The appointment of a lawyer as a Queen’s Counsel (or a King’s Counsel depending on the gender of the reigning monarch) was an honour recognizing exceptional professional ability in Manitoba’s legal profession. Recipients append the letters QC or KC after their name, and are permitted to wear unique silk robes in court and to speak first during legal proceedings.
Manitoba's first Queen’s Counsel was Frederick McKenzie, appointed in 1884. Starting in 1909, the practice of appointing Counsels in Manitoba occurred annually, usually with announcements around New Years Day. The total number of lawyers holding QC/KC designation was fixed so the number of appointments made at any one time was determined by how many recipients had died or been elevated to the judicial bench in the preceding year. No appointments were made in 1973 because, according to NDP Attorney-General Alvin Mackling, they “had become meaningless because of the method by which they were made.” Despite these reservations, the provincial government resumed making appointments in 1975. (The federal government was also capable of making appointments.) It stopped again in 1987 pending a study into the usefulness of the designation, then resumed under a new government in 1989.
In early 2001, the Manitoba provincial government announced that it would discontinue the practice of awarding the designations and would turn over responsibility for them to a group of Chief Justices and the Law Society of Manitoba, with a change in terminology to Senior Counsel. However, the change was never implemented and QCs are no longer awarded. Existing designations remain in effect. In March 2018, the provincial government introduced legislation to reinstate the title of Queen’s Counsel.
The following is a partial list of Manitoba lawyers who have been given the QC/KC honour, and the year in which they were appointed.
Name begins: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Lawyer
Location
Year
A
Douglas N. Abra
1992
Alexander Adams (1887-1981)
1966
Alan Adams
1991
Robert J. M. Adkins
2020
Henry Lamont Adolph (1862-1940)
1931
James Albert Manning Aikins (1851-1929)
1884
Jeremy Akerstream
2023
Ellis David Alder (1897-1977)
1945
George William Allan (1860-1940)
1914
Frank Dennison Allen (1927-1998)
1970
John Allen (c1878-1971)
1920
Patricia Allen
1994
David Trevor Anderson
1986
Edward Anderson (1867-1955)
1909
Fletcher S. Andrews (1869-1949)
1925
James Bernard Andrews (1883-1968)
1957
George Thomas Armstrong (1881-1941)
1920
J. W. E. Armstrong
1924
Maurice J. Arpin (1923-1983)
1961
Jaroslaw William Arsenych (1889-1953)
1935
Herbert Arthur Arundel (1877-1952)
1932
David Asper
2019
Israel Harold “Izzy” Asper (1932-2003)
1976
Chris Axworthy
?
B
Robert B. Baillie (1903-1976)
1961
Vaughan Lawson Baird (1927-2013)
1966
Donald George Baizley (1941-2013)
1981
Edwin Godfrey Phipps Baker (1885-1963)
1943
Frank J. Baker (?-2014)
1986
George William Baker (1854-1917)
1914
Roy H. C. Baker
1972
David Balfour
1985
Andrew Balkaran
1982
Warren G. Barber
1991
Joseph Barnsley
?
2023
George Nicholas Bass
1988
Holly Beard
1989
Joseph Thomas Beaubien (1886-1957)
1932
Joseph “Joe” Bellan (1912-2003)
1957
Leon Hermisdas “Leo” Benard (1899-1977)
1949
Edwin Henry Bennest (1875-1971)
1925
Hjalmar August Bergman (1881-1948)
1920
Alexandre Bernier (1886-1961)
1947
Samuel Clarke Biggs (1851-1911)
1884
Charles T. “Charlie” Birt
1988
Henry Price Blackwood (1878-1963)
1914
Stuart J. Blake
2023
Sedley Blanchard (1849-1886)
1884
Marion Anne Bolton
1986
George Frederick Daniels Bond (1889-1963)
1948
Robert Andrew Bonnar (1860-1932)
1915
Albert Edwin Bowles (1873-1949)
1930
David Albert Bowles (1916-1981)
1977
Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)
1955
Claudia Myrna Bowman (1932-2004)
1981
David Edward Bowman (1931-2003)
1984
James Langstaff Bowman (1879-1951)
1924
Myrna Bowman
1982
W. G. Boyd
1972
Clifford W. Brack
1941
Edwin Arthur “Art” Braid (1934-2020)
1984
Hugh Cuthbert Heighington Brayfield (1890-1968)
1951
Gary Thomas Brazzell (c1934-2012)
1978
Samuel “Sam” Breen (?-1981)
1967
Gary V. Brickman
1980
Clifford Wallace Brock (c1896-1980)
1941
Gerald Gregory “Greg” Brodsky (c1940-2022)
1977
Ernest A. Brotman (1899-1986)
1949
Donald Bryk
1989
Jason Bryk
2023
Harold Buchwald (1928-2008)
1966
Richard D. Buchwald
2021
Arthur Gordon Buckingham (1885-1961)
1929
Cyril William “Cy” Buckingham (1917-2019)
1976
Thomas Buekenhout
1993
Katherine Bueti
2023
