Order of precedence in Manitoba

This article is about the order of precedence for dignitaries in the province of Manitoba. For the federal list of precedence for Canadian dignitaries, see Canadian order of precedence.

The Manitoba order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Manitoba. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.

• The King of Canada (His Majesty Charles III)
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (Anita Neville, PC OM)[1]
• President of the Executive Council, otherwise known as the Premier of Manitoba (Wab Kinew, MLA)[2][3]
• Chief Justice of Manitoba (Marianne Rivoalen)[4]
• Former Lieutenant Governors of Manitoba in order of seniority of taking office[5]
  1. Pearl McGonigal, CM OM (1981–1986)
  2. Yvon Dumont, OM (1993–1999)
  3. Philip S. Lee, CM OM (2009–2015)
  4. Janice Filmon, CM OM (2015–2022)
• Former Presidents of the Executive Council of Manitoba in order of seniority in taking office[6]
  1. Edward Schreyer, PC CC CMM OM CD (1969–1977)
  2. Gary Filmon, PC OC OM (1988–1999)
  3. Gary Doer, OM (1999–2009)
  4. Greg Selinger, OM (2009–2016)
  5. Brian Pallister, (2016–2021)
  6. Kelvin Goertzen, (2021)
  7. Heather Stefanson, (2021–2023)
• Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada residing in Manitoba by order of seniority of taking the Oath of Office
  1. Otto Lang, PC OC KC (1968)
  2. Jake Epp, PC OC (1979)
  3. Lloyd Axworthy, PC OC OM (1980)
  4. Jack Murta, PC (1984)
  5. Charles Mayer, PC (1984)
  6. Jon Gerrard, PC MLA (1993)
  7. Rey Pagtakhan, PC (2001)
  8. Raymond Simard, PC (2004)
  9. Vic Toews, PC KC (2006)
  10. Steven Fletcher, PC MP (2008)
  11. Shelly Glover, PC MP (2013)
  12. Candice Bergen, PC MP (2013)
  13. MaryAnn Mihychuk, PC MP (2015)
  14. Dan Vandal, PC MP (2019)
  15. Terry Duguid, PC MP (2025)
• Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba in relative order of seniority of appointment[2]
  1. Uzoma Asagwara, MLA (2023)
  2. Ron Kostyshyn, MLA (2023)
  3. Matt Wiebe, MLA (2023)
  4. Nahanni Fontaine, MLA (2023)
  5. Bernadette Smith, MLA (2023)
  6. Nello Altomare, MLA (2023)
  7. Ian Bushie, MLA (2023)
  8. Malaya Marcelino, MLA (2023)
  9. Jamie Moses, MLA (2023)
  10. Lisa Naylor, MLA (2023)
  11. Adrien Sala, MLA (2023)
  12. Renée Cable, MLA (2023)
  13. Tracy Schmidt, MLA (2023)
  14. Glen Simard, MLA (2023)
  15. Mintu Sandhu, MLA (2024)
  16. Nellie Kennedy, MLA (2024)
  17. Mike Moroz, MLA (2024)
  18. Mike Moyes, MLA (2025)
• Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba (Glenn Joyal)[7]
• Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (Tom Lindsey, MLA)[8]
• Puisne Judges of the Court of Appeal and of the Court of King's Bench in relative order of seniority of appointment[7][9]
  1. Robert Carr (1983; supernumerary since 2006)
  2. Michel Monnin (1984)
  3. Kenneth R. Hanssen (1984; supernumerary since 2008)
  4. Kris Stefanson (1988; supernumerary since 2008)
  5. Rodney Mykle (1989; supernumerary since 2007)
  6. Gerry Mercier, KC (1989; supernumerary since 2009)
  7. Robyn Diamond (1989; supernumerary since 2011)
  8. Jeffrey Oliphant (1990; supernumerary since 2008)
  9. Albert Clearwater (1992; supernumerary since 2007)
  10. Alan MacInnes (1992; supernumerary since 2010)
  11. Holly C. Beard (1992)
  12. Perry Schulman, KC (1993; supernumerary since 2008)
  13. Barbara Hamilton, KC (1995)
  14. Freda Steel (1995)
  15. Brenda Keyser (1995)
  16. John A. Menzies (1996)
  17. Marc M. Monnin (1997)
  18. Deborah McCawley, KC (1997)
  19. Donald Little, KC (1998)
  20. Morris Kaufman (1998; supernumerary since 2010)
  21. Laurie Allen, KC (1998)
  22. Douglas Yard, KC (1998)
  23. Donald Bryk, KC (1999)
  24. Frank Aquila (2000)
  25. Robert B. Doyle (2000)
  26. Murray Sinclair (2001)
  27. Joan McKelvey (2001)
  28. Martin Freedman, KC (2002)
  29. Colleen Suche, KC (2002)
  30. Marilyn Goldberg, KC (2002)
  31. Shawn Greenberg (2003)
  32. Karen Simonsen (2004)
