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Judge Date of Appointment Court Centre
The Honourable
Chief Justice
Glenn D. Joyal

-Appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench on February 3, 2011
- Appointed Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench (General Division) on January 22, 2009
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on June 22, 2007 (effective July 10, 2007)
-Appointed a Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal on March 2, 2007
-Appointed a Judge of the Provincial Court on November 25, 1998

Winnipeg

The Honourable Associate Chief Justice
Shane I. Perlmutter
(General Division)

- Appointed Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench (General Division) on March 7, 2013
- Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench on February 3, 2011
Winnipeg
The Honourable
Associate Chief Justice
A. Lori Douglas
(Family Division)
-Appointed Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on May 14, 2009
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on May 19, 2005
Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Robert Carr
(Family Division)
-Elected Supernumerary* Status (Family Division) on December 14, 2006
- Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on October 13, 1983
Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Kenneth R. Hanssen
-Elected Supernumerary* Status on January 5, 2008
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on March 23, 1984
Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Jeffrey J. Oliphant
-Elected Supernumerary* Status on June 30, 2008
-Appointed as Commissioner of the Commission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations Respecting Business and Financial Dealings between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney on June 12, 2008 by Privy Council Minute 2008-1092 dated June 12, 2008
-Appointed Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench on December 24, 1990
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on August 22, 1985
Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Gerald W. Mercier
(Family Division)
-Elected Supernumerary* Status on April 30, 2009
-Appointed Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on April 1, 1993
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on September 15, 1989 (effective October 5, 1989)



Winnipeg

 

The Honourable Madam Justice
Robyn M. Diamond
(Family Division)

-Elected Supernumerary* Status on February 26, 2011
- Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on September 15, 1989 (effective October 5, 1989)

Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
A. Clearwater

-Elected Supernumerary* Status on July 10, 2007
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on March 12, 1992

Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Kris Stefanson
(Family Division)

-Elected Supernumerary* Status on November 20, 2008
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on May 28,1993
-Appointed Chief Judge of the Provincial Court on September 7, 1988 (effective November 1, 1988)
-Appointed a Judge of the Provincial Court on August 8, 1979 (effective September 1, 1979)

Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Perry Schulman
-Elected Supernumerary* Status on July 1, 2008
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on May 28, 1993
Winnipeg
The Honourable Madam Justice
Brenda L. Keyser
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on October 3, 1995 Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
John A. Menzies

-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (General Division) on
October 6, 1998 - Brandon, Manitoba
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on August 7, 1996 - Brandon, Manitoba

Brandon
The Honourable Madam Justice
Deborah J. McCawley
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on September 16, 1997 Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Donald M. Little
(Family Division)
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on February 10, 1998 Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Morris Kaufman

-Elected Supernumerary* Status on November 15, 2010
- Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on October 6, 1998

Winnipeg
The Honourable Madam Justice
Laurie P. Allen
(Family Division)
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on October 6, 1998 Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Douglas D. Yard
(Family Division)
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on October 6, 1998 (effective October 13, 1998) Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Donald P. Bryk
-Transferred to the Winnipeg Judicial Centre on December 5, 2007 (effective June 18, 2008)
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on February 16, 1999 - Dauphin, Manitoba
Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Frank Aquila
(Family Division)
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on February 28, 2000
-Appointed a Judge of the Provincial Court on December 21, 1994
Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Robert B. Doyle
(Family Division)
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on February 28, 2000 Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
C. Murray Sinclair
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on January 31, 2001
-Appointed Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court on February 10, 1988 (effective March 4, 1988)
Winnipeg
The Honourable Madam Justice
Joan G. McKelvey
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on September 27, 2001 Winnipeg
The Honourable Madam Justice
Colleen Suche
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on July 16, 2002 Winnipeg
The Honourable Madam Justice
Marilyn E. Goldberg
(Family Division)
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on July 16, 2002 Winnipeg
The Honourable Madam Justice
Shawn D. Greenberg
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on October 28, 2003 Winnipeg
The Honourable Madam Justice
Karen I. Simonsen
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on December 9, 2004 Winnipeg
The Honourable Madam Justice
Marianne Rivoalen
(Family Division)
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on February 2, 2005

Winnipeg

The Honourable Madam Justice
Lori T. Spivak

-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on May 19, 2005 Winnipeg
The Honourable Madam Justice
A. Catherine Everett
(Family Division)
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on November 22, 2006
-Appointed a Judge of the Provincial Court on May 20, 1998
Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Michael A. Thomson
(Family Division)
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on June 1, 2007 Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Douglas N. Abra
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on June 22, 2007 (effective July 10, 2007) Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Brian Midwinter
- Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench on June 18, 2008 – Dauphin, Manitoba
- Appointed a Judge of the Provincial Court on October 18, 2006
Dauphin
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Robert G. Cummings
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on July 31, 2008 - Brandon, Manitoba
-Appointed a Judge of the Provincial Court on September 28, 1994
Brandon
The Honourable Madam Justice
Joan A. MacPhail
(Family Division)
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on January 22, 2009 Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Chris W. Martin
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on January 22, 2009 Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
William Johnston
(Family Division)
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on July 30, 2009
Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Robert A. Dewar
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on September 09, 2009
Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Richard A. Saull
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on February 10, 2010 Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Gerald L. Chartier
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on September 30, 2010 Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Herbert Rempel
- Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench on March 7, 2013
- Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench (Family Division) on December 1, 2011
Winnipeg
The Honourable Mr. Justice
Christopher J. Mainella
-Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench on October 4, 2012
Winnipeg

* Under the federal Judges Act, federally appointed judges may, after being in judicial office for at least 15 years and whose combined age and number of years of judicial service is not less than 80 or after the age of 70 years and at least 10 years judicial service, elect to give up their regular judicial duties and hold judicial office as a supernumerary judge.

Last Revised: March 22, 2013

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