Provincial Court of Manitoba (History)

Previous Judges

See also: Provincial Court of Manitoba
Name Judicial Centre Duration Appointed By Previous Position(s) Other Details
Theresa McDonald [1] The Pas October 11, 2018
Jan 2023 (ret)
PC Legal Aid Published criminal decisions (~0)
Timothy J. P. Killeen [2] Winnipeg July 23, 2012 (Judge)
November 2021 (Senior)
June 2023 (ret)
NDP Killeen Rolston Wiebe
Called to bar (~1980)
Published criminal decisions (~2)
Robert M. Heinrichs [3] Winnipeg Sept 1, 2009 (Judge)
August 2022 (senior)
June 2023 (ret)
NDP legal aid
Called to bar (~1983)
Published criminal decisions (~15)
Shauna McCarthy [4] March 8, 2019 (Judge)
June 27, 2019 (appointed to MBQB) [5]
private practice
Called to bar (1994)
R Kenneth Champagne [6] 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 [7] [8] 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 [9] Winnipeg December 5, 1979 to June 2014
(35 years)
PC Published criminal decisions (~33)
Judge Charles K. Newcombe [10] Winnipeg February 1, 1980 to 2008 PC Published criminal decisions (~0)
Judge Susan V. Devine [11] Winnipeg March 4, 1988 to September 1, 2010
(21 years)
NDP Published criminal decisions
Judge Linda M. Giesbrecht [12] [13] 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 [14] Winnipeg April 30, 2003 - May 2015 NDP Private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (~1981)
Published criminal decisions (~32)
Judge Janice leMaistre [15] 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)[16]
Judge Fred H. Sandhu [17] Winnipeg April 30, 2003 - July 6, 2012
(9 years)
NDP Legal Aid
Called to bar (~1980)
Published criminal decisions (~23)
Judge Judith A. Elliott [18] 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
Brian M. Corrin Winnipeg March 4, 1988 NDP Published criminal decisions (~70)
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
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