- Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba
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The Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (in French: Cour du Banc de la Reine du 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.
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History of the Court
In May 1871 the legislature of Manitoba enacted The Supreme Court Act to establish a superior court with original and appellate jurisdiction in the province. The law provided:
There shall be constituted a Court of Justice for the Province of Manitoba, to be styled "The Supreme Court," which shall have jurisdiction over ail matters of Law and Equity, ail matters of wills and intestacy, and shall possess such powers and authorities in relation to matters of Local or Provincial jurisdiction, as in England are distributed among the Superior Courts of Law and Equity, and of Probate.
The Act also established inferior courts known as Petty Sessions.
In 1872, The Supreme Court Act was amended by the Manitoba legislature to change the name of the court to "The Court of Queen's Bench". The first Chief Justice was appointed in July 1872. In the same year, the Petty Sessions were abolished and County Courts were established.
The appellate jurisdiction of the Court of Queen's Bench was transferred to the Manitoba Court of Appeal, which was established in 1906. In 1984, the County Courts were merged with the Court of Queen's Bench, and the judges of the County Courts became Court of Queen's Bench judges. Further, in 1984 the Family Division of the Court of Queen’s Bench was established.
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 A. Lori Douglas May 19, 2005 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 17, 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. 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 Mr. Justice Brian Midwinter June 19, 2008 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
- Gordon J. Barkman[1]
- Alexander Morris
- James Charles McKeagney
- Louis Betourney
- Edmund Burke Wood
- Joseph Dubuc (Chief Justice of Manitoba from August 8, 1903 until 1909)
- James Andrews Miller
- Lewis Wallbridge
- Thomas Wardlaw Taylor
- Robert Smith
- Albert Clements Killam
- John Farquhar Bain
- Albert Elswood Richards
- William Edgerton Perdue
- Thomas Graham Mathers
- Daniel Alexander Macdonald
- John Donald Cameron
- Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe
- James Emile Pierre Prendergast
- Hugh Amos Robson
- Alexander Casmir Galt
- John Philpot Curran
- Andrew Knox Dysart
- John Evans Adamson
- James Frederick Kilgour
- William James Donovan
- Percival John Montague
- Fawcett Gowler Taylor
- Ewan Alexander McPherson
- William James Major
- Esten Kenneth Williams
- Arnold Munroe Campbell
- Joseph Thomas Beaubien
- John Joseph Kelly
- Robert George Brian Dickson
- John Alton Duncan
- Richard J. Scott (currently serving as Chief Justice of the Manitoba Court of Appeal)
- Michel A. Monnin (currently serving as a judge on the Manitoba Court of Appeal)
- Freda M. Steel (currently serving as a judge on the Manitoba Court of Appeal)
- Barbara M. Hamilton (currently serving as a judge on the Manitoba Court of Appeal)
- Alan D. MacInnes (currently serving as a judge on the Manitoba Court of Appeal)
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)
- Sharon Gail McCullough, "Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench in Equity, 1872-1895: A Study in Legal Administration and Records" (Winnipeg, University of Manitoba, 2000)
- Russell Smandych and Karina Sacca, "The Development of Criminal Law Courts in Pre-1870 Manitoba" (1996) 24 Man. L. J. 201
External links
- Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba website
- Publicly accessible court registry system
- Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba decisions database
Notes
- ^ Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Hansard, Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - Members' Statements. Retrieved 14 Dec 2010.
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