Provincial Court of Manitoba
- (~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 Ryan Rolston [1] | Winnipeg | December 2014 | NDP | Private practice (criminal) Called to bar (~1999) |
Published criminal decisions (~11) |
| Associate Chief Judge Tracey M. Lord [2] | Winnipeg | November 19, 2008 | NDP | Called to bar (1991) | Published criminal decisions (~7) |
| Associate Chief Judge Donovan Dvorak [3] | Brandon | February 27, 2013 | NDP | Crown attorney Called to bar (~1994) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Associate Chief Judge Lee Ann M. Martin [4] | Winnipeg | September 17, 2007 | NDP | Aikins MacAulay and Thorvaldson | Published criminal decisions (~25) |
| Margaret I. Wiebe | December 12, 2012 (Judge) July 10, 2016 to July 9, 2023 (Chief) |
NDP (Judge) PC (CJ) |
Published criminal decisions (~7) | ||
| John P. Guy | Winnipeg | May 15, 1989 October 18, 2013 to October 17, 2020 (Ass. Chief) |
PC | Published criminal decisions (~6) | |
| Anne Krahn [5] [6] | 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) | |
| 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) | |
| Heather R. Pullan | Winnipeg | December 21, 1994 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~9) | |
| Mary Kate Harvie [7] | Winnipeg | July 26, 2000 (Judge) September 18, 2002 - ? (Ass. Chief) |
NDP (Judge) | Myers Weinberg | Published criminal decisions (~28) |
| Murray Thompson [8] [9] | Thompson | March 26, 2003 August 2, 2006 to August 1, 2014 (ACJ) |
NDP (Judge) NDP (ACJ) |
McDonald, Thompson, Huberdeau | Published criminal decisions (~7) |
| Kelly Moar [10] | Winnipeg | April 13, 2005 | NDP | Crown attorney Called to bar (1997) |
Published criminal decisions (~20) |
| Christine Harapiak [11] | Dauphin | April 13, 2005 | NDP | Manitoba Justice Family Law Branch Hawkins & Sanderson Called to bar (1995) |
Published criminal decisions (~16) |
| Catherine Carlson | Winnipeg | November 23, 2006 | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~19) | |
| Rodney Garson [12] | Winnipeg | December 15, 2006 | NDP | Justice Canada Manitoba justice |
Published criminal decisions (~8) |
| Doreen Redhead [13] | Thompson | April 4, 2007 | NDP | Fox Lake First Nation Keewatin Tribal Council Called to bar (~1987) |
Published criminal decisions (~7) |
| Patti-Anne L. Umpherville [14] | Winnipeg | September 17, 2007 | NDP | Crown attorney (2003 to 2007) Phillips Aiello Legal Aid Called to bar (~1998) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| Carena Roller [15] | Winnipeg | September 17, 2007 | NDP | Justice Canada (aboriginal) Called to bar (1992) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Jean McBride [16] | Portage la Prairie | June 18, 2008 | NDP | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Wanda M. Garreck [17] | Winnipeg | November 19, 2008 | NDP | Crown attorney Private practice Called to bar (~1991) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| Herbert Lawrence Allen [18] | The Pas | January 29, 2009 | NDP | Crown attorney Legal Aid Called to bar (~1976) |
Published criminal decisions (~12) |
| Cynthia A. Devine [19] | Winnipeg | July 24, 2012 | NDP | Constitutional Law Branch private practice (criminal) Called to bar (~1993) |
Published criminal decisions (~70) |
| Catherine Hembroff [20] | Thompson | July 16, 2014 | NDP | Crown Attorney Called to bar (1995) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Alain Huberdeau [21] | Winnipeg | September 24, 2014 | NDP | Law North LLP Called to bar (~1996) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Lindy Choy [22] | Winnipeg | June 12, 2015 | NDP | Called to bar (~1992) | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Kael McKenzie [23] | Winnipeg | December 2015 | NDP | Crown attorney Chapman Goddard Kagan Called to bar (2006) |
Published criminal decisions (~2) |
| Todd Allen Rambow [24] | Thompson | December 07, 2016 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~2) | |
| Julie Frederickson [25] | Winnipeg | February 13, 2018 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Kusham Sharma [26] | Winnipeg | February 13, 2018 | PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Theresa McDonald [27] | The Pas | October 11, 2018 | PC | Legal Aid | Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Keith Eyrikson [28] | Winnipeg | March 6, 2019 | Crown attorney (2002 to 2019) | ||
| Victoria Cornick | Winnipeg | August 7, 2019 | |||
| Antonio (Tony) Cellitti | Winnipeg | August 7, 2019 | |||
| Stacy Cawley | Winnipeg | November 21, 2019 | |||
| Geoffrey H. Bayly | Dauphin | February 19, 2020 | |||
| Christina L. Cheater | Dauphin | February 19, 2020 | |||
| Cindy Sholdice | Winnipeg | September 30, 2020 | |||
| Samuel Raposo | Winnipeg | September 30, 2020 | |||
| Dave Mann | Winnipeg | October 28, 2020 | |||
| Patrick Sullivan | Brandon | February 4, 2021 | |||
| Michael Clark [29] | Winnipeg | November 17, 2021 | Myers LLP Called to bar (2002) |
