Court of King's Bench of Manitoba

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The Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba is the superior court of the Canadian province of Manitoba. The court is divided into the Family Division and the General Division.


The Family Division deals with family law cases including divorces, guardianships, adoptions and child welfare.

The General Division deals with all other matters, including civil trials, probate law, indictable offences and applications for the review of decisions from certain administrative tribunals.

Current Justices

Name Appointed Division
Chief Justice Marc M. Monnin August 27, 1997 General
Associate Chief Justice Jeffrey J. Oliphant August 22, 1985 General
Associate Chief Justice Gerald W. Mercier September 15, 1989 Family
Mr. Justice Robert Carr October 13, 1983 Family
Mr. Justice Gil R. Goodman July 16, 2002 Family
Mr. Justice Kenneth R. Hanssen March 23, 1984 General
Mr. Justice Daniel P. Kennedy June 21, 1984 General
Mr. Justice Rodney H. Mykle September 15, 1989 General
Madam Justice Robyn M. Diamond September 15, 1989 Family
Mr. Justice A. Clearwater March 12, 1992 General
Madam Justice Leá A. Duval November 27, 1992 General
Madam Justice Holly C. Beard November 27, 1992 General
Mr. Justice Nathan Nurgitz February 10, 1993 General
Mr. Justice Kris Stefanson May 28, 1993 Family
Mr. Justice Perry Schulman May 28, 1993 General
Madam Justice Sylvia Guertin-Riley July 26, 1995 Family
Madam Justice Brenda L. Keyser October 3, 1995 General
Mr. Justice John A. Menzies August 7, 1996 General
Madam Justice Deborah J. McCawley September 16, 1997 General
Mr. Justice Donald M. Little February 10, 1998 Family
Mr. Justice Morris Kaufman October 6, 1998 General
Madam Justice Laurie P. Allen October 6, 1998 Family
Mr. Justice Douglas D. Yard October 6, 1998 Family
Mr. Justice Donald P. Bryk February 16, 1999 General
Mr. Justice Frank Aquila February 28, 2000 Family
Mr. Justice Robert B. Doyle February 28, 2000 Family
Mr. Justice C. Murray Sinclair January 31, 2001 General
Madam Justice Joan G. McKelvey September 27, 2001 General
Mr. Justice John Scurfield July 16, 2002 General
Madam Justice Colleen Suche July 16, 2002 General
Madam Justice Marilyn E. Goldberg July 16, 2002 Family
Madam Justice Shawn D. Greenberg October 28, 2003 General
Madam Justice Karen I. Simonsen December 9, 2004 General
Madam Justice Marianne Rivoalen February 2, 2005 Family
Madam Justice Lori T. Spivak May 19, 2005 General
Madam Justice A. Lori Douglas May 19, 2005 Family
Madam Justice A. Catherine Everett November 22, 2006 Family
Mr. Justice Michael A. Thomson June 1, 2007 Family
Mr. Justice Glenn D. Joyal June 22, 2007 General
Mr. Justice Douglas N. Abra June 22, 2007 General

Under the federal Judges Act, federally appointed judges (such as those on the Manitoba Court of Appeal) 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 office as a supernumerary judge.

The following justices have elected supernumerary status:

  • Mr. Justice Carr (December 14, 2006)
  • Mr. Justice Goodman (December 14, 2006)
  • Mr. Justice Kennedy (December 21, 2004)
  • Mr. Justice Clearwater (July 10, 2007)
  • Mr. Justice Nurgitz (June 22, 2004)
  • Madam Justice Guertin-Riley (September 16, 2006)

Past Justices

Further Reading

  • Dale Brawn, "The Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba 1870-1950: A Biographical History" (Toronto: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 2006)
  • Russell Smandych and Karina Sacca, "The Development of Criminal Law Courts in Pre-1870 Manitoba" (1996) 24 Man. L. J. 201

External link

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