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Manitoba Organization: Law Society of Manitoba

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Officers | Benchers

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 C. Newman (1912-1977)	Israel Hyner Greenberg (1915-1972)
1969-1970	Walter C. Newman (1912-1977)	Israel Hyner Greenberg (1915-1972)	Donald Drummond St. John
1970	Israel Hyner Greenberg (1915-1972)	Donald Drummond St. John	Irwin Dorfman (1908-1993)
1970-1971	Donald Drummond St. John	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	2014-2016	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. Brodsky QC	2000-?	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
G. A. Eakins (?-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 G. Frayer	?-?	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	?-?	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 C. 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	1974-?	Bencher	Eastern
	?-?	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
C. S. A. 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 J. Semchuk	1998-2004	Bencher	Dauphin
	2004-?	Life Bencher	Dauphin
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 (c1915-1989)	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.

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 June 2020