At one time, local administration of justice was the realm of magistrates based in communities around Manitoba. On 1 January 1973, the first Provincial Court judges were appointed to replace the function of the local magistrates.
Magistrate
Location
Appointed
Retired
T. W. Alexander
Manitou
1904
1905
Edgar Allen Andrews (1887-1954)
Winnipeg
April 1937
November 1940
John George Louis LeMottee Armit (1875-1955)
Foxwarren
?
?
H. H. Atkinson
Stuartburn
1905
Peter Hinds Attwood (1828-1902)
Neepawa
1900
1901
George William Baker (1854-1917)
Winnipeg
1901
1903
William Joseph Baker
Churchill
1934
?
William Mactavish Bannatyne (1864-1931)
Winnipeg
?
?
Charles David Batty (1861-1939)
Hartney
1903
1934
Felix John Billiarde (1872-1950)
Winnipeg
?
?
John G. Bonahor
Northern Manitoba
1931
?
Angus Lorne Bonnycastle (1873-1941)
Winnipeg
1913
1916
P. E. Borque
Somerset
1907
?
A. B. Callin
Russell
1904
1905
Kenneth Campbell
Brandon
c1896
1901
James Henderson Chalmers (1876-1942)
Virden
1941
1942
George Clackson
Rapid City
?
1920
John Clark
Baldur
1903
1905
Thomas Cory (1835-1920)
Gladstone
1896
1905
George O. Couch
Swan Lake
?
?
Glynn Lloyd Cousley (1894-1969)
Winnipeg
?
1966
Raymond Joseph Barrett Cramer (?-2003)
?
1 June 1972
1 January 1973
Charles W. Crosby (1868-1958)
Elkhorn
?
1915
George Cumming
Emerson
1904
1905
H. G. Cuttle
Minnedosa
1901
1905
Joseph Ernest Cyr (1854-1929)
St. Boniface
c1896
1904
James G. Dagg
Selkirk
1896
1898
Thomas Mayne Daly (1852-1911)
Winnipeg
1904
1909
Alexander Dawson (1849-1928)
?
1896
1907
Noble Dickie (1854-1910)
Carberry
1903
1904
John Robinson Dutton (1855-1933)
Gilbert Plains
4 February 1924
?
Marmaduke H. Fieldhouse (1845-1911)
Neepawa
1897
1900
Henry Woodhull “Harry” Forrest (1916-2013)
?
1946
1 June 1974
Mr. Foster
Brandon
1883
?
Frank Oliver Fowler (1861-1945)
Wawanesa
1896
1897
Maris Henry Garton (1891-1973)
?
1945
June 1968
H. A. Gibson
St. Ouens
1905
W. S. Gordon
Neepawa
1902
1905
William Gordon
Boissevain, Killarney
1896
1905
Robert Blackwood Whidden Graham (1870-1951)
?
1929
December 1944
Robert Hawkins (1879-1962)
?
?
?
Edward Henry George Gunson Hay (1840-1918)
Portage la Prairie
1889
1900
William Jones Helliwell (1850-?)
Oak Lake
1901
1903
? Henry
Grandview
?
1915
Henry James
Brandon
1900
?
W. J. James
Portage la Prairie
1901
1902
T. Kernighan
Carman
1903
Winnipeg
?
?
Camille Larrivee
Somerset
1917
?
Andrew Laughlin (1844-1916)
Cartwright
1903
1904
Thomas Lockhart
Souris
1900
1905
Thomas Logan
Minnedosa
1896
1900
Thomas Lusted
Stonewall
1901
1903
Robert Newton Lyons (1873-1959)
Griswold
1903
1904
Hugh John Macdonald (1850-1929)
Winnipeg
?
?
Patrick Anderson “P. A.” Macdonald (1857-1951)
?
?
?
Donald A. MacLean (1858-?)
Gladstone
1910
?
Neil Gerard MacPhee (1918-2014)
The Pas
1952
?
George Archibald James Alfred Marshall (1850-1936)
Portage la Prairie
1902
1930
Robert M. Matheson (1868-1945)
?
?
?
Louis Samuel Matlin (1904-1961)
?
1935
1952
Adam Gerrond McDougall (1836-1907)
Virden
1903
1905
Joseph A. McGill
Neepawa
1907
?
Alexander McMicken (1837-1916)
Winnipeg
1900
March 1913
Colin York Campbell McCorquodale (1846-1920)
Morden
c1896
1910
Charles C. Milne
Morden
1920
1942
David “Dad” Morrison (1861-1942)
Selkirk
?
?
John Morrow
Boissevain
1915
?
William Murray
Dauphin
1901
1905
Charles J. Neville
Waskada
1920
?
Robert Moore Noble (1869-1934)
Winnipeg
1916
1934
Gudni Julius Oleson (c1877-1957)
Glenboro
?
?
B. B. Olsen
Gimli
1903
?
John Franklin Orr (1870-1942)
Grandview
1915
?
W. J. Paramer
Woodlands
?
1920
Adam John Laing Peebles (1812-1902)
Winnipeg
1880
1901
John Pyne Pennefather (1833-1913)
Holland
1905
David Grant Potter (1893-1956)
?
July 1945
September 1956
J. M. Reid
Wawanesa
1901
?
John Leroy Ross (1895-1956)
Winnipeg
1954
1956
Leo Schanus
Fort Alexander
1904
Robert Scott
Selkirk
1900
1905
W. G. Scott
East St. Paul
?
?
Tom Seaman (1857-1949)
Edrans
1905
H. L. See
Wawanesa
1901
1905
R. W. Smith
Dauphin
1897
1900
Clarence Coates Sparling (1900-1984)
?
1945
1976
J. G. Stewart
Berens River
1901
William Stordy (1902-1986)
?
?
?
S. W. Taylor
Griswold
1905
Joseph Francis Tennant (1848-1924)
Gretna
1904
1905
G. Thorsteinsson
Gimli
c1896
?
William A. Trip
Strathclair
1908
?
Charles William “Charlie” Tupper (1898-1960)
Winnipeg
1958
1960
James E. Turner
Stonewall
1908
?
Daniel Mackenzie Ure (1853-1925)
Morris
1904
1905
Roy Wesley Webster (1894-1983)
Portage la Prairie
1931
?
Thomas Whale
Winnipegosis
1915
?
M. Whitely
Emerson
1896
1903
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Judges of Manitoba
Public Accounts, various years, Legislative Library of Manitoba.
“Brandon [The new Police Magistrate; Foster],” Manitoba Free Press, 16 February 1883, page 1.
“New appointments [Attwood, Fieldhouse],” Manitoba Free Press, 19 November 1900, page 10.
“Provincial appointments [Police Magistrates; McGill, Borque],” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 May 1907, page 8.
“Appointments are gazetted [Trip, Turner],” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 June 1908, page 2.
“New Police Magistrates [Whale, Orr, Morrow, Crosby],” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 October 1915, page 12.
“Camille Larrivee is Police Magistrate,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 July 1917, page 7.
“Police magistrate at Waskada named,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 September 1920, page 2.
“Police Magistrate named for North [Bonahor],” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 April 1931, page 3.
“Magistrate is appointed for northern port [Baker],” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 August 1934, page 18.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 October 2022
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