Provincial Court of Manitoba

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(~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of Oct 2018, unless otherwise indicated.

Current Judges

(Full complement of 41) [1]

Name Judicial Centre Appointed Appointed By Prior Position(s) Other Details
Chief Judge Ryan Rolston [2] Winnipeg December 2014 NDP Private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (~1999)
Published criminal decisions (~11)
Associate Chief Judge Tracey M. Lord [3] Winnipeg November 19, 2008 NDP Called to bar (1991) Published criminal decisions (~7)
Associate Chief Judge Donovan Dvorak [4] Brandon February 27, 2013 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (~1994)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Associate Chief Judge Lee Ann M. Martin [5] 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 [6] [7] 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 [8] Winnipeg July 26, 2000 (Judge)
September 18, 2002 - ? (Ass. Chief)
NDP (Judge) Myers Weinberg Published criminal decisions (~28)
Murray Thompson [9] [10] 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 [11] Winnipeg April 13, 2005 NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (1997)
Published criminal decisions (~20)
Christine Harapiak [12] 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 [13] Winnipeg December 15, 2006 NDP Justice Canada
Manitoba justice
Published criminal decisions (~8)
Doreen Redhead [14] Thompson April 4, 2007 NDP Fox Lake First Nation
Keewatin Tribal Council
Called to bar (~1987)
Published criminal decisions (~7)
Patti-Anne L. Umpherville [15] Winnipeg September 17, 2007 NDP Crown attorney (2003 to 2007)
Phillips Aiello
Legal Aid
Called to bar (~1998)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
Carena Roller [16] Winnipeg September 17, 2007 NDP Justice Canada (aboriginal)
Called to bar (1992)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Jean McBride [17] Portage la Prairie June 18, 2008 NDP Published criminal decisions (~0)
Wanda M. Garreck [18] Winnipeg November 19, 2008 NDP Crown attorney
Private practice
Called to bar (~1991)
Published criminal decisions (~1)
Herbert Lawrence Allen [19] The Pas January 29, 2009 NDP Crown attorney
Legal Aid
Called to bar (~1976)
Published criminal decisions (~12)
Cynthia A. Devine [20] Winnipeg July 24, 2012 NDP Constitutional Law Branch
private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (~1993)
Published criminal decisions (~70)
Catherine Hembroff [21] Thompson July 16, 2014 NDP Crown Attorney
Called to bar (1995)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Alain Huberdeau [22] Winnipeg September 24, 2014 NDP Law North LLP
Called to bar (~1996)
Published criminal decisions (~0)
Lindy Choy [23] Winnipeg June 12, 2015 NDP Called to bar (~1992) Published criminal decisions (~0)
Kael McKenzie [24] Winnipeg December 2015 NDP Crown attorney
Chapman Goddard Kagan
Called to bar (2006)
Published criminal decisions (~2)
Todd Allen Rambow [25] Thompson December 07, 2016 PC Published criminal decisions (~2)
Julie Frederickson [26] Winnipeg February 13, 2018 PC Published criminal decisions (~0)
Kusham Sharma [27] Winnipeg February 13, 2018 PC 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)
Rachel Rusen [30] Winnipeg November 17, 2021 MLT Aikins LLP (2011 to ?)
MLT Aikins LLP (1997 to 1999)
Called to bar (1997)
Vincent Sinclair [31] Thompson March 10, 2022 Crown Attorney (2010 to ?)
Curtis Briscoe [32] Thompson March 23, 2022 OIC private practice
Crown attorney
private practice
Windsor grad (2011)
Lori Ann Hunter Crown prosecutor
Called to bar (2012)
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
Robin A. Finlayson [36] 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 [37] Winnipeg April 15, 1998 (Judge)
June 2020 (senior)
PC Hoeschen and Stewart
Called to bar (1977)
Published criminal decisions (~10)
Kathlyn Mary A. Curtis [38] Winnipeg February 28, 2001 (Judge)
April 13, 2013 (Senior)
NDP Crown attorney
Magistrate
Published criminal decisions (~13)
Judge Robert L. (Rocky) Pollack [39] Winnipeg December 15, 2006 (Judge)
January 2, 2019 (Senior)
NDP Called to bar (1972) Published criminal decisions (~31)
Lynn A. Stannard [40] Winnipeg August 4, 1999 (Judge)
February 6, 2018 (Senior)
PC Crown Attorney Published criminal decisions (~1)
Judge Marva J. Smith [41] Winnipeg October 27, 1999 (Judge)
August 14, 2012 (Senior)
NDP (Judge) Constitutional Branch of Manitoba Justice Published criminal decisions (~12)
Sidney B. Lerner [42] Winnipeg August 4, 1999 (Judge)
December 2022 (senior)
PC Crown attorney
Called to bar (1982)
Published criminal decisions (~2)
John Combs [43] March 26, 2003 (Judge)
March 2021 (Senior)
NDP Published criminal decisions (~2)
Sandra L. Chapman [44] Winnipeg August 4, 2009 (Judge)
February 2023 (Senior)
NDP Killeen Chapman
Called to bar (~1987)
Published criminal decisions (~2)
Dale Harvey [45] Winnipeg July 10, 2013 (Judge)
November 2020 (Senior)
NDP Crown attorney
Called to bar (1980)
Published criminal decisions (~1)

Former Judges

Contact Info

Altona
  • Arborg
  • Ashern
  • Beausejour
  • Berens River
  • Bloodvein
  • Brandon
  • Brochet
  • Camperville
  • Churchill
  • Cranberry Portage
  • Cross Lake
  • Dauphin
  • Easterville
  • Emerson
  • Fisher Branch
  • Flin Flon
  • Garden Hill
  • Gillam
  • Gimli
  • Gods Lake Narrows
  • Gods River
  • Grand Rapids
  • Lac Brochet
  • Leaf Rapids
  • Little Grand Rapids
  • Lundar
  • Lynn Lake
  • Minnedosa
  • Moose Lake
  • Morden
  • Nelson House
  • Norway House
  • Oxford House
  • Pauingassi
  • Peguis
  • Poplar River
  • Portage la Prairie
  • Powerview-Pine Falls
  • Pukatawagan
  • Roblin
  • Rossburn
  • Sandy Bay
  • Selkirk
  • Shamattawa
  • 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

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