Murray Sinclair

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The Honourable Murray Sinclair, formerly the Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba, was appointed to the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench on January 31, 2001. He replaced the Honourable Freda M. Steel, upon her appointment to the Manitoba Court of Appeal.

Mr. Justice Sinclair received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Manitoba in 1979, and was called to the Bar of Manitoba the following year. He was appointed Associate Chief Judge of the Manitoba Provincial Court in 1988, and soon after, Co-commissioner to the Public Inquiry into the Administration of Justice and Aboriginal Peoples of Manitoba. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Law and has received honorary doctorates from the University of Ottawa (1999) and St. John's College at the University of Manitoba (2000).

Throughout his career, Mr. Justice Sinclair has lectured and published extensively on a range of topics, including youth justice and Aboriginal issues, and has served as a member of the Social Context Education Committee of the National Judicial Institute. In December 2000, Mr. Justice Sinclair released the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Inquest Report, concerning an inquiry he conducted into the deaths of 12 infants in cardiac care.