Manitoba Court of Appeal

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Current Justices

(Full complement of 8)[1]

#	Name	Appointed	Nominated By	Position Prior to Appointment	Other Details
1	Chief Justice Richard J. F. Chartier	November 22, 2006 March 8, 2013	Harper	Justice of the Manitoba Court of Appeal Provincial Court (August 16, 1993)	Published criminal decisions
2	Justice Holly C. Beard	September 9, 2009	Harper	Queen's Bench (November 27, 1992)	Published criminal decisions
3	Justice Diana Cameron [2]	November 2, 2012	Harper	Queen's Bench (February 4, 2011) Crown counsel, constitutional (2004 to 2011) Crown attorney (1989 to 2004) Called to bar (1989)	Published criminal decisions
4	Justice William Burnett [3]	March 8, 2013	Harper	Queen's Bench (February 4, 2011) Thompson Dorfman Sweatman Called to bar (1978)	Published criminal decisions
5	Justice Christopher J. Mainella	July 1, 2013	Harper	Queen's Bench (October 5, 2012 to 2013) PPSC (1995 to 2012)	Published criminal decisions
6	Justice Jennifer Ann Pfuetzner [4]	June 26, 2015	Harper	Queen's Bench (October 10, 2014) Taylor McCaffrey LLP (2009 to 2015) Dickson MacGregor Appell LLP (2002 to 2009) BMO Nesbitt Burns (2001 to 2002) Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP (1993 to 2000) Called to bar (~1994)	Published criminal decisions
7	Justice Janice leMaistre [5]	June 26, 2015	Harper	Provincial Court (November 23, 2006) Crown attorney (1992 to 2006) Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions
8	Justice Karen I. Simonsen [6]	August 31, 2018	J. Trudeau	Manitoba Queen's Bench (2004 to 2018) Thompson Dorfman Sweatman Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions

Supernumerary

Name	Appointed	Nominated By	Position Prior to Appointment	Other Details
Justice Marc Monnin	February 3, 2011 (Judge) Sept 1, 2016 (sup.) [7]	Harper	Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (March 26, 2003)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Michel A. Monnin (Supernumerary)	July 26, 1995	Chretien	Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (March 23, 1984) Teffaine, Monnin, Hogue, Teillet & Sharp (1972 to 1984) Called to bar (1970)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Freda M. Steel (Supernumerary) [8]	February 28, 2000	Chretien	Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (October 3, 1995) Called to bar (1976)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Barbara M. Hamilton (Supernumerary)	July 27, 2002	Chretien	Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (July 26, 1995) Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson (1987 to 2002) Scarth, Simonsen, Dooley, Olsen & Wiens (1980 to 1987) Martens, Kripiakevich, Dennehy, Parfeniuk & Ernst (1977 to 1980) Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Alan D. MacInnes (Supernumerary)	June 22, 2007	Harper	Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (November 27, 1992)	Published criminal decisions

Past Justices

From 1995

Name	Date of Appointment	Nominated By	Prior position(s)	Other Details
Glenn D. Joyal	March 2, 2007	Harper	Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba on July 10, 2007	Published criminal decisions
Martin H. Feedman [9]	July 17, 2002			Published criminal decisions

