Manitoba Organization: Law Society of Manitoba

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Officers

Period	President	Treasurer	Secretary
1877-1880	Joseph Royal (1837-1902)	John Farquhar Bain (1849-1905)	Samuel Clarke Biggs (1851-1911)
1880-1883	John Farquhar Bain (1849-1905)	Frederick McKenzie (?-1888)	Samuel Clarke Biggs (1851-1911)
1883-1885	Frederick McKenzie (?-1888)	Samuel Clarke Biggs (1851-1911)	James Albert Manning Aikins (1851-1929)
1885-1886	Samuel Clarke Biggs (1851-1911)	James Albert Manning Aikins (1851-1929)	Albert Elswood Richards (1848-1917)
1886-1888	Heber Archibald (1846-1941)	James Albert Manning Aikins (1851-1929)	Albert Elswood Richards (1848-1917)
1888-1890	James Albert Manning Aikins (1851-1929)	Albert Elswood Richards (1848-1917)	John W. H. Wilson (1832-1892)
1890-1891	James Albert Manning Aikins (1851-1929)	Albert Elswood Richards (1848-1917)	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
1891-1892	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)	John Henry Munson (1859-1918)	Alexander Haggart (1848-1927)
1892-1898	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)	William Egerton Perdue (1850-1933)	John Donald Cameron (1858-1923)
1898-1901	William Egerton Perdue (1850-1933)	Alexander Haggart (1848-1927)	John Henry Munson (1859-1918)
1901-1904	John Henry Munson (1859-1918)	Alexander Haggart (1848-1927)	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
1904-1906	Hector Mansfield Howell (1842-1918)	Alexander Haggart (1848-1927)	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
1906-1910	Alexander Haggart (1848-1927)	James Stewart Tupper (1851-1915)	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
1910-1913	James Stewart Tupper (1851-1915)	Charles P. Wilson (1859-1931)	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
1913-1916	Charles P. Wilson (1859-1931)	Isaac Pitblado (1867-1964)	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
1916-1920	Isaac Pitblado (1867-1964)	William Redford Mulock (1850-1930)	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
1920-1922	William Redford Mulock (1850-1930)	Alfred Joseph Andrews (1865-1950)	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
1922-1925	Alfred Joseph Andrews (1865-1950)	Edward Anderson (1867-1955)	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
1925-1928	Edward Anderson (1867-1955)	Alfred Erskine Hoskin (1872-1960)	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
1928-1931	Alfred Erskine Hoskin (1872-1960)	William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947)	Edwin Loftus (1868-1948)
Period	President	Honorary Treasurer	Honorary Secretary
1931-1933	William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947)	Edwin Loftus (1868-1948)	Horace Ormond (1875-1934)
1934	Edwin Loftus (1868-1948)	Horace Ormond (1875-1934)	Robert Blackwood Whidden Graham (1870-?)
1934-1935	Edwin Loftus (1868-1948)	Robert Blackwood Whidden Graham (1870-?)	Robert Dunbar Guy (1880-1971)
1935-1937	Robert Blackwood Whidden Graham (1870-?)	Robert Dunbar Guy (1880-1971)	David Henry Laird (1875-1952)
1937-1939	Robert Dunbar Guy (1880-1971)	David Henry Laird (1875-1952)	Esten Kenneth Williams (1889-1970)
1939-1941	David Henry Laird (1875-1952)	Esten Kenneth Williams (1889-1970)	Hjalmar August Bergman (1881-1948)
1941-1943	Esten Kenneth Williams (1889-1970)	Hjalmar August Bergman (1881-1948)	Benjamin Cronyn Parker (1886-1951)
1943-1944	Hjalmar August Bergman (1881-1948)	Benjamin Cronyn Parker (1886-1951)	William Parker Fillmore (1882-1978)
1944-1946	Benjamin Cronyn Parker (1886-1951)	William Parker Fillmore (1882-1978)	Edwin Godfrey Phipps Baker (1885-1963)
1946-1948	William Parker Fillmore (1882-1978)	Edwin Godfrey Phipps Baker (1885-1963)	Frederick Maxwell Burbidge (1881-1967)
1948	Edwin Godfrey Phipps Baker (1885-1963)	Frederick Maxwell Burbidge (1881-1967)	Frank Robert Evans (1896-1952)
1948-1949	Frederick Maxwell Burbidge (1881-1967)	Frank Robert Evans (1896-1952)	John Joseph Kelly (1898-1952)
1949-1950	Frederick Maxwell Burbidge (1881-1967)	Frank Robert Evans (1896-1952)	Frederick James Turner (1896-1982)
1950-1952	Frank Robert Evans (1896-1952)	Frederick James Turner (1896-1982)	Ward Hollands (1883-1953)
1952-1953	Frederick James Turner (1896-1982)	Roy Bayne MacInnes (1889-1963)	Ward Hollands (1883-1953)
1953-1954	Roy Bayne MacInnes (1889-1963)	Bert Verschoyle Richardson (1891-1981)	Ward Hollands (1883-1953)
1954-1955	Bert Verschoyle Richardson (1891-1981)	Harold St. Clair Scarth (1889-1971)	H. E. Swift
1955-1956	Harold St. Clair Scarth (1889-1971)	H. E. Swift	Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson (1901-1969)
1956	H. E. Swift	Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson (1901-1969)	Thomas Walter Laidlaw (1897-1965)
1956-1958	Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson (1901-1969)	Thomas Walter Laidlaw (1897-1965)	Henry Gordon Harvey Smith (1902-1973)
