Lawyer, judge.
Born at Winnipeg in 1947, one of three sons of David Carr (c1914-1973) and Esther Golden (1917-2013), brother of James Gordon Carr, he received law degrees from the University of Manitoba and Harvard University. He practiced with the law firm of Taylor McCaffrey before serving as a judge in the Court of King's Bench (1983-2006). He established the University Legal Aid Clinic while in law school, and assisted in the establishment of a unified family court in Manitoba and a national communication network for judges. He and wife Shawn Greenberg had two children. He died at Winnipeg on 10 July 2023.
Obituary [David Carr], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 December 1973, page 40.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 July 2023.
We thank Jill Carr for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 May 2024
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