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. The court is divided into two divisions. The Family Division deals with

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. The General Division deals with civil and criminal matters, including civil trials,

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s and applications for the review of decisions from certain administrative

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s. The current Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench is Judge

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, who was appointed on 3 February 2011.

History of the Court

In May 1871, the legislature of Manitoba enacted ''The Supreme Court Act'' to establish a

with original and

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in the province, called the Manitoba Supreme Court. 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," and the first Chief Justice was appointed in July that year. Also that year, the Petty Sessions were abolished and County Courts were established. In 1906, the appellate jurisdiction of the Court of Queen's Bench was transferred to the newly-established

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. 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.

Divisions

The court is divided into two divisions. The Family Division deals with cases of

and

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, including

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. Judges of the Family Division sit in

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, Morden, Selkirk,

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. The General Division deals with civil and criminal matters, including civil trials,

s and applications for the review of decisions from certain administrative

s. Judges of the General Division sit in Brandon, Dauphin, Flin Flon, Morden,

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, Selkirk, St. Boniface, Swan River, The Pas, Thompson, and Winnipeg.

Judges

Current justices

Past justices

Past justices of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba have included: * Gordon J. Barkman * Alexander Morris *

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* Louis Betourney *

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* Joseph Dubuc (Chief Justice of Manitoba from August 8, 1903 until 1909) * James Andrews Miller *

Lewis Wallbridge Lewis Wallbridge (November 27, 1816 – October 20, 1887) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada West. In 1882, he was appointed Chief Justice of Manitoba. He was born in Belleville in 1816. He studied at Upper Canada College, ar ...

Thomas Wardlaw Taylor Sir Thomas Wardlaw Taylor (March 25, 1833 – March 2, 1917) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. Born in Auchtermuchty, Scotland, he studied at Edinburgh University, and was admitted to the Upper Canadian bar in 1858. From 1872 to 1883 he was ...

* 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 William James Major (November 10, 1881—August 13, 1953) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1941, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken. 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

) * Michel A. Monnin (currently serving as a judge on the

) * Freda M. Steel (currently serving as a judge on the

) * Barbara M. Hamilton * Alan D. MacInnes (currently serving as a judge on the

) *

Lori Douglas A. Lori Douglas was the Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Family Division). She currently lectures and practices family law part-time. Education Douglas received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Winnipe ...

* Robyn Diamond

References

External links

Court of King's Bench of Manitoba website

Recent judgmentsPublicly accessible court registry system

History of Manitoba Judges
{{Courts of Canada Manitoba courts

1872 establishments in Manitoba Courts and tribunals established in 1872