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| Rachel Rusen [30] | Winnipeg | November 17, 2021 | MLT Aikins LLP (2011 to ?) MLT Aikins LLP (1997 to 1999) Called to bar (1997) |
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| Vincent Sinclair [31] | Thompson | March 10, 2022 | Crown Attorney (2010 to ?) | ||
| Curtis Briscoe [32] | Thompson | March 23, 2022 | private practice Crown attorney private practice Windsor grad (2011) |
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| Lori Ann Hunter | Crown prosecutor Called to bar (2012) |
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| David Ireland | Winnipeg | June 8, 2023 | |||
| Mark Kantor | Winnipeg | June 8, 2023 | |||
| Michelle Bright | Winnipeg | August 30, 2023 | |||
| Denis Guenette | Winnipeg | August 30, 2023 | |||
| Darcie Yale | Winnipeg | September 1, 2023 | |||
| Lisa Watson | Peszko and Watson Roe and Company Called to bar (2010) |
Senior / Part-time
| Name | Judicial Centre | Appointed | Appointed By | Prior Position(s) | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Slough [33] | Dauphin | July 10, 2010 (Judge) February 2020 (Senior) |
NDP | Crown attorney Called to bar (1981) |
Published criminal decisions (~17) |
| Dale C. Schille[34] | Winnipeg | May 19, 2010 (Judge) March 2021 (Senior) |
NDP | Crown attorney Called to bar (~1989) |
Published criminal decisions (~0) |
| Malcolm W. McDonald [35] | The Pas | February 3, 2010 (Judge) March 2022 (Senior) |
NDP | Called to bar (~1983) | Published criminal decisions |
| Robert M. Heinrichs [36] | Winnipeg | Sept 1, 2009 (Judge) August 2022 (senior) |
NDP | legal aid Called to bar (~1983) |
Published criminal decisions (~15) |
| Robin A. Finlayson [37] | Winnipeg | February 1, 2006 (Judge) August 2018 (senior) |
NDP | Crown attorney Called to bar (1976) |
Published criminal decisions (~3) |
| Judge Raymond E. Wyant | Winnipeg | May 20, 1998 (Judge) July 10, 2002 - 2009 (Chief) August 2014 (senior) (16 years) |
PC (Judge) NDP (CJ) |
Published criminal decisions | |
| Brian G. Colli | Thompson | September 21, 1994 (judge) May 2014 (senior) |
PC | Published criminal decisions (~0) | |
| Brent D. Stewart [38] | Winnipeg | April 15, 1998 (Judge) June 2020 (senior) |
PC | Hoeschen and Stewart Called to bar (1977) |
Published criminal decisions (~10) |
| Kathlyn Mary A. Curtis [39] | Winnipeg | February 28, 2001 (Judge) April 13, 2013 (Senior) |
NDP | Crown attorney Magistrate |
Published criminal decisions (~13) |
| Judge Robert L. (Rocky) Pollack [40] | Winnipeg | December 15, 2006 (Judge) January 2, 2019 (Senior) |
NDP | Called to bar (1972) | Published criminal decisions (~31) |
| Lynn A. Stannard [41] | Winnipeg | August 4, 1999 (Judge) February 6, 2018 (Senior) |
PC | Crown Attorney | Published criminal decisions (~1) |
| Judge Marva J. Smith [42] | Winnipeg | October 27, 1999 (Judge) August 14, 2012 (Senior) |
NDP (Judge) | Constitutional Branch of Manitoba Justice | Published criminal decisions (~12) |
| Sidney B. Lerner [43] | Winnipeg | August 4, 1999 (Judge) December 2022 (senior) |
PC | Crown attorney Called to bar (1982) |
Published criminal decisions (~2) |
| John Combs [44] | March 26, 2003 (Judge) March 2021 (Senior) |
NDP | Published criminal decisions (~2) | ||
| Sandra L. Chapman [45] | Winnipeg | August 4, 2009 (Judge) February 2023 (Senior) |
NDP | Killeen Chapman Called to bar (~1987) |
Published criminal decisions (~2) |
| Timothy J. P. Killeen [46] | Winnipeg | July 23, 2012 (Judge) November 2021 (Senior) |
NDP | Killeen Rolston Wiebe Called to bar (~1980) |
Published criminal decisions (~2) |
| Dale Harvey [47] | Winnipeg | July 10, 2013 (Judge) November 2020 (Senior) |
NDP | Crown attorney Called to bar (1980) |
Published criminal decisions (~1) |
Former Judges
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- Easterville
- Emerson
- Fisher Branch
- Flin Flon
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- Gimli
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- Gods River
- Grand Rapids
- Lac Brochet
- Leaf Rapids
- Little Grand Rapids
- Lundar
- Lynn Lake
- Minnedosa
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- Morden
- Nelson House
- Norway House
- Oxford House
- Pauingassi
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- Poplar River
- Portage la Prairie
- Powerview-Pine Falls
- Pukatawagan
- Roblin
- Rossburn
- Sandy Bay
- Selkirk
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- Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
- Snow Lake
- South Indian Lake
- Split Lake
- St. Boniface
- St. Martin
- St. Pierre-Jolys
- St. Theresa Point
- Steinbach
- Stonewall
- Swan River
- The Pas
- Thompson
- Virden
- Waywayseecappo
External links
- Provincial Court of Manitoba website
- Provincial Court Annual Reports 2002 to 2016
- list of historical judges
- list of current judges
- government news releases