Frederick Maxwell Burbidge (1881-1967)
1918
John W. Burgess
1996
William James Burgess (1896-1981)
1963
William J. Burnett
1994
Morrison Deryle Butcher
1988
C
Duncan Lloyd Cameron (1891-1957)
1945
Andrew Lorne Campbell (1920-2014)
1961
Angus Howard Campbell (1898-1985)
1953
Archibald Charles Clark Campbell (1875-1955)
1924
Arnold Munroe Campbell (1892-1963)
1942
Colin Howell Campbell (1859-1914)
1893
David Campbell (1870-1932)
1924
David Campbell
1984
Donald Leslie “Don” Campbell (1906-1997)
1959
Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
1890
John Archibald “Jack” Campbell (1872-1963)
1930
John Fletcher Campbell
1943
Roberta Campbell
2020
Russell William Campbell (1889-1959)
1954
Ronald Barclay Cantlie (c1924-1998)
1978
Alexander Elihu Cantor (c1896-1969)
1957
Allan Cantor
1979
Henry N. Carroll (c1938-2015)
1975
Alexander Kippen “Kip” Cates (1877-1946)
1942
James Henderson Chalmers (1876-1942)
1929
Daryl Rayworth Chapman (1899-1976)
1957
George Thomas Chapman (1899-1985)
1949
George Chapman
1988
Jack Morley Chapman (1930-2010)
1966
C. W. Chappell
1944
Thaddeus Lawrence “Ted” Charne (1923-2004)
1969
David M. R. Cheop
1997
Joseph Alter Cherniack (1885-1972)
1970
Saul Mark Cherniack (1917-2018)
1964
Edward G. Chornous
1984
Bjorn Christianson
1986
Norman Clague Christie (1917-2002)
1965
Gordon Minto Churchill (1898-1985)
1962
Albert Clearwater
1990
Robert Addison Clement (1870-1954)
1941
Robert Addison “Bob” Clement (1911-2005)
1956
Harold “Sonny” Cochrane
2020
William Murray Coghlin
1979
Peter John Edwards Cole
1997
Bernard Raymond Coleman (1915-1993)
1957
George Benjamin Coleman (1865-1943)
1912
W. W. Coleman
1914
J. C. Collins
1930
Lisa M. Collins
1998
John Champion Collinson (1878-1934)
1929
Morton Scott Colquhoun (1887-1968)
1943
James Roy Colwill (1886-1954)
1942
Michael A. Conner
2023
Hugh Windsor Cooper (1923-1999)
1968
Jennifer A. Cooper
1995
William James Cooper (1860-1913)
1895
Martin Searle Corne (c1934-2022)
1978
Brian Mark Corrin
1984
William Randolph Cottingham (1884-1948)
1925
Garnet Coulter (1882-1975)
1934
Glynn Lloyd Cousley (1894-1969)
1943
James “Jim” Cowan (1914-1997)
1961
John Grant Cowan (1897-1966)
1951
James Bowes Coyne (1878-1965)
1916
Richard W. Craig (1877-1966)
1916
Caroline B. Cramer
1982
Lawrence Ramsay “Larry” Crane (1935-2020)
1990
Edward Hugh Martin Crawford (c1894-1972)
1941
Horace Edgar Crawford (1858-1903)
1893
James Gray Crawford (1882-1977)
1970
James Lloyd Crawford (1914-1995)
1964
William Alexander Cuddy (1890-1945)
1942
William Henry Culver (1850-1900)
1890
Frank Louis Cvitovitch (1936-2016)
1976
D
Thomas Mayne Daly (1852-1911)
1890
J. George Dangerfield
1980
Norman Joyce D’Arcy (1889-1980)
1963
Wallace Michael “Wally” Darichuk (1938-2017)
1972
Cheryl Marlene Davidson (1951-1997)
?
Jack Adrian Davidson (1890-1974)
1964
Sydney Lloyd Davies (1899-1972)
1957
Frederick Langdon Davis (1867-1951)
1936
George Henry Davis (1872-1941)
1925
Eleanor Ruth Dawson
1988
Edgar Allan Deacon (1887-1958)
1953
Ivan James Rochester Deacon (1901-1974)
1950
John Elkin Ervin Deacon
1996
J. Douglas Dean
2020
Richard K. Deeley
1993
Wilfred Robert DeGraves (1928-2015)
1967
Robert Maxwell Dennistoun (1864-1952)
1910
Archibald Stewart Dewar (1916-2001)
1962
Robert A. Dewar
1991
Robert George Brian Dickson (1916-1998)
1953
Aylmer Everett Dilts (1882-1976)
1938
Charles Gordon Dilts (c1922-2001)
1968
James C. “Jim” Doak
1961
James G. Donald
1989
Irwin Dorfman (1908-1993)
1951
William Taylor Dorward (1904-1975)
1959
Samuel Joshua Drache (1906-1996)
1952
Grant Driedger
2023
Humphry Ringler Drummond-Hay (1886-1965)
1939
Bernard Bronislaw Dubienski (1891-1981)
1945
Ian Ventress Dubienski (1921-1998)
1962
Derward Alton Duncan (1895-1990)
1960
John Alton “Jack” Duncan (1932-2007)
1979
Kaye E. Dunlop
1994
Armand Dureault (?-2017)
1966
Paul Guyot DuVal (1893-1970)
1940
Arthur Long Dysart (1886-1964)
1956
E
George Alexander Eakins (1877-1957)
1927
Clifford Henry Coad Edwards (1924-2008)
1980
Arni Gundi Eggertson (1896-1969)
1939
George Andrew Elliott (1860-1923)
1913
Tracey Lynn Epp
2021
Donald Bryson Ernst
1995
Frank Robert Evans (1896-1952)
1942
Gregory Gordon Evans
2021
S. Jane Evans
1992
Earlston Stuart Everall (1887-1952)
1948
John Skirving Ewart (1852-1933)
1884
F
Stanley Harrison Fahrni (1889-1975)
1931
Peter J. Falk
1998
Francis Milton Ferg (1889-1960)
1949
Patrick David Ferg (1927-1998)
1970
Albert Charles Ferguson (1873-1940)
1924
James A. Ferguson
2019
Thomas Roberts Ferguson (1864-?)