1958	Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson (1901-1969)	Henry Gordon Harvey Smith (1902-1973)	Albert Hurd Warner (1888-1962)
1958-1959	Henry Gordon Harvey Smith (1902-1973)	Albert Hurd Warner (1888-1962)	William Graham Ferguson (1896-1964)
1959-1960	Albert Hurd Warner (1888-1962)	William Graham Ferguson (1896-1964)	Henry Benning Monk (1909-1996)
1960-1961	Henry Benning Monk (1909-1996)	William Andrew Johnston (1896-1969)	Ivan J. R. Deacon (1901-1974)
1961-1962	Ivan J. R. Deacon (1901-1974)	Israel Nitikman (1905-1988)	Robert George Brian Dickson (1916-1998)
1962	Ivan J. R. Deacon (1901-1974)	Robert George Brian Dickson (1916-1998)	William Stordy (1902-1986)
1962-1963	Robert George Brian Dickson (1916-1998)	William Stordy (1902-1986)	Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)
1963-1964	William Stordy (1902-1986)	Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)	Edward Bruce Pitblado (1896-1977)
1964-1965	Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)	Edward Bruce Pitblado (1896-1977)	Andrew Lorne Campbell (1920-2014)
1965-1966	Edward Bruce Pitblado (1896-1977)	Andrew Lorne Campbell (1920-2014)	Clive Kerslake Tallin (1907-1985)
1966-1967	Andrew Lorne Campbell (1920-2014)	Clive Kerslake Tallin (1907-1985)	Donald Alexander Thompson (1904-1992)
1967-1968	Clive Kerslake Tallin (1907-1985)	Donald Alexander Thompson (1904-1992)	Thomas Mackay Long (1895-1988)
1968-1969	Donald Alexander Thompson (1904-1992)	Walter Carman Newman (1912-1977)	Israel Hyner Greenberg (1915-1972)
1969-1970	Walter Carman Newman (1912-1977)	Israel Hyner Greenberg (1915-1972)	Donald Drummond “Don” St. John (1926-2009)
1970	Israel Hyner Greenberg (1915-1972)	Donald Drummond “Don” St. John (1926-2009)	Irwin Dorfman (1908-1993)
1970-1971	Donald Drummond “Don” St. John (1926-2009)	Irwin Dorfman (1908-1993)	H. K. Irving
1971-1972	Irwin Dorfman (1908-1993)	Peter Scott Morse (1927-2018)	Alvin Chown Hamilton (1926-2014)
1972	Irwin Dorfman (1908-1993)	Peter Scott Morse (1927-2018)	Joseph Haddad (1917-2010)
1972-1973	Peter Scott Morse (1927-2018)	Vern Simonsen (1931-2018)	Joseph Haddad (1917-2010)
1973	Vern Simonsen (1931-2018)	Joseph Haddad (1917-2010)	Archibald Stewart Dewar (1916-2001)
1973-1974	Vern Simonsen (1931-2018)	Joseph Haddad (1917-2010)	Alan Sweatman (1920-2012)
Period	President	Vice-President
1974-1975	Alan Sweatman (1920-2012)	Harold Buchwald (1928-2008)
1975-1976	Harold Buchwald (1928-2008)	Frank Dennison Allen (1927-1998)
1976-1977	Frank Dennison Allen (1927-1998)	Arthur Allan Rich (1922-2000)
1977-1978	Arthur Allan Rich (1922-2000)	Martin H. Freedman
1978-1979	Martin H. Freedman	Perry W. Schulman
1979-1980	Perry W. Schulman	John Alton Duncan (1932-2007)
1980-1981	John Alton Duncan (1932-2007)	Frederick Keith Turner (1927-1987)
1981-1982	Frederick Keith Turner (1927-1987)	Knox B. Foster (1939-2003)
1982-1983	Knox B. Foster (1939-2003)	Richard J. Scott
1983-1984	Richard J. Scott	John P. Guy
1984-1985	John P. Guy	E. William Olson
1985-1986	E. William Olson	Donald George Baizley (1941-2013)
1986-1987	Donald George Baizley (1941-2013)	Jack Morley Chapman (1930-2011)
1987-1988	Jack Morley Chapman (1930-2011)	E. A. D. MacInnes
1988-1989	E. A. D. MacInnes	John Morgan Scurfield (1951-2009)
1989-1990	John Morgan Scurfield (1951-2009)	C. R. MacArthur
1990-1991	C. R. MacArthur	D. M. Little
1991-1992	D. M. Little	B. M. Hamilton
1992-1993	B. M. Hamilton	Douglas N. Abra
1993-1994	Douglas N. Abra	Richard K. Deeley
1994-1995	Richard K. Deeley	Laurie P. Allen
1995-1996	Laurie P. Allen	John E. Neufeld
1996-1997	John E. Neufeld	P. Colleen Suche
1997-1998	P. Colleen Suche	Douglas E. Finkbeiner QC
1998-1999	Douglas E. Finkbeiner QC	Bjorn Christianson QC
1999-2000	Bjorn Christianson QC	Herbert J. Peters
2000-2001	Herbert J. Peters	Timothy J. P. Killeen
2001-2002	Timothy J. P. Killeen	Lori T. Spivak
2002-2003	Lori T. Spivak	G. Patrick S. Riley
2003-2004	G. Patrick S. Riley	William R. Johnston
2004-2005	William R. Johnston	Garth H. Smorang
2005-2006	Garth H. Smorang	Jon W. Van Der Krabben
2006-2007	Jon W. Van Der Krabben	Douglas A. Bedford
2007-2008	Douglas A. Bedford	Grant L. Mitchell QC
2008-2009	Grant L. Mitchell QC	Jeffrey B. Hirsch
2009-2010	Jeffrey B. Hirsch	Irene A. Hamilton
2010-2011	Irene A. Hamilton	Helga D. Van lderstine
2011-2012	Helga D. Van lderstine	John D. “Jack” Cram
2012-2013	John D. “Jack” Cram	David E. Swayze
2013-2014	David E. Swayze	Karen L. Clearwater
2014-2015	Karen L. Clearwater	Ted E. Bock
2015-2016	Ted E. Bock	Roberta L. Campbell
2016-2017	Roberta L. Campbell	James E. McLandress
2017-2018	James E. McLandress	Katherine L. Bueti
2018-2019	Katherine L. Bueti	Anita L. M. Southall
2019-2020	Anita L. M. Southall	Lynda Troup
2020-2021	Lynda Troup	Grant Driedger

Benchers

Benchers comprise the governing body of the Law Society of Manitoba.