Before 1995

Name	Date of Appointment	Nominated By	Additional Information
Hector Mansfield Howell	July 23, 1906		He was initially appointed as "Chief Justice Appeal". His title was changed to Chief Justice of Manitoba on November 15, 1909; he served in that position until April 7, 1918
William Egerton Perdue	July 23, 1906		Chief Justice of Manitoba from May 25, 1918 until December 30, 1929
Frank Hedley Phippen	July 23, 1906
Albert Elswood Richards	July 23, 1906
John Donald Cameron	April 27, 1909
Alexander Haggart	April 3, 1912
Charles Perry Fullerton	July 20, 1917
Robert Maxwell Dennistoun	July 2, 1918	Robert Borden
Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe	October 3, 1921	William Lyon Mackenzie King
James Emile Pierre Prendergast	May 1, 1922	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Chief Justice of Manitoba from December 30, 1929 until March 18, 1944
Walter Harley Trueman	April 14, 1923	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Hugh Amos Robson	December 31, 1929	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Stephen Elswood Richards	March 11, 1932	R. B. Bennett
Hjalmar August Bergman	March 18, 1944	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Ewan Alexander McPherson	March 15, 1944	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Chief Justice of Manitoba from March 18, 1944 until November 18, 1954
James Bowes Coyne	December 10, 1946	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Andrew Knox Dysart	September 11, 1947	William Lyon Mackenzie King
John Evans Adamson	January 30, 1948	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Chief Justice of Manitoba from January 1955 until March 1, 1961
Percival John Montague	February 1, 1951	Louis St. Laurent
Joseph Thomas Beaubien	August 27, 1952	Louis St. Laurent
Ivan Schultz	January 13, 1955	Louis St. Laurent
George Eric Tritschler	April 18, 1957	Louis St. Laurent
Calvert Charlton Miller	October 21, 1959	John Diefenbaker	Appointed Chief Justice of Manitoba on March 1, 1961
Samuel Freedman	March 10, 1960	John Diefenbaker	Chief Justice of Manitoba from March 22, 1971 until 1983
Robert DuVal Guy	March 1, 1961	John Diefenbaker
Alfred Maurice Monnin	January 3, 1962	John Diefenbaker	Chief Justice of Manitoba from April 16, 1983 until 1990
Charles Rhodes Smith	November 22, 1966	Lester B Pearson	Chief Justice of Manitoba from June 13, 1967 until 1971
Robert George Brian Dickson	June 13, 1967	Lester B Pearson	Later elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada, eventually serving as Chief Justice of Canada
Gordon Clarke Hall	May 14, 1971	P. Trudeau
Roy Joseph Matas	August 15, 1973	P. Trudeau
Joseph Francis O'Sullivan	July 24, 1975	P. Trudeau
Charles Richard Huband	February 20, 1979	P. Trudeau
Alan Reed Philp	May 5, 1983	P. Trudeau
Archibald Kerr Twaddle	August 22, 1985	Mulroney
Sterling Rufus Lyon	December 19, 1986	Mulroney
Bonnie M. Helper	June 30, 1989	Mulroney
Guy Joseph Kroft	February 1, 1993	Mulroney

Chief Justices of Manitoba

Court of King's Bench (to 1906)

Name	Term	Notes
Alexander Morris	July 1872–Dec 1872
Edmund Burke Wood	1874–1882
Lewis Wallbridge	1882–1887
Sir Thomas Wardlaw Taylor	1887–1899	Knighted in 1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours
Albert Clements Killam	1899–1903	to Supreme Court of Canada, 1903
Joseph Dubuc	1903–1909	Court of Appeal from 1906

Court of Appeal (from 1906)

Name	Term	Notes
Hector Mansfield Howell	Nov 1909–Apr 1918
William Egerton Perdue	1918–1929
James Emile Pierre Prendergast	Dec 1929–Mar 1944
Ewan Alexander McPherson	Mar 1944–Nov 1954
John Evans Adamson	Jan 1955–Mar 1961
Calvert Charlton Miller	Mar 1961–Feb 1967
Samuel Freedman	1966–1967	Acting Chief Justice during Miller's illness
Charles Rhodes Smith	June 1967–Mar 1971
Samuel Freedman	Mar 1971–Apr 1983
Alfred Maurice Monnin	Apr 1983–Jan 1990
Richard Jamieson Scott	July 1990–Mar 2013	Appointed by Mulroney
Richard J. F. Chartier	2013–present

External links

• Official webpage
• Public database of the court's decisions
• Publicly accessible court registry system
• Court of Appeal Rules

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