?
William Graham Ferguson (1896-1964)
1941
Kenneth Alvin “Ken” Filkow (c1941-2014)
1980
William Parker Fillmore (1882-1978)
1927
David C. Filmon
2019
Allan Fineblit
1998
Douglas E. Finkbeiner
1992
Max James Finkelstein (1882-1960)
1936
Roderick K. Finlayson
1941
Randolph Murray Fisher (1886-1965)
1930
Allan Henry Fitch (c1926-1982)
1976
John Fleming (c1884-1960)
1957
Ernest Angus Fletcher (1886-1978)
1952
Raymond Flett
1991
Joseph Patrick Foley (1878-1928)
1914
James Edward “Jim” Foran (1937-2014)
1985
David Bruce Wallace Forrester (1918-2001)
1965
Walter Ross Forrester (1886-1979)
1952
Knox Barton Foster (1939-2003)
1979
William Fraser (c1905-?)
1957
David Grant Frayer (1941-2021)
1983
Martin Freedman
1975
Samuel Freedman (1908-1993)
1945
David Friesen (1911-2007)
1957
Thomas Gordon Frohlinger
2023
Irvin “Issie” Frost
2019
John Francis Funnell (1925-2021)
1984
G
Roy Albert Gallagher (1923-1979)
1966
Alexander Casimir Galt (1853-1936)
1909
William Cooper “Bill” Gardner (1922-2003)
1964
William S. Gardner
2019
Alan Graeme Stuart Garson (1936-1994)
1982
Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)
1935
Maris Henry Garton (1891-1973)
1959
John Milton George (1887-1972)
1934
Thomas Henry Gilmour (1857-1931)
1894
Rex Alan Gilroy (1914-1977)
1967
Jeffrey J. Gindin
2019
John Michael Ginnell
1980
T. David Gisser
2020
James Allison Glen (1877-1950)
1935
Julian R. Glowacki (1921-2002)
1985
Theodore Myron Glowacki
1978
Marilyn Goldberg
?
Gilbert Raymond “Gil” Goodman (1934-2013)
1971
Richard Rodney “Rod” Goodwin (1903-1984)
1964
Harry Elliot Gordon (1919-2004)
1983
Barry Gorlick
1993
Celia E. Gorlick
1995
Clifton Marquette Graban (1891-1976)
1936
Thomas Grafton
1983
A. Blair Graham
1992
Robert Blackwood Whidden Graham (1870-1951)
1920
Henry Archibald Vaughan “Harry” Green (1888-1979)
1937
1970
Solomon Hart Green (1885-1969)
1927
Solomon Hart Green (1913-1971)
1959
Israel Hyner Greenberg (1915-1972)
1957
Lawrence G. Greenberg
1977
Solomon Greenberg (?-1958)
1972
Theodore Constantine Greschuk (1901-1958)
1952
Aylmer Griffin (1888-1964)
1933
William Grimble (1925-1993)
1968
Henry Platt Grundy (1874-1956)
1924
Sylvia Jean Guertin-Riley (1936-2023)
1991
Charles Kelly Guild (1888-1963)
1929
Michael E. Guttormson
2021
John Guy
1981
Robert Dunbar Guy (1880-1971)
1925
Robert DuVal Guy (1912-1985)
1959
Harold Ffolliott Gyles (1927-2010)
1970
Henry Ffolliott Gyles (1890-1975)
1960
H
Joseph Haddad (1917-2010)
1964
Rodney Haddad
?
Ernest Forster Haffner (1876-1942)
1927
James Campbell Haig (1909-1980)
1960
Graeme Thomson Haig (1923-1993)
1965
John Thomas Haig (1877-1962)
1927
Cheryl Marlene Hall
1988
Gordon Clarke Hall (1921-1990)
1960
Leifur Julius Hallgrimson (1928-1991)
1970
Joseph Halprin (1899-1980)
1965
Gerald Sydney “Syd” Halter (1905-1990)
1948
Gilbert Martin Ham (?-?)
1929
Arthur Leslie Ham (1899-?)
1963
Alvin Chown Hamilton (1926-2014)
1969
Barbara M. Hamilton
1988
Irene A. Hamilton
2019
William Cleland Hamilton (1881-1943)
1927
John Samuel Hanna (1892-1980)
1957
Roger James Hansell (1929-2019)
1981
Kenneth R. Hanssen
1983
Laurelle A. Harris
2023
1985
John Gurzon Harvey (1906-1970)
1956
Albert Townsend Hawley (1877-1960)
1929
Edward Widlake Hawkins (1913-1995)
1951
Gerald Hawranik
1993
Denis William Hayes (1925-2005)
1964
Frederick Heap (?-?)
1929
Keith Ian Munro Heming (1943-2016)
1988
Henry Ernest Henderson (1852-1927)
?