Bencher	Term	Type	Electoral District
Douglas N. Abra	1988-1994	Bencher	Winnipeg
	1994-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Carol Adams	2000-2001	Lay Bencher	none
James Albert Manning Aikins (1851-1929)	1880-1886	Bencher	none
	1886-1929	Bencher	Eastern
Ellis David Alder (1897-1977)	1965-1968	Bencher	Western
George William Allan (1860-1940)	1918-1922	Bencher	Eastern
Jeannelle L. Allard	2014-2015	Bencher	Dauphin
L. Allen	1974-1975	University Bencher	none
	1975-1976	Student Bencher	none
Laurie P. Allen	2000-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Frank Dennison Allen (1927-1998)	1971-1977	Bencher	Eastern
	1977-1998	Life Bencher	Eastern
James Allum	2014-2015	Ex Officio	none
Edward Anderson (1867-1955)	1904-1907	Bencher	Central
	1913-1931	Bencher	Eastern
	1937-1955	Life Bencher	Eastern
Rudy Anderson	2000-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
W. E. Anderson	1911-1913	Bencher	Eastern
Alfred Joseph Andrews (1865-1950)	1908-1937	Bencher	Eastern
	1937-1950	Life Bencher	Eastern
Heber Archibald (1846-1941)	1881-1886	Bencher	none
	1886-1889, 1892-1904	Bencher	Eastern
	1937-1941	Life Bencher	Eastern
George Thomas Armstrong (1881-?)	1923-1929	Bencher	Southern
Matthew Armstrong	2014-2015	Student Bencher	none
Kimberly Arnal	2008-2009	Student Bencher	none
Amarjit Arneja	2013-2018	Lay Bencher	none
Chris Axworthy QC	2008-2010	Faculty Bencher	none
Donald George Baizley (1941-2013)	1987-2013	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
John Farquhar Bain (1849-1905)	1877-1881, 1886	Bencher	none
	1886-1888	Bencher	Eastern
Edwin Godfrey Phipps Baker (1885-1963)	1934-1952	Bencher	Eastern
	1952-1963	Life Bencher	Eastern
C. D. G. Barber	1940-1943	Bencher	Dauphin
A. B. Bass	1975-?	Faculty Bencher	none
George N. Bass QC	?-?	Life Bencher	Western
Gordon D. Bates	1998-2002	Bencher	Northern
Douglas A. Bedford	2001-2008	Bencher	Winnipeg
	2008-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Adam Bergen	2007-2008	Student Bencher	none
Hjalmar August Bergman (1881-1948)	1931-1944	Bencher	Eastern
Samuel Clarke Biggs (1851-1911)	1877-1886	Bencher	none
	1886-1888	Bencher	Eastern
Jonathan Black-Branch	2016-2018	Faculty Bencher	none
Sedley Blanchard (1849-1886)	1877-1886	Bencher	none
Theodor E. “Ted” Bock	2009-2016	Bencher	Winnipeg
Susan Boulter	2016-2018	Lay Bencher	none
Arnold Wienholt Bowen (1861-1923)	1913-1923	Bencher	Southern
David Albert Bowles (1916-1981)	1976-1981	Bencher	Eastern
Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)	1957-1965	Bencher	Eastern
	1965-1988	Life Bencher	Eastern
David Edward Bowman (1931-2003)	1973-1976	Bencher	Eastern
James Langstaff Bowman (1879-1951)	1943-1951	Bencher	Dauphin
Edwin Arthur “Art” Braid (1934-2020)	1998-1999	Faculty Bencher	none
Gregory G. “Greg” Brodsky (?-2022)	2000-2022	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Miriam Browne	2016-2018	Lay Bencher	none
Harold Buchwald (1928-2008)	1965-1976	Bencher	Eastern
	1976-2008	Life Bencher	Eastern
Richard D. Buchwald	2012-2018	Bencher	Winnipeg
Arthur Gordon Buckingham (1885-1961)	1940-1944	Bencher	Western
Katherine L. Bueti	2012-2018	Bencher	Winnipeg
Frederick Maxwell Burbidge (1881-1967)	1937-1952	Bencher	Eastern
	1952-1967	Life Bencher	Eastern
William G. Burns	1998-2010	Lay Bencher	none
John Donald Cameron (1858-1923)	1888-1889, 1889-1898	Bencher	Eastern
Andrew Lorne Campbell (1920-2014)	1959-1967	Bencher	Eastern
	1967-2014	Life Bencher	Eastern
Arnold Munroe Campbell (1892-1963)	1944-1947	Bencher	Eastern
Colin H. Campbell (1859-1914)	1889	Bencher	Eastern
Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)	1886-1928	Bencher	Eastern
Robert Campbell	2011-2016	Lay Bencher	none
Roberta L. Campbell	2010-2018	Bencher	Winnipeg
Russell W. Campbell (1889-?)	1958-1959	Bencher	Eastern
R. B. Cantlie	1974-1976	Bencher	Eastern
Daniel Carey (1829-1890)	1880-1883	Bencher	none
Alison Cathcart	2010-2011	Student Bencher	none
Martin Cauchon	2002-2003	Ex Officio	none
D. R. Chapman	1962-1965, 1966-1968	Bencher	Eastern
Jack Morley Chapman (1930-2011)	1975-1976	Bencher	Eastern
