Criminal Law Notebook

Provincial Court of Manitoba

Revision as of 15:44, 8 November 2018 by Admin (talk | contribs) (→‎Former Judges)


These tables are adapted from Wikipedia and remain licenced under the same terms and conditions


(~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) 		NDP (Judge)
PC (CJ) 		Published criminal decisions (~7)
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 (~0)
Associate Chief Judge John P. Guy Winnipeg May 15, 1989
October 18, 2013 to October 17, 2020 (Ass. Chief) 		PC Published criminal decisions (~6)
Associate Chief Judge Anne Krahn [1] [2] 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)
Judge Brian M. Corrin Winnipeg March 4, 1988 NDP Published criminal decisions (~70)
Judge Heather R. Pullan Winnipeg December 21, 1994 PC Published criminal decisions (~9)
Judge Brent D. Stewart [3] Winnipeg April 15, 1998 PC Hoeschen and Stewart
Called to bar (1977) 		Published criminal decisions (~10)
Senior Judge Lynn A. Stannard [4] Winnipeg August 4, 1999 (Judge)
February 6, 2018 (Senior) 		PC Crown Attorney Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Sidney B. Lerner [5] Winnipeg August 4, 1999 PC Crown attorney
Called to bar (1982) 		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Marva J. Smith [6] Winnipeg October 27, 1999 (Judge)
August 14, 2012 (Senior) 		NDP (Judge) Constitutional Branch of Manitoba Justice Published criminal decisions (~12)
Associate Chief Judge Mary Kate Harvie [7] Winnipeg July 26, 2000 (Judge)
September 18, 2002 - ? (Ass. Chief) 		NDP (Judge) Myers Weinberg Published criminal decisions (~28)
Senior Judge Kathlyn Mary A. Curtis [8] Winnipeg February 28, 2001 (Judge)
April 13, 2013 (Senior) 		NDP Crown attorney
Magistrate 		Published criminal decisions (~13)
Judge John Combs [9] March 26, 2003 NDP Published criminal decisions (~2)
Judge Murray Thompson [10] [11] Thompson March 26, 2003
August 2, 2006 to August 1, 2014 (ACJ) 		NDP (Judge)
NDP (ACJ) 		McDonald, Thompson, Huberdeau Published criminal decisions (~7)
Judge Kelly Moar [12] Winnipeg April 13, 2005 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (1997) 		Published criminal decisions (~20)
Judge Kenneth Champagne [13] Winnipeg April 13, 2005 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Christine Harapiak [14] Dauphin April 13, 2005 NDP Manitoba Justice Family Law Branch
Hawkins & Sanderson
Called to bar (1995) 		Published criminal decisions (~16)
Judge Robin A. Finlayson [15] Winnipeg February 1, 2006 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (1976) 		Published criminal decisions (~3)
Judge Catherine Carlson[1] Winnipeg November 23, 2006 NDP Published criminal decisions (~19)
Judge Robert L. (Rocky) Pollack [16] Winnipeg December 15, 2006 NDP Called to bar (1972) Published criminal decisions (~31)
Judge Rodney Garson [17] Winnipeg December 15, 2006 NDP Justice Canada
Manitoba justice 		Published criminal decisions (~8)
Judge Doreen Redhead [18] Thompson April 4, 2007 NDP Fox Lake First Nation
Keewatin Tribal Council
Called to bar (~1987) 		Published criminal decisions (~7)
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 (~1)
Judge Carena Roller[2] Winnipeg September 17, 2007 NDP Justice Canada (aboriginal)
Called to bar (1992) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
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 [19] Winnipeg November 19, 2008 NDP Called to bar (1991) Published criminal decisions (~7)
Wanda M. Garreck [20] Winnipeg November 19, 2008 NDP Crown attorney
Private practice
Called to bar (~1991) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Herbert Lawrence Allen [21] The Pas January 29, 2009 NDP Crown attorney
Legal Aid
Called to bar (~1976) 		Published criminal decisions (~12)
Sandra L. Chapman [22] Winnipeg August 4, 2009 NDP Killeen Chapman
Called to bar (~1987) 		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Robert M. Heinrichs [23] Winnipeg Sept 1, 2009 NDP legal aid
Called to bar (~1983) 		Published criminal decisions (~15)
Malcolm W. McDonald [24] The Pas February 3, 2010 NDP Called to bar (~1983) Published criminal decisions
Dale C. Schille[25] Winnipeg May 19, 2010 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (~1989) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Donald Slough [26] Dauphin July 10, 2010 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (1981) 		Published criminal decisions (~17)
Cynthia A. Devine [27] Winnipeg July 24, 2012 NDP Constitutional Law Branch
private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (~1993) 		Published criminal decisions (~70)
Timothy J. P. Killeen [28] Winnipeg July 23, 2012 NDP Killeen Rolston Wiebe
Called to bar (~1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Donovan Dvorak [29] Brandon February 27, 2013 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (~1994) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Dale Harvey [30] Winnipeg July 10, 2013 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (1980) 		Published criminal decisions (~1)
Catherine Hembroff [31] Thompson July 16, 2014 NDP Crown Attorney
Called to bar (1995) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Alain Huberdeau [32] Winnipeg September 24, 2014 NDP Law North LLP
Called to bar (~1996) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
Ryan Rolston [33] Winnipeg December 2014 NDP Private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (~1999) 		Published criminal decisions (~11)
Lindy Choy [34] Winnipeg June 12, 2015 NDP Called to bar (~1992) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Kael McKenzie [35] Winnipeg December 2015 NDP Crown attorney
Chapman Goddard Kagan
Called to bar (2006) 		Published criminal decisions (~2)
Todd Allen Rambow [36] Thompson December 07, 2016 PC Published criminal decisions (~2)
Julie Fredrickson [37] Winnipeg February 13, 2018 PC Published criminal decisions (~0)
Kusham Sharma [38] Winnipeg February 13, 2018 PC Published criminal decisions (~0)
Theresa McDonald [39] The Pas October 11, 2018 PC Legal Aid Published criminal decisions (~0)

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 (Judge)
PC (CJ) 		Published criminal decisions (~0)
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 (~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
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
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 July 6, 1994 - January 22, 2013 Brandon PC Published criminal decisions
Judge Timothy Preston [40] 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) 		PC (Judge)
NDP (CJ) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Fred H. Sandhu [41] Winnipeg April 30, 2003 - July 6, 2012
(9 years) 		NDP Legal Aid
Called to bar (~1980) 		Published criminal decisions
Judge Judith A. Elliott [42] 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
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
Judith Kopstein ? - June 2006
(17 years) 		Published criminal decisions
Murray Howell Thompson ? - October 2006 (21 years) Published criminal decisions
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
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
Robert Edmond “Bob” Trudel January 16, 1967 to March 16, 1988 PC
Robert Merle Bruce Toews August 5, 1980 to November 2, 1986 PC Published criminal decisions
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
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

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/

External links

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
Retrieved from "https://criminalnotebook.ca/index.php?title=Provincial_Court_of_Manitoba&oldid=10317"