Yude Henteleff
1982
Joe E. Hershfield
1996
Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991)
1948
Thomas Wilfred Bell Hinch (1896-1981)
1966
Jeffrey Brian Hirsch
2023
A. Aubrey “Oz” Hirschfield (1924-2008)
1965
Arthur Alexander Hobkirk (1875-1941)
1932
Ward Hollands (1883-1953)
1927
Egbert Douglas Honeyman (1886-1969)
1931
Harold Richmond Hooper (1872-1955)
1944
Alfred Erskine Hoskin (1872-1960)
1909
John Stanley Hough (1856-1928)
1893
Kenneth G. Houston
1977
James Henry Howden (1860-1938)
1908
Hector Mansfield Howell (1842-1918)
1886
Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (1905-1978)
1956
Albert Blellock Hudson (1875-1947)
1914
Horace Victor Hudson (1880-1943)
1925
Jabez Bowen Hugg (1872-1947)
1918
Harley Moody Hughes (1892-1957)
1939
Joseph Barry “J.B.” Hughes (1928-2000)
1967
William Frederick Hull (1866-1937)
1924
Albert William Hunt
1979
Isabel Ross MacLean Hunt (1894-1990)
1953
John MacLean Hunt (1920-1984)
1957
Theodore Alexander Hunt (1871-1934)
1913
George Richard “Dick” Hunter (1917-1995)
1957
Harold Alexander Huppe
1981
Marcus Hyman (1883-1938)
1937
I
Sarah Ann Inness
2023
Harold Kemp Irving (?-?)
1967
Max Isaacs (1901-1998)
1964
Abraham Montague “Monty” Israels (1904-1973)
1956
Chrysant Wsewolod “Chrys” Iwanchuk (1943-2009)
1996
J
Robert “Bob” Jacob (1879-1944)
1924
Allan F. James
1967
Duncan J. Jessiman
1998
Duncan James Jessiman (1923-2006)
1962
Ian L. Jessiman
1978
Gerald Oliver Jewers
1976
Arthur Eaton Johnston (1884-1975)
1927
Isaac Canton Johnston (1896-1974)
1952
Robert Harold Johnston
1995
William Andrew Johnston (1896-1969)
1932
William Joseph “Bill” Johnston (1917-2004)
1953
David Haney Jones
?
?
Diane Jones
1993
Glenn Joynt
?
2023
K
Leilani Kagan
2021
Shanti S. Kapoor
1982
John George Karasevich (1910-1981)
1967
Alexander Katz (1896-1947)
1943
Fay-Lynn Katz
2023
Orville Montague Miles Kay (1893-1983)
1949
Clarence Garfield Keith (1881-1964)
1946
Clarence Irving Keith (1908-1989)
1950
John Joseph Kelly (1898-1952)
1939
Kenneth Romayne Kennedy (1893-1965)
1943
William Walker Kennedy (1882-1963)
1931
Nettleton Whitby Kerr (1888-1963)
1930
Albert Clements Killam (1849-1908)
1884
Bruce H. King
2021
Peter E. C. Kingsley
2019
Edward John Kirby (1917-1986)
1963
Jacob Charles “Jack” Kirby (1915-2007)
1969
Sandra Kliman
2023
Donald R. Knight
1990
John Keith Knox
1979
Steven Kohn
2023
Maxwell E. Kopstein (1890-1986)
1962
Christina Vera Kopynsky
1997
Sharon Kravetsky
2020
Barry Krawchuk
1991
Adalsteinn F. “Steini” Kristjansson (1923-1992)
1981
1978
Jonathan Kroft
2021
Chaim Nachman Kushner (1905-1997)
1956
Donald Campbell Murray Kyle (1898-1962)
1962
L
Keith D. LaBossiere
2021
Henri Lacerte (1889-1968)
1956
Thomas Walter Laidlaw (1897-1965)
1939
David Henry Laird (1875-1952)
1916
Louise Lamb
1991
Donald McLaurin Lamont (1920-2008)
1977
John Salmon “Bud” Lamont (1885-1964)
1938
John Salmon Lamont (1925-2016)
1979
Patricia C. Lane
2019
Jody S. Langhan
2023
George Arthur Lauman (1893-1988)
1962
Frank Lavitt
2023
William David Lawrence (1881-1959)
1931
Brock Glover Lee
1988
John Hillyard Leech (1866-1930)
?
Ellen Leibl
1997
Duncan Craig Lennox (1914-2005)
1966
Robert Lennox (1888-1968)
1951
Heather Leonoff
1994
David Levin (1907-1971)
1950
Walter Jacobson Lindal (1887-1976)
1932
Charles Emerson Lindsay (1893-1966)
1949
Theodore Joseph Lismer (?-2023)
1971
Eric Lister
1994
Donald Little
1992
Charles Holland Locke (1887-1980)
1924
Corbet Locke (1854-1932)
1893
Philip Corbet Locke (1883-1958)
1946
George Hepworth Lockwood (1923-2002)
1975
Edwin Loftus (1868-1948)
?
Jack London
1983
Paul Elliott Long (1917-2007)
1967
Thomas MacKay Long (1895-1988)
1960
Henry Arthur Lye (1892-1974)
1947
Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)
1960
M
William Elliott Macara (1859-1929)
1924
Colin R. MacArthur
1990
Archibald MacAulay (1887-1970)
1935
Gail G. MacAulay
2020
John Alexander MacAulay (1892-1978)
1931
Edythe Irene MacDonald (1931-2009)
Ottawa
1971
Ambrose Roy “Beau” MacDonell (1901-1966)
1939
Bruce A. MacFarlane
?