	?-2011	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Scott C. Chimuk	2006-2007	Student Bencher	none
David Walter Chomiak	2006-2009	Ex Officio	none
Bjorn Christianson QC	1998-2000	Bencher	Central
	2000-?	Life Bencher	Central
Norman Clague Christie (1917-2002)	1967-1971	Bencher	Eastern
Karen L. Clearwater	2008-2016	Bencher	Winnipeg
	2016-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Stephen Emmett Clement (1867-1947)	1916-1926	Bencher	Western
Neil Cohen	2014-2018	Lay Bencher	none
George Robson Coldwell (1858-1924)	1898-1916	Bencher	Western
Peter John Edwards Cole QC	2007-2014	Bencher	Eastern
Bernard Raymond Coleman (1915-1993)	1964-1965	Bencher	Western
E. H. Coleman	1928-1933	Bencher	Eastern
John H. Combs	?-?	Life Bencher	Western
Jennifer A. Cooper QC	2006-2014	Bencher	Winnipeg
	2014-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
William James Cooper (1860-1913)	1889-1904	Bencher	Central
Francis Evans Cornish (1831-1878)	1877-1879	Bencher	none
Irwin Cotler	2003-2006	Ex Officio	none
James Bowes Coyne (1878-1965)	1916-1925	Bencher	Eastern
Richard W. Craig (1877-1966)	1916-1922	Bencher	Eastern
John D. “Jack” Cram	2006-2012	Bencher	Western
	2012-?	Life Bencher	Western
Norman A. Cuddy (1950-2016)	?-2016	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
William Henry Culver (1850-1900)	1899-1900	Bencher	Eastern
Charlie E. Curtis	1998-2013	Lay Bencher	none
Thomas Mayne Daly (1852-1911)	1886-1895, 1905-1911	Bencher	Western
J. George Dangerfield QC	1976-?	Bencher	Eastern
	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
G. Davis	1889-1890	Bencher	Eastern
Ivan J. R. Deacon (1901-1974)	1952-1962	Bencher	Eastern
	1962-1974	Life Bencher	Eastern
Richard K. Deeley	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Wilfred Robert DeGraves (1928-2015)	1971-?	Bencher	Eastern
Robert Maxwell Dennistoun (1864-1952)	1915-1918	Bencher	Eastern
Perry Derksen	1998-1999	Student Bencher	none
Archibald Stewart Dewar (1916-2001)	1971-1973	Bencher	Eastern
Robert A. Dewar QC	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Robert George Brian Dickson (1916-1998)	1956-1963	Bencher	Eastern
	1963-1998	Life Bencher	Eastern
Irwin Dorfman (1908-1993)	1958-1959, 1962-1972	Bencher	Eastern
	1972-?	Life Bencher	Eastern
J. P. Drapack	1975-?	Bencher	Northern
Grant M. Driedger	2014-2018	Bencher	Eastern
Joseph Dubuc (1840-1914)	1877-1880	Bencher	none
John Alton Duncan (1932-2007)	1962-1965	Bencher	Southern
	1965-1974	Bencher	Central
John Alton “Jack” Duncan (1932-2007)	1974-?	Bencher	Central
	?-2007	Life Bencher	Central
Paul Guyot DuVal (1893-1970)	1943-1951	Bencher	Eastern
George Alexander Eakins (1877-1957)	1919-1937	Bencher	Northern
	1937-1957	Life Bencher	Northern
Barry C. Effler	2011-2014	Bencher	Winnipeg
Kirstin S. J. Elgert	2004-2005	Student Bencher	none
Frank Robert Evans (1896-1952)	1937-1952	Bencher	Eastern
	1952	Life Bencher	Eastern
John Skirving Ewart (1849-1933)	1883	Bencher	none
	1892-1905	Bencher	Eastern
Nancy G. Fazenda	2001-2002	Student Bencher	Winnipeg
Patrick David Ferg (1927-1998)	1971-1975	Bencher	Northern
William Graham Ferguson (1896-1964)	1952-1960	Bencher	Northern
William Parker Fillmore (1882-1978)	1934-1949	Bencher	Eastern
	1949-1978	Life Bencher	Eastern
Douglas E. Finkbeiner QC	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Michael G. Finlayson	2013-2016	Bencher	Winnipeg
James Fisher (1840-1927)	1888-1889	Bencher	Eastern
Samuel Henry Forrest (1873-1963)	1944-1961	Bencher	Western
	1961-1963	Life Bencher	Western
Knox B. Foster (1939-2003)	1976	Bencher	Eastern
Patricia L. Fraser	2000-2008	Bencher	Western
	2008-?	Life Bencher	Western
David Grant Frayer (1941-2021)	?-2021	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Martin H. Freedman	1971-?	Bencher	Eastern
	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
J. Samuel Freedman (1908-1993)	1949-1952	Bencher	Eastern
R. A. Gallagher	1962-1970, 1971-1974	Bencher	Eastern
William S. Gange	2002-2010	Bencher	Winnipeg
