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Judges of the Provincial Court are appointed by Order-in-Council of the Province of Manitoba upon the recommendation of a Judicial Advisory Committee, which is composed of the Chief Judge, four citizens appointed by the provincial government, the President of the Law Society of Manitoba, the President of the Manitoba Bar Association, and a representative of the Provincial Court judges.
Persons appointed a judge in the Province of Manitoba, Canada. By province or territory: Alberta; British Columbia; ... Manitoba Provincial Judges Association; A ...
Richard J. F. Chartier is a Canadian judge and former Chief Justice of Manitoba. He was appointed a judge of the Manitoba Court of Appeal on November 23, 2006. He replaced A. Kerr Twaddle, who elected to become a supernumerary judge. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Manitoba on March 7, 2013.
Pursuant to The Court of Appeal Act, [5] the Court consists of a Chief Justice and 12 other judges, all of whom are federally-appointed pursuant to the Judges Act. [1] [2]As a "Superior Court" under section 96 of the federal Constitution Act, 1867, Court of Appeal judges are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada (in practical terms, the Prime Minister of Canada).
Kael McKenzie (born 1971) is a Canadian judge, who was appointed to the Provincial Court of Manitoba on December 17, 2015. [1] He is noted as the first transgender person ever appointed a judge in Canada.
The Honourable A. Catherine Everett, formerly a judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba, was appointed to the Family Division of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba on November 23, 2006. She replaced Madam Justice S.J. Guertin Riley, who elected to become a supernumerary judge.
Rodney Garson was appointed to the Provincial Court of Manitoba on December 15, 2006. Judge Garson graduated from the Faculty of Law at McGill University in 1988. In 1990, he joined Justice Canada in Whitehorse where he conducted criminal prosecutions and later worked as a litigator in the private bar. After 1999, he held positions in Manitoba ...
Judith Webster is a former judge in Manitoba, Canada. She served as Chief Justice of the Provincial Court of Manitoba from 1993 to 2001, and was the first woman to hold this position. Early life and career