John Alexander Machray (1865-1933)
1912
Alan D. MacInnes
1981
Roy Bayne MacInnes (1889-1963)
1933
Murdoch MacKay (1930-2023)
1970
Neil Gordon MacKay (1930-2015)
1986
1969
George Campbell “Cam” MacLean (1921-2008)
1962
John MacLean (1882-1977)
1942
Clive Jeffrey Macleod (1892-1982)
1942
George Peterkin MacLeod (1893-1961)
1945
Norman John “Norm” MacMillan (1909-1978)
Montreal
1955
Joan MacPhail
1994
Neil Gerard MacPhee (1918-2014)
1965
Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)
1916
Rekha Nadine Malaviya
2023
Nicholas J. Mandziuk (1902-1969)
1961
Kenneth “Ken” Mandzuik
2023
Laurent Guillaume “Larry” Marcoux (1926-2004)
1970
David Margolis
1990
W. M. Martens
1972
William Robert “Bill” Martin (1929-2019)
1968
William Steward Arnold Martin (1924-1996)
1966
Robert M. Matheson (1868-1945)
1916
Louis Samuel Matlin (1904-1961)
1953
Albert Clifford Matthews
1977
Florence Antoinette Matthews (c1930-2012)
1971
Harold Frederick Maulson (1876-1952)
?
Arthur Valentine Mauro (1927-2023)
1965
Ralph Maybank (1890-1965)
1938
Robert Alfred “Bob” Mayer (1944-2016)
1982
Clarence Victor McArthur (1893-1981)
1935
J. B. McArthur
?
1884
D’Arcy Charles Henry McCaffrey (1936-1998)
1975
Donovan Anderson McCarthy
1968
Deborah McCawley
1988
Theresa L. McDonald
1998
Wilfred Stanley McEwen (1891-1963)
1944
John N. McFadden (1888-1956)
1939
Barbara McFarlane
1993
Donald Cameron McGavin (1914-1998)
1957
Ernest Newburn McGirr (1887-1982)
1933
Alvin Ronald McGregor (1942-2023)
1982
Lawrence Robert McInnes
1998
John T. “Jack” McJannet
1976
Frederick McKenzie (c1846-1888)
1884
James E. McLandress
2020
Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)
1961
Wilson Edward McLean (1901-1990)
1938
James Osborne McLenaghen (1891-1950)
1937
Alex McLeod
1916
Edward James McMurray (1878-1969)
1934
Mildred Beatrice McMurray (1892-1959)
1956
John Donald “Jack” McNairnay (1925-2011)
1975
Duncan Edward Ives McNeill (1904-?)
1943
Randolph B. “Randy” McNicol (1950-2018)
1990
Robert Laughlin McQuarrie (1896-1968)
1944
Roland Fairbairn McWilliams (1874-1957)
1920
Charles Osborne “Chuck” Meighen (1943-2018)
1980
Frank Osborne Meighen (1908-1995)
1950
Aristotle John “Telly” Mercury (1934-2010)
1984
Leon N. Mercury
1986
Michael J. Mercury
1978
Brian J. Meronek
1995
Ronald Jerome Meyers (1933-2010)
1972
Archibald Robert “Archie” Micay (1913-1998)
1957
William Charles Middleton
1970
Brian Midwinter
1993
Bruce Miller
1966
Bruce Harold Miller (c1950-2004)
1990
Clive Miller
1978
Donna J. Miller
1992
James Andrew Miller (1839-1886)
1880
Joseph Charles Miller (1891-1987)
1932
Brent Mills
1998
John Jamieson Milne (1892-1945)
1942
Lore Marie Mirwaldt
1996
Sofia Mirza
2023
Grant L. Mitchell
1997
Leon Mitchell (1916-1987)
1970
Andrew Allison “Andy” Moffat (1895-1964)
1933
Henry Benning Monk (1909-1996)
1946
Alfred Maurice Monnin (1920-2013)
1957
Michel A. Monnin
1982
John Percival “Price” Montague (1882-1966)
1929
John D. “Jack” Montgomery (1927-2004)
1972
James Ignatius Morkin (1882-1971)
1930
Alexander Shirriff Morrison (1880-1955)
1936
1934
Robert H. Morrison
1998
Peter Scott Morse (1927-2018)
1965
Alexandra Morton
1988
Joseph Knight Morton (1889-1965)
1936
William Whyte “Bill” Morton (1933-2024)
1976
Dennis William Moylan (1930-1992)
1971
Francis Creighton “Frank” Muldoon (1930-2013)
1971
William Redford Mulock (1850-1930)
1890
Clifford Arthur Lyale Murchison (1896-?)