	2010-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Gary R. Gilmour	?-?	Life Bencher	Central
Rex Alan Gilroy (1914-1977)	1970-?	Bencher	Central, Southern
John M. Ginnell QC	?-?	Life Bencher	Northern
Gilbert Raymond “Gil” Goodman (1934-2013)	1974-?	Bencher	Eastern
	?-2013	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Robert Blackwood Whidden Graham (1870-1951)	1925-1940	Bencher	Eastern
	1940-1951	Life Bencher	Eastern
David N. Gray	2010-2016	Bencher	Northern
Sidney “Sid” Green	1998-2004	Bencher	Winnipeg
	2004-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Israel Hyner Greenberg (1915-1972)	1959-1971	Bencher	Central
	1971-1972	Life Bencher	Central
Jasdev S. Grewal	?-?	Life Bencher	Western
William Grimble (1925-1993)	1974-?	Bencher	Eastern
Marston Grindey	2011-2018	Lay Bencher	none
C. K. Guild	1933-1942	Bencher	Eastern
John P. Guy	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Robert Dunbar Guy (1880-1971)	1925-1940	Bencher	Eastern
	1940-1971	Life Bencher	Eastern
Joseph Haddad (1917-2010)	1962-1964, 1968-1973	Bencher	Western
Alexander Haggart (1848-1927)	1889-1912	Bencher	Eastern
Graeme T. Haig (1923-1993)	1974-?	Bencher	Eastern
James Campbell Haig (1910-1980)	1963-1965	Bencher	Eastern
William G. Haight	1998-2004	Bencher	Winnipeg
Alvin Chown Hamilton (1926-2014)	1968-1972	Bencher	Western
Barbara M. Hamilton	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Irene A. Hamilton	2004-2012	Bencher	Winnipeg
Sharyne M. Hamm	2016-2017	Student Bencher	none
H. E. Henderson	1916-1927	Bencher	Western
Jeffrey B. Hirsch	2002-2010	Bencher	Winnipeg
A. Aubrey “Oz” Hirschfield (1924-2008)	1968-1969	Bencher	Dauphin
	1972-1976	Bencher	Western
Gordon J. Hoeschen	2000-2008	Bencher	Winnipeg
A. R. Hoffman	1974-1976	Lay Bencher	none
Ward Hollands (1883-1953)	1937-1952	Bencher	Eastern
	1952-1953	Life Bencher	Eastern
Annette J. R. Horst	2017-2018	Bencher	Winnipeg
Alfred Erskine Hoskin (1872-1960)	1916-1937	Bencher	Eastern
	1937-1960	Life Bencher	Eastern
Hector Mansfield Howell (1842-1918)	1898-1906	Bencher	Eastern
Albert Blellock Hudson (1875-1947)	1912-1915	Bencher	Eastern
Horace Victor Hudson (1880-1943)	1942-1943	Bencher	Eastern
John MacLean Hunt (1920-1984)	1962-1966	Bencher	Eastern
Theodore Alexander Hunt (1871-1934)	1925-1934	Bencher	Eastern
H. K. Irving	1965-1971, 1972-?	Bencher	Eastern
Eric B. Irwin (1955-2017)	?-2017	Life Bencher	Dauphin
Abraham Montague Israels (1904-1973)	1961-1973	Bencher	Eastern
William John James (1844-1903)	1886-1889	Bencher	Western
Paul L. Jensen	1999-2004	Bencher	Winnipeg
Duncan James Jessiman (1923-2006)	1974-1976	Bencher	Eastern
I. L. Jessiman	1976-?	Bencher	Eastern
B. G. Johnston	1976-?	Bencher	Dauphin
William Andrew Johnston (1896-1969)	1952-1961	Bencher	Eastern
William R. Johnston	1998-2006	Bencher	Western
	2006-?	Life Bencher	Western
Ashley T. Joyce	2014-2018	Bencher	Western
John Joseph Kelly (1898-1952)	1937-1943, 1944-1949	Bencher	Eastern
T. S. Kennedy	1889-1892	Bencher	Eastern
Nettleton Whitby Kerr (1888-1963)	1927-1943	Bencher	Western
	1943-1963	Life Bencher	Western
James Frederick Kilgour (1874-1931)	1927	Bencher	Western
Albert Clements Killam (1849-1908)	1882-1885	Bencher	none
Timothy J. P. Killeen	1998-2002	Bencher	Winnipeg
	2002-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
R. A. Kipp	1974-?	Lay Bencher	none
J. C. Kirby	1967-1968, 1971	Bencher	Eastern
Bryan D. Klein	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Donald R. Knight QC	?-?	Life Bencher	Northern
Jodi Koffman	2009-2010	Student Bencher	none
Christina Vera Kopynsky QC	2004-2012	Bencher	Winnipeg
Robert M. Kozak	2002-2006	Bencher	Northern
David J. Kroft	2002-2010	Bencher	Winnipeg
Guy Joseph Kroft	1974-?	Bencher	Eastern
S. N. Lachter	1976-?	Bencher	Western
Thomas Walter Laidlaw (1897-1965)	1949-1958	Bencher	Eastern
David Henry Laird (1875-1952)	1928-1943	Bencher	Eastern
	1943-1952	Life Bencher	Eastern
Linda Brazier Lamoureux	2002-2014	Lay Bencher	none
E. Lawrence	1976-?	Lay Bencher	none
Brock G. Lee QC	?-?	Life Bencher	Central
Leah B. Leibl	2015-2016	Student Bencher	none
