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General Description

The Court of Appeal is the highest court in the Province of Manitoba. The Chief Justice of Manitoba heads the Court. The judges are federally appointed pursuant to the Judges Act. The Court normally sits in panels of three judges, but will occasionally sit with a panel of five judges on matters of great importance. The Court hears appeals from the Manitoba Court of King's Bench and the Provincial Court of Manitoba. In addition, the Court of Appeal hears, in limited circumstances and as mandated by statute, appeals from professional bodies and some government boards and tribunals, usually when a point of law or jurisdiction is involved. The Court of Appeal sits in Winnipeg.

Court of Appeal Judges

Judges	Date of Appointment
The Honourable Chief Justice Marianne Rivoalen	Appointed Chief Justice of Manitoba on May 31, 2023 Appointed a Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal on September 20, 2018 Appointed Associate Chief Justice (Family Division) of the Court of Queen's Bench on May 22, 2015 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (Family Division) on February 2, 2005	Biography
The Honourable Madam Justice Holly C. Beard	Elected supernumerary* status on January 1, 2019 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal on September 9, 2009 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on November 27, 1992	Biography
The Honourable Mr. Justice Marc M. Monnin	Elected supernumerary* status on September 1, 2016 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal on February 3, 2011 Appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench on March 26, 2003 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on August 27, 1997	Biography
The Honourable Madam Justice Diana M. Cameron	Appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal on November 2, 2012 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench on February 3, 2011	Biography
The Honourable Mr. Justice Christopher J. Mainella	Appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal on October 1, 2013 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench on October 4, 2012	Biography
The Honourable Madam Justice Jennifer A. Pfuetzner	Appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal on June 19, 2015 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on October 9, 2014	Biography
The Honourable Madam Justice Janice L. leMaistre	Appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal on June 19, 2015 Appointed Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court on September 9, 2009 Appointed a Judge of the Provincial Court on November 22, 2006	Biography
The Honourable Madam Justice Karen I. Simonsen	Elected supernumerary* status on October 8, 2022 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal on August 31, 2018 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on December 9, 2004	Biography
The Honourable Madam Justice Lori T. Spivak	Elected supernumerary* status on September 1, 2022 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal on March 26, 2019 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on May 19, 2005	Biography
The Honourable Mr. Justice James G. Edmond	Appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal on August 23, 2023 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on October 1, 2013	Biography
The Honourable Mr. Justice David Kroft	Appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal on August 23, 2023 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on October 20, 2016	Biography
The Honourable Madam Justice Anne Turner	Appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal on August 23, 2023 Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench on June 27, 2019	Biography

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

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