1942
Thomas Joseph Murray (1875-1954)
1920
Melvin “Mel” Myers
1972
N
T. W. Neelands (c1885-1972)
1956
John E. Neufeld
1995
Melville “Mel” Neuman (1925-2022)
1969
David G. Newman
1998
Frank Wright Newman (1900-1977)
1949
Walter Carman Newman (1912-1977)
1960
Israel Nitikman (1905-1988)
1953
William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)
1978
Winston Ewart “Wynn” Norton (?-2011)
1963
Ross Albert Lawrence Nugent (1926-2015)
1969
Nathan “Nate” Nurgitz (1934-2019)
1978
O
Jeremiah Edward O’Connor (c1871-1912)
1912
Andrew Ogaranko
1986
Jeffrey Oliphant
1981
Eric William “Bill” Olson (1944-2020)
1984
George J. Orle
1988
Horace Ormond (1875-1934)
1920
Joseph Francis O’Sullivan (1927-1992)
1970
Dalton Oswald Owens (1893-1964)
1935
P
William Lawrence Palk (1912-2009)
1981
Hasmukh Pandya (1934-2022)
1984
Chrys Pappas (1943-2022)
1989
Benjamin Cronyn Parker (1886-1951)
1930
Douglas Paterson
1985
George Patterson (1846-1925)
1909
Walter Thomas Patterson
1949
William Creighton Pearson
1978
David Murray Peden (1923-2022)
1965
E. Wells Peever
1998
Roland Penner (1924-2018)
1972
Miles H. Pepper (1930-2007)
1976
Reginald William Clifford Percy (1906-1984)
1957
Ronald Perozzo
1993
Valerie Perry
2021
Carmele N. Peter
2019
Kenneth B. Peters
1971
Charles Jerome Phelan (1941-2022)
1988
Hugh Phillipps (1875-1963)
1916
Cecil Bray Philp (1891-1991)
1938
Gordon Erskine Pilkey (?-2006)
1963
Lawrence Isaac Pinsky
2023
Sheldon Pinx
1990
Edward Bruce Pitblado (1896-1977)
1951
Delbert F. Plett (1948-2004)
1992
Robert L. “Rocky” Pollack
1992
Gordon Pollock
1968
Harvey I. Pollock (1933-2023)
1971
Everett George Porter (1889-1961)
1930
David Grant Potter (1893-1956)
1934
Donald Pratt
1992
John William Pratt (1894-1973)
1944
Juliannus “Jules” Preudhomme (1877-?)
?
Alfred Jean Charland Prud’homme (1904-1988)
1957
Gordon M. Pullan
1983
Clarence Wilfred Pybus
1969
Q
R
Serge Radchuk (1926-2021)
1981
Michael Radcliffe
1993
Jayantilal Dayalji Raichura (1932-2012)
1983
David Rampersad
1984
W. A. Redekopp
1997
Bradley D. “Brad” Regehr
2021
Kenneth P. Regier
1976
John Hunter Restall (1916-1983)
1968
Louis James Reycraft (1868-1956)
1918
Isaac Rice (1911-1969)
1964
Arthur Allan Rich (1922-2000)
1975
Albert Elswood Richards (1848-1917)
1896
Michael Richards
2023
Stephen Elswood Richards (1878-1950)
1918
Bert Verschoyle Richardson (1891-?)
1936
William Grey Richardson (1917-1990)
1964
Wolfgang W. A. Riedel
1997
Harold James Riley (1887-1975)
1932
William Pitt “Bill” Riley (1934-1998)
1983
Lawrence “Larry” Ring
1984
James A. Ripley
2020
Patricia Grace Watson “Pat” Ritchie (c1941-2022)
1988
Walter Legget Ritchie (1928-2011)
1965
Roland Emile Rivalin
1998
S. W. Robertson
1944
Herbert Edward Robison (1869-1933)
1914
Hugh Amos Robson (1871-1945)
1909
Charles Stuart Anderson Rogers (1882-1965)
1927
Evan Jay Roitenberg
2023
Walter Oleh Romaniw (1944-2016)
1993
Alfred Beatty Rosevear (1894-1992)
1934
Andrew Murray Smith Ross (1879-1943)
1929
Donald Alexander Ross (1892-1981)
1934
John Leroy Ross (1895-1956)
1939
Marshall Earl Rothstein
1979
Samuel James Rothwell (1868-1924)
1916
Laurent J. Roy
1982
Gerald Stewart Rutherford (1890-1987)
1948
S
Lori Ferguson Sain
2019
Jacqueline A. St. Hill
2019
Cecil Lorne St. John (1881-1963)
?
Donald Drummond “Don” St. John (1926-2009)
1966
Jon Timothy Samson
1995
Nellie McNichol “Nic” Sanders (1906-1990)
1972
Amanda Sansregret
2019
Walter S. Saranchuk
1992
Alan William Scarth (1922-2021)
1963
Harold St. Clair Scarth (1889-1971)
1940
William Blakeman Scarth (1895-1983)
1950
Jeffrey A. Schnoor
1992
Vic Schroeder
1985
Hyman Schulman (1906-?)
1963
Mark M. Schulman
1986
Perry Winston Schulman
1980
Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)
1937
Bryan Schwartz
?