Heather S. Leonoff	1998-2001	Bencher	Winnipeg
	2001-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Brian D. Lerner	2009-2012	Bencher	Winnipeg
Donald M. Little	?-?	Life Bencher	Western
Charles Holland Locke (1887-1980)	1925-1928	Bencher	Eastern
George Hepworth Lockwood (1923-2002)	1976-?	Bencher	Eastern
Andrew P. Loewen	2005-2006	Student Bencher	none
Edwin Loftus (1868-1948)	1922-1937	Bencher	Eastern
	1937-1948	Life Bencher	Eastern
J. R. London	1974-1975	Faculty Bencher	none
Thomas Mackay Long (1895-1988)	1959-1968	Bencher	Eastern
Colin R. MacArthur QC	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Archibald MacAulay (?-1970)	1946-1961	Bencher	Southern
	1961-1970	Life Bencher	Southern
Hugh John Macdonald (1850-1929)	1886-1890, 1892-1900	Bencher	Eastern
J. Macdonald	1974-1975	Student Bencher	none
William Alexander Macdonald (1860-1946)	1895-1898	Bencher	Western
J. M. Macdonnell	1879-1880	Bencher	none
John Alexander Machray (1865-1933)	1924-1925, 1928-1932	Bencher	Eastern
Alan D. MacInnes	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Lawrence R. MacInnes	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Roy Bayne MacInnes (1889-1963)	1940-1955	Bencher	Eastern
	1955-1963	Life Bencher	Eastern
Peter MacKay	2013-2015	Ex Officio	none
Gordon Mackintosh	1999-2006	Ex Officio	none
Neil Gerard MacPhee (1918-2014)	1968-1971	Bencher	Northern
Ewan Alexander MacPherson (1878-1954)	1916-1937	Bencher	Central
	1937-1954	Life Bencher	Central
Deny Maric	2000-2001	Student Bencher	none
Roy Joseph Matas (1920-1986)	1965-1967	Bencher	Eastern
Robert Murray Matheson (1871-1945)	1927-1940	Bencher	Western
A. C. Mathews	1969-1976	Bencher	Dauphin
Harold Frederick Maulson (1876-1952)	1910-1919	Bencher	Northern
Clarence Victor McArthur (1893-1981)	1957-1958, 1959-1962, 1963-1965, 1967-1968	Bencher	Eastern
J. B. McArthur	1883-1886	Bencher	none
	1886-1888	Bencher	Eastern
Shauna L. McCarthy	2016-2018	Bencher	Dauphin-Central
Malcolm W. McDonald	2006-2010	Bencher	Northern
Boyd McGill	2013-2014	Student Bencher	none
Ernest Newburn McGirr (1887-1982)	1952-1968	Bencher	Dauphin
	1968-1982	Life Bencher	Dauphin
Lawrence Robert McInnes QC	2002-?	Life Bencher	Western
Frederick McKenzie (?-1888)	1879-1886	Bencher	none
James E. McLandress	2010-2018	Bencher	Winnipeg
John Brown McLaren (1855-1916)	1890-1892	Bencher	Eastern
Anne McLellan	1997-2002	Ex Officio	none
Alec McLeod	1907-1913	Bencher	Southern
Brian McLeod	2016-2018	Lay Bencher	none
H. McMahon	1883-1884	Bencher	none
Randolph B. “Randy” McNicol (1950-2018)	2002-2004	Bencher	Winnipeg
Arthur Meighen (1874-1960)	1907-1916	Bencher	Central
Charles Osborne “Chuck” Meighen (1943-2018)	1974-?	Bencher	Western
Frank Osborne Meighen (1908-1995)	1943-1958	Bencher	Western
	1958-1995	Life Bencher	Western
John A. Menzies	?-?	Life Bencher	Dauphin
M. J. Mercury	1974-1976	Bencher	Eastern
Archibald Robert “Archie” Micay (1913-1998)	1955-1959, 1965-1968, 1969-1971	Bencher	Eastern
Calvert Charlton Miller (1899-1978)	1952-1959	Bencher	Central
Donna J. Miller QC	2000-2008	Bencher	Winnipeg
Joseph Charles Miller (1891-1987)	1937-1952	Bencher	Central
	1952-1987	Life Bencher	Central
Sofia Mirza	2003-2004	Student Bencher	none
Grant L. Mitchell	2004-2010	Bencher	Winnipeg
Paul Moist	2002-2003	Lay Bencher	Winnipeg
Henry Benning Monk (1909-1996)	1952-1962	Bencher	Eastern
	1962-1996	Life Bencher	Eastern
Julie Morgan	1999-2000	Student Bencher	none
Peter Scott Morse (1927-2018)	1968-1973	Bencher	Eastern
	1973-2018	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Jackson H. Mugerwa	2002-2003	Student Bencher	none
Francis Creighton “Frank” Muldoon (1930-2013)	1969-1971	Bencher	Eastern
William Redford Mulock (1850-1930)	1889-1890, 1906-1925	Bencher	Eastern
John Henry Munson (1859-1918)	1889-1918	Bencher	Eastern
John E. Neufeld QC	1998-?	Life Bencher	Eastern
Walter Carman Newman (1912-1977)	1959-1970	Bencher	Eastern
	1970-1977	Life Bencher	Eastern
Robert Nicholson	2007-2013	Ex Officio	none
Israel Nitikman (1905-1988)	1952-1962	Bencher	Eastern
