 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Judge Susan V. Devine [8] | Winnipeg | March 4, 1988 to September 1, 2010 (21 years) |
NDP | Published criminal decisions | |
| Judge Linda M. Giesbrecht [9] [10] | Winnipeg | March 4, 1988 to 2010 | NDP | Crown Attorney Called to bar (1977) U of M grad (1976) |
Published criminal decisions (~27) |
| Judge Murray Sinclair | March 4, 1988 to January 31, 2001 (ACJ) | NDP | Called to bar (1980) |
Appointed to Senate (April 2, 2016) Appointed to T&R Commission (2009) Appointed MBQB (Jan 2001) Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Judge Krystyna D. Tarwid | Brandon | July 6, 1994 - January 22, 2013 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
| Judge Timothy Preston [11] | Winnipeg | April 30, 2003 - May 2015 | NDP | Private practice (criminal) Called to bar (~1981) |
Published criminal decisions (~32) |
| Judge Janice leMaistre [12] | November 23, 2006 - June 2015 | Winnipeg | NDP | Appointed to MBCA Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Judge Michel L.J. Chartier | Winnipeg | September 17, 2007 - March 2016 | NDP | Monk Goodwin Called to bar (1991) |
Published criminal decisions Convicted of impaired driving (2016)[13] |
| Judge Raymond E. Wyant | Winnipeg | May 20, 1998 (Judge) July 10, 2002 - 2009 (Chief) August 2014 (retired) (16 years) |
PC (Judge) NDP (CJ) |
Published criminal decisions | |
| Judge Fred H. Sandhu [14] | Winnipeg | April 30, 2003 - July 6, 2012 (9 years) |
NDP | Legal Aid Called to bar (~1980) |
Published criminal decisions (~23) |
| Judge Judith A. Elliott [15] | Winnipeg | July 26, 2000 - January 1, 2013 (13 years) | NDP | Legal Aid Manitoba (criminal) | Published criminal decisions |
| Charles Rubin | ? - April 20, 2007 (32 years) |
Published criminal decisions (~4) | |||
| 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) | PC | Published criminal decisions (~15) | ||
| Judith Kopstein | ? - June 2006 (17 years) |
Published criminal decisions (~11) | |||
| Murray Howell | Thompson | ? - October 2006 (21 years) | Published criminal decisions (~2) | ||
| Kenneth Peters | Dauphin Centre | ? - September 3, 2004 | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Bruce Miller | Winnipeg Centre | ? - December 4, 2004 | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Samuel Minuk | Winnipeg Centre | ? - March 4, 2005 | Published criminal decisions (~0) | ||
| Arnold Conner | ? - December 2, 2005 (27 years) | Published criminal decisions | |||
| 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 | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | ||
| Robert Edmond “Bob” Trudel | January 16, 1967 to March 16, 1988 | PC | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Robert Merle Bruce Toews | August 5, 1980 to November 2, 1986 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | ||
| Roy St. George Stubbs | January 1, 1973 to July 31, 1982 | NDP | |||
| Bruce Harold Miller | December 21, 1994 - April 13, 2005 | PC | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Léa A. Duval | March 4, 1988 to April 30, 2001 | NDP | Appointed to MBQB | ||
| Ian Ventress Dubienski | August 1, 1961 to February 1, 1989 November 16, 1983 to January 18, 1988 (Ass. Chief) |
PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | ||
| Jack Peter Drapack | June 14, 1982 to December 13, 2002 | NDP | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Richard J. F. Chartier | August 16, 1993 to November 22, 2006 | PC | Appointed to MBCA (2013) Published criminal decisions | ||
| Michael Baryluk | June 17, 1968 to August 1, 1985 | PC | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Philip Langlois Ashdown | June 25, 1973 to December 31, 2001 | NDP | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Frank Dennison Allen | December 1, 1980 to October 31, 1996 | PC | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Alexander John Stringer | November 1959 to 1969 | PC | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Kristjan Fredric Stefanson | September 1, 1979 to May 28, 1993 November 1, 1988 to 1993 (Chief) |
PC | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Harvey Dennis Sparling | 1957 to 1962 | Liberal | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Manly Rusen | 1975 to March 31, 1998 | Liberal | Published criminal decisions | ||
| Glenn D Joyal | ?? to June 22, 2007 | Appointed to MBQB Published criminal decisions | |||
| Brian Giesbrecht | 1976 to 2007 |