2023
John Ambrose Scollin (1927-2015)
Ottawa
1970
Richard J. Scott
1977
John Morgan Scurfield (1951-2009)
1989
Bertrand Edward Sellner (?-1980)
1972
Colon Cameron “Cole” Settle (1932-2013)
1974
Eliphalet Edward Sharpe (1870-1948)
1930
Frederick James Sharpe (1868-1954)
1929
Donald John Sheldon
1986
Neville D. Shende
1983
Clarence Day Shepard (1913-2000)
1951
Abraham Mark Shinbane (1891-1987)
1933
Stefan Glenn Sigurdson
1986
Morse Silden (c1932-2018)
1986
Abraham L. “Abe” Simkin (1922-2020)
1972
Frank Elgin Simpson (1879-1947)
1920
Norman Harper Sims
1994
Saul B. Simmonds
2019
Calvin Murray Sinclair (1951-2024)
2024
Ian David Sinclair (1913-2006)
1961
P. Michael Sinclair
1991
Charles William Sing (1913-1975)
1961
Robyn Singleton
1989
Michael “Mike” Skwark (1931-2020)
1977
Leo Arthur Slater (1896-1984)
1940
Robert Gordon Smellie (1923-2005)
1963
Morris Smeltz
1981
1969
Charles Rhodes Smith (1896-1993)
1941
Henry Gordon Harvey Smith (1902-1973)
1949
John Wilfrid Smith (1899-1963)
1950
Marva J. Smith
1996
Randal Smith
1990
Winston Frederick Smith
1996
Garth H. Smorang
1995
David Israel Sokolov (1928-2003)
1967
Hyman Sokolov (1897-1976)
1960
John Roman Solomon (1910-1985)
1957
Robert Isaac Soronow (1906-1989)
1955
Clarence Coates Sparling (1900-1984)
1937
Harvey Dennis Sparling (1896-1976)
1959
John Kerr Sparling (1872-1941)
1935
Eli Edwin Spencer (1896-1985)
1933
Malick David Spivak (1903-1970)
1960
Sidney Joel Spivak (1928-2002)
1966
Brian Francis Squair (1935-2022)
1985
Percy Raymond Stapley (1926-2014)
1967
Frances Statham
1984
Frank Norman Steele
1989
John David Stefaniuk
2023
Grant Andrew Stefanson
2023
Maitland Bernard Steinkopf (1912-1970)
1961
Max Steinkopf (1881-1935)
1935
Rod Stephenson
1989
Priscilla Sternat-McIvor
2023
Lisa Junio Stiver
2023
James Martin Stoffman
1986
William Stordy (1902-1986)
1957
Harvey Newton Streight (1887-1960)
1955
Alexander John Stringer (1903-1969)
1963
Shirley Strutt
1995
Harold St. George Stubbs (1912-2005)
1954
P. Colleen Suche
1990
Arthur Sullivan (1881-?)
1933
Frank J. Sutton (1879-1975)
1929
Ralph Wesley Beattie Swail (1896-1945)
1942
David Earl Swayze
2023
Alan Sweatman (1920-2012)
1962
William Andrew Travers Sweatman (1879-1941)
1920
Herbert Edward Swift (1884-1956)
1933
Nestor Wasyl Swystun (1925-1993)
1975
Vsevolod John Swystun (1921-1966)
1966
Wasyl Michael “Bill” Swystun (1935-2004)
1979
Herbert James Symington (1881-1965)
1916
T
Clive Kerslake Tallin (1907-1985)
1950
George Percy Raymond “Pete” Tallin (1894-1970)
1942
Robert L. Tapper
1992
Edgar Jordan Tarr (1881-1950)
1926
Charles Keith Taylor
1969
Edmund Landor Taylor (1860-1934)
1907
Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)
1913
Frank Trafford Taylor (1891-1943)
1934
J. F. Reeh Taylor (1924-2015)
1971
Thomas Wardlaw Taylor (1833-1917)
Winnipeg
1881
Rheal Teffaine
1976
Edgar James Thomas (1881-1971)
1957
Donald Alexander “D. A.” Thompson (1904-1992)
1951
John William McLeod Thompson (1908-1986)
1960
Richard Ward Thompson
1986
Joseph Thorarinn Thorson (1889-1978)
1930
Gunnar Solmundur “Solly” Thorvaldson (1901-1969)
1943
Robert Merle Bruce Toews
1980
Victor Toews
1991
Cecil Diment Treble (1898-1968)
1957
Brenlee Carrington Trepel
2021
Edgar Garfield Trick (c1881-1957)
1950
George Eric Tritschler (1901-1993)
1947
Walter Harley Trueman (1870-1951)
1916
Charles Stewart Tupper (1884-1960)
1929
Charles William “Charlie” Tupper (1898-?)
1949
James Stewart Tupper (1851-1915)
1910
William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947)
1913
Frederick James Turner (1896-1982)
1941
Frederick Keith Turner (1927-1987)
1969
Ronald David Turner (1915-1965)
1954
Archibald Kerr Twaddle (1932-2015)
1967
U
V
Christine Ria Van Cauwenberghe
2023
Helga Dale Van Iderstine
2023
Carl Vermeulen
1972
David Victor
1976
W
Sheila A. Wagar
1996
Geoffrey Henry Walker (1858-1931)
1924
George Derwood Morgan Walker
1979
Jack Samuel Walker (?-1994)
1975
Harry Walsh (1913-2011)
1954
Paul Walsh
1982
Douglas Gordon Ward
1997
Albert Hurd Warner (1888-1962)
1944
Allan Thomas Warnock (1899-1966)
1946
Norman Watkins
1985
Michael Watson
1994
William Douglas Watson (1893-1953)
1944
Mary A. Wawrykow (1911-1977)
1965
Alfred John Webb (1889-1958)
1954
Roy Wesley Webster (1894-1983)
1955
A. Lionel “Len” Weinberg (?-2018)
1981
Joel A. Weinstein
1994
Michael D. Werier
2020
Richard Whidden
1988
Wendy Martin White
2023
Henry Walter Whitla (1874-1956)
1913
Stu Whitley
1989
Geraldine Wiebe
2023
K. Eleanor Wiebe
1998
Harry J. Wiens
1995
Hymie Weinstein
1982
Joseph J. Wilder
1984
Samuel “Sam” Wilder (1940-2023)
1991
Daniel F. Williams
1983
Esten Kenneth Williams (1889-1970)
1924
Glen Taylor Williams
1988
Kevin Terrance Williams
2023
Errick French Willis (1896-1967)
1955
Charles Patrick Wilson (1859-1931)
1909
James Edward “Jimmy” Wilson (1914-1989)
1957
William Elliott Wilson (1896-1981)
1952
Hersh Wolch (1940-2017)
1983
Max Wolinsky
1966
Richard Joel Wolson
1995
David Wright
?