William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)	1973-1975	Bencher	Eastern
Winston Ewart “Wynn” Norton (?-2011)	1968-1971	Bencher	Eastern
Frank Stayner Nugent (1847-1917)	1890-1892	Bencher	Eastern
Ross Albert Lawrence Nugent (1926-2015)	1966-1968	Bencher	Eastern
Nathan “Nate” Nurgitz (1934-2019)	1978-1982	Bencher	Winnipeg
E. William Olson QC	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Wayne M. Onchulenko	2016-2018	Bencher	Winnipeg
H. R. O'Reilly	1880-1882	Bencher	none
Horace Ormond (1875-1934)	1922-1934	Bencher	Eastern
Joseph Francis O’Sullivan (1927-1992)	1974-1975	Bencher	Eastern
Chrys Pappas (1943-2022)	1974-?	Bencher	Eastern
	?-2022	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Benjamin Cronyn Parker (1886-1951)	1933-1949	Bencher	Eastern
	1949-1951	Life Bencher	Eastern
Sacha R. Paul	2016-2018	Appointed Bencher	none
Brian A. Pauls	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Kerry M. Pearlman	2004-2006	Bencher	Winnipeg
W. C. Pearson	1971-?	Bencher	Western
William Egerton Perdue (1850-1933)	1888-1889, 1890-1903	Bencher	Eastern
Herbert J. Peters	1998-2002	Bencher	Winnipeg
	2002-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
C. Phillips	1975-1976	University Bencher	none
	1976-1977	Student Bencher	none
Frank H. Phippen (1863-1932)	1905-1906	Bencher	Eastern
Edward Bruce Pitblado (1896-1977)	1955-1966	Bencher	Eastern
	1966-1977	Life Bencher	Eastern
Isaac Pitblado (1867-1964)	1901-1937	Bencher	Eastern
	1937-1964	Life Bencher	Eastern
Robert L. Pollock QC	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Serena J. Puranen	2016-2018	Bencher	Northern
Todd A. Rambow	2004-2008	Bencher	Dauphin
Joel A. E. Refvik	2017-2018	Student Bencher	none
Arthur Allan Rich (1922-2000)	1970-?	Bencher	Eastern
	?-2000	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Albert Elswood Richards (1848-1917)	1883-1886	Bencher	none
	1886-1899	Bencher	Eastern
Bert Verschoyle Richardson (1891-1981)	1940-1955	Bencher	Eastern
	1955-1981	Life Bencher	Eastern
Wolfgang W. A. Riedel QC	1998-2000	Bencher	Western
	2000-?	Life Bencher	Western
G. Patrick S. Riley	1998-2004	Bencher	Winnipeg
	2004-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
R. E. Rivalin	1976-?	Bencher	Eastern
J. J. Robertson	1885-1886	Bencher	none
Joelle C. Robinson	2008-2014, 2015-2016	Bencher	Dauphin
Thomas Robinson (1854-?)	1906-1908	Bencher	Eastern
Hugh Amos Robson (1871-1945)	1918-1925	Bencher	Eastern
Charles Stuart Anderson Rogers (?-1965)	1925-1940	Bencher	Dauphin
	1940-1965	Life Bencher	Dauphin
Arthur Wellington  Ross (1846-1901)	1880-1883	Bencher	none
Samuel James Rothwell (1868-1924)	1916-1924	Bencher	Eastern
Joseph Royal (1837-1902)	1877-1880	Bencher	none
Joseph O’Connell Ryan (1841-1938)	1877-1880	Bencher	none
Cecil Lorne St. John (1881-1963)	1937-1952	Bencher	Northern
	1952-1963	Life Bencher	Northern
Donald Drummond St. John	1960-1965	Bencher	Northern
	1965-1971	Bencher	Western
	1971-?	Life Bencher	Western
Dean I. Scaletta	2010-2018	Bencher	Winnipeg
Harold St. Clair Scarth (1889-1971)	1943-1959	Bencher	Eastern
	1959-1971	Life Bencher	Eastern
Perry W. Schulman	1971-?	Bencher	Eastern
	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Richard J. Scott	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
John Morgan Scurfield (1951-2009)	?-2009	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Harvey Secter	1999-2008	Faculty Bencher	none
Alan John Semchuk (1959-2022)	1998-2004	Bencher	Dauphin
	2004-2022	Life Bencher	Dauphin/Winnipeg
Corey Shefman	2012-2013	Student Bencher	none
Clarence Day Shepard (1913-2000)	1952-1957	Bencher	Eastern
Omar A. Siddiqui	2016-2018	Appointed Bencher	none
Vern I. Simonsen (1931-2018)	1968-1974	Bencher	Eastern
	1974-2018	Life Bencher	Eastern
Frank E. Simpson (1879-1947)	1916-1925	Bencher	Dauphin
Norman Harper Sims QC	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Vincent G. Sinclair	2016-2018	Appointed Bencher	none
Henry Gordon Harvey Smith (1902-1973)	1949-1959	Bencher	Eastern
	1959-1973	Life Bencher	Eastern
M. Smith	1974-?	Lay Bencher	none
