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John Alton Duncan (1932–2007) was a
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lawyer and judge.


Biography

He received his call to the Bar on October 1, 1958. He began his legal career practising law in
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with the firm of Duncan and Duncan, and then later with Duncan Hanssen & Hoeschen. In December 1978, Mr. Duncan was appointed
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. He served as President of the Law Society of Manitoba from 1980 to 1981. In 1991 he was appointed to the
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, to serve as a Family Division judge in Brandon. In 1996, he was transferred to the Family Division in
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, where he continued to serve as a judge until his retirement in 2006. Duncan died on June 5, 2007.


References

* The Law Society of Manitoba Communiqué (July 2007), p. 8 Judges in Manitoba 1932 births 2007 deaths People from Morden, Manitoba Canadian King's Counsel {{canada-law-bio-stub