2023
Orson F. Wright (1903-1973)
1942
Walter Scott Wright
1970
William Terrence Wright
1994
Roy Walter Wydeman (1887-1947)
1945
Casimir Theodore Wyrzykowski (1893-1962)
1944
X
Y
Richard L. Yaffe
2019
Daniel Abraham “Abe” Yanofsky (1925-2000)
1981
Douglas D. Yard
1986
Edward Ross Yarnell (1932-2024)
1978
Z
Alvin Murray Zivot
1979
Joseph Zuken (1912-1986)
1971
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“Four Winnipeg lawyers get K.C.,” Manitoba Free Press, 11 December 1914, page 12.
“Nine new K.C.’s,” Manitoba Free Press, 24 May 1916, page 5.
“Dozen lawyers to take on silk for new year,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 January 1924, page 1.
“Govt. names ten King’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 December 1927, page 1.
“Appointments made of ten King’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1929, page 14.
“11 Manitoba barristers named K.C.’s,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 January 1930, page 1.
“Five lawyers named King’s counsellors in province honors list,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1937, page 3.
“Seven get K.C. honor,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 January 1939, page 1.
“Three King’s Counsel for Manitoba named,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1940, page 3.
“Seven members of Manitoba Bar are appointed King’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1941, page 5.
“Twelve Manitoba Bar members are appointed King’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1942, page 4.
“Eight Manitobans appointed K.C.’s,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1943, page 8.
“Nine new K.C.’s appointed,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 January 1944, page 13.
“4 new K.C.’s named in New Year’s list,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 December 1945, page 2.
“Eight Manitoba King’s Counsel announced in New Year’s list,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1951, page 1.
“6 are appointed King’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1952, page 1.
“Prominent Conservative heads QC list,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 December 1954, page 7.
“Pioneer woman lawyer heads list of nine Manitoba QCs,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1955, page 15.
“10 new Queen’s Counsel named for Manitoba,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1957, page 1.
“13 new QCs are named,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1957, page 1.
“6 barristers, magistrates appointed Queen’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1959, page 12.
“Nine Manitoba lawyers named Queen’s counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1960, page 32.
“Ten Manitobans on honors list,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1960, page 1.
“Churchill one of nine QCs appointed for the New Year,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 January 1962, page 13.
“Province names ten lawyers Queen’s counsels,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 December 1962, page 13.
“10 Manitoba lawyers on New Year’s list,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1965, page 6.
“12 men named Queen’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1966, page 4.
“Seven Manitoba lawyers named Queen’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1968, page 5.
“New QCs include Zuken, two women,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1971, page 9.
“Govt. awards 13 QCs, one is posthumous honor,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1972, page 2.
“No QCs named for ‘73,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 December 1972, page 1.
“Manitoba names 9 new QCs,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1975, page 43.
“Asper among 10 new Manitoba QCs,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1975, page 40.
“Attorney-General Pawley appoints 8 Manitoba lawyers as Queen’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1976, page 5.
“12 lawyers receive QC titles,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1977, page 160.
“Ten Manitoba lawyers elevated to Queen’s Counsel in honors list,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 December 1978, page 2.
“Nine lawyers in province appointed QC,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1979, page 4.
“Mercier names 11 male QCs; women’s group disappointed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 January 1981, page 2.
“Two women lawyers among 13 appointed as Queen’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1981, page 2.
“QC list shuts out women,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1982, page 5.
“Province names Corrin, 12 other lawyers Queen’s counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1983, page 6.
“Schroeder among nine named QC,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 December 1984, page 10.
“Fourteen are appointed Queen’s Counsel,” Swan Valley Star and Times, 23 January 1986, page 12.
“Legal title held over for study,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 January 1988, page 10.
“Conservatives name Queen’s counsels,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1988, page 5.
“Numbers tarnish Queen’s Counsel title, Liberals say,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 December 1989, page 5.
“Inquiry counsel appointed QC,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1990, page 20.
“Woman just happy to get QC title,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 January 1994, page 4.
“Ten lawyers named Queen’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 January 1995, page 11.
“Justice minister appoints 12 new Queen’s counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 January 1999, page 7.
“NDP irks lawyers by ending QC designation,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 January 2001, page 7.
“New legislation would reinstate Queen’s Counsel in Manitoba,” Manitoba News Release, 19 March 2018.
“The Honourable Eleanor R. Dawson,” Federal Court of Appeal.
“Fifteen Manitoba lawyers appointed as Queen's Counsel,” Manitoba News Release, 4 June 2019.
Obituary [Eric William Olson], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 April 2020.
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“Manitoba government appoints Manitoba lawyers as King's Counsel,” Manitoba News Release, 1 January 2023.
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“Manitoba government announces nineteen King's Counsel appointments,” Manitoba News Release, 23 August 2024.
We thank Nathan Kramer, Ian Stewart, Clifford Proudfoot, David Swayze, and Laurelle Harris for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 November 2024