M. J. Smith	1976-1977	University Bencher	none
Garth H. Smorang QC	1998-2006	Bencher	Winnipeg
Anita L. M. Southall	2012-2018	Bencher	Winnipeg
Eli Edwin Spencer (1896-1988)	1929-1946	Bencher	Southern
	1946-1988	Life Bencher	Southern
Lori T. Spivak	1998-2004	Bencher	Winnipeg
	2004-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Diane H. Stevenson	2008-2016	Bencher	Central
	2016-?	Life Bencher	Central
William Stordy (1902-1986)	1959-1964	Bencher	Western
Harold St. George Stubbs (1912-2005)	1952-1958	Bencher	Eastern
P. Colleen Suche QC	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Patti Sullivan	1998-2000	Lay Bencher	none
Andrew Swan	2009-2014	Ex Officio	none
David E. Swayze	2008-2014	Bencher	Western
	2014-?	Life Bencher	Western
Alan Sweatman (1920-2012)	1968-1971, 1972-1975	Bencher	Eastern
	1975-2012	Life Bencher	Eastern
H. E. Swift	1946-1956	Bencher	Eastern
Clive Kerslake Tallin (1907-1985)	1959-1968	Bencher	Eastern
	1968-?	Life Bencher	Eastern
Rae Henry Tallin (1927-2009)	1974-1976	Bencher	Eastern
J. F. Reeh Taylor (1924-2015)	1968-1972	Bencher	Eastern
	1972-2015	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
W. B. Thibaudeau	1881-1883	Bencher	none
Donald Alexander Thompson (1904-1992)	1959-1969	Bencher	Eastern
	1969-?	Life Bencher	Eastern
Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson (1901-1969)	1947-1959	Bencher	Eastern
	1959-1969	Life Bencher	Eastern
J. Toal	1974-?	Lay Bencher	none
Robert Merle Bruce Toews (1931-1987)	1976-1980	Bencher	Western
Victor Toews	2006-2007	Ex Officio	none
George Eric Tritschler (1901-1993)	1951-1952	Bencher	Eastern
Lynda K. Troup	2014-2018	Bencher	Winnipeg
James Stewart Tupper (1851-1915)	1900-1915	Bencher	Eastern
William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947)	1915-1937	Bencher	Eastern
	1937-1947	Life Bencher	Eastern
Lorna A. Turnbull	2010-2016	Faculty Bencher	none
Frederick James Turner (1896-1982)	1937-1952	Bencher	Eastern
	1952-1982	Life Bencher	Eastern
Frederick Keith Turner (1927-1987)	1968-1971, 1976-?	Bencher	Eastern
Archibald Kerr Twaddle (1932-2015)	1973-?	Bencher	Eastern
Jane Ursel	2003-2012	Lay Bencher	none
Jon W. M. Van Der Krabben	2000-2008	Bencher	Winnipeg
	2008-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Helga D. Van Iderstine	2006-2012	Bencher	Winnipeg
Niranjan Venugopal	2010-2012	Lay Bencher	none
David Marr Walker (1835-1920)	1877-1881	Bencher	none
Harry Walsh (1913-2011)	1971-?	Bencher	Eastern
	?-2011	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Douglas Gordon Ward QC	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Albert Hurd Warner (1888-1962)	1952-1960	Bencher	Eastern
	1960-1962	Life Bencer	Eastern
Lewis D. Wasel	1998-2000	Bencher	Eastern
Karen L. Webb	2012-2018	Bencher	Western
Hymie Weinstein	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Joel A. Weinstein QC	2006-2010	Bencher	Winnipeg
Esten Kenneth Williams (1889-1970)	1931-1946	Bencher	Eastern
	1946-1970	Life Bencher	Eastern
Charles P. Wilson (1859-1931)	1903-1928, 1929-1931	Bencher	Eastern
James Edward “Jimmy” Wilson (1914-1989)	1965	Bencher	Eastern
John W. H. Wilson (1832-1892)	1884-1886	Bencher	none
	1886-1889	Bencher	Eastern
Gavin M. Wood	?-?	Life Bencher	Winnipeg
Campbell G. Wright	1998-2002	Bencher	Winnipeg
Claudia Wright	1998-2003	Lay Bencher	none
Orson F. Wright (1903-1973)	1965-1968	Bencher	Northern
Jasmine D. A. Zurbriggen	2011-2012	Student Bencher	none

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Law Society War Memorial (391 Broadway, Winnipeg)

Sources:

The Law Society of Manitoba, 1877-1977, edited by Cameron Harvey, Peguis Publishers Limited, 1977.

Tales From the Underworld and Other Stories by Roland Penner and Norm Larsen, Winnipeg: Penner and Larsen in association with Heartland Associates, 2009, 192 pages.

Annual Reports, Law Society of Manitoba.

Obituary [Alan John Semchuk], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 February 2022.

We thank Pat Bourbonnais (Law Society of Manitoba) for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 September 2023