  33. Marianne Rivoalen (2005)
  34. Lori Spivak (2005)
  35. Lori Douglas (2005)
  36. A. Catherine Everett (2006)
  37. Michael Thomson (2007)
  38. Douglas Abra, KC (2007)
  39. Brian Midwinter, KC (2008)
  40. Robert G. Cummings (2008)
  41. Joan MacPhail, KC (2009)
  42. Chris W. Martin (2009)
  43. William Johnston (2009)
  44. William J. Burnett, KC (2009)
  45. Robert A. Dewar, KC (2009)
  46. Rick Saull (2010)
  47. Gerald L. Chartier (2010)
  48. Diana M. Cameron (2011)
  49. Shane Perlmutter (2011)
  50. Herbert Rempel (2011)
• Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly (Wayne Ewasko, MLA)[3]
• Archbishop of St. Boniface (Albert LeGatt)[10]
• Bishop of Rupert's Land (Geoffrey Woodcroft)[11]
• Archbishop of Winnipeg (Richard Gagnon)[12]
• Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Lawrence Daniel Huculak, OSBM)[13]
• Chairman of the Manitoba Conference of the United Church of Canada (Barb Jardine)[14]
• Chairman of the Manitoba Conference of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
• Chairman or other representative persons of the following denominations as indicated below and whose person will be signified to the Clerk of the Executive Council from time to time:
  1. Lutheran Church
  2. Jewish Rabbi
  3. The Mennonite faith
  4. The Baptist Church
  5. The Salvation Army
  6. The Pastors Evangelical Fellowship
• Members of the House of Commons residing in Manitoba by order of seniority in taking office
  1. James Bezan, MP (2004)
  2. Niki Ashton, MP (2008)
  3. Kevin Lamoureux, MP (2010)
  4. Ted Falk, MP (2013)
  5. Larry Maguire, MP (2013)
  6. Terry Duguid, MP (2019)
  7. Leah Gazan, MP (2019)
  8. Raquel Dancho, MP (2019)
  9. Marty Morantz, MP (2019)
  10. Dan Mazier, MP (2019)
  11. Branden Leslie, MP (2023)
  12. Ben Carr, MP (2023)
  13. Leila Dance, MP (2024)
• Members of the Legislative Assembly
  • See Current members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

• County Court Judges in relative order of seniority of appointment
• Magistrates in relative order of seniority of appointment
• Members of the local consular corps in relative order of seniority of appointment
• Mayors, Reeves and local government administrators in relative order of date of taking office

References

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2. "Cabinet Ministers". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. April 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
3. "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
4. "About the Court of Appeal". Manitoba Courts. August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
5. "Past Lieutenant Governors". Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
6. Gordon, Goldsborough (December 16, 2010). "Premiers of Manitoba". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
7. "Court of Queen's Bench - Judges". Manitoba Courts. February 24, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
8. "The Speaker of the House". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
9. "Court of Appeal - Judges". Manitoba Courts. March 3, 2011. Archived from the original on 2006-07-12. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
10. "Biography". Archdiocese of Saint Boniface. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
11. "Bishop". Diocese of Rupert's Land. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
12. "Archbishop Richard Gagnon". Archdiocese of Winnipeg. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
13. "Administration". Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
14. "Conference Staff". The United Church of Canada – Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved August 16, 2014.

• "Order of Precedence for Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
• "Table of Precedence for Manitoba". Ceremonial and Canadian Symbols Promotion. Department of Canadian Heritage. November 17, 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved September 7, 2012.