Order of precedence in Manitoba


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.
  1. Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
  2. President of the Executive Council, otherwise known as the Premier of Manitoba
  3. Chief Justice of Manitoba
  4. Former Lieutenant Governors of Manitoba in order of seniority of taking office
  5. # Pearl McGonigal,
  6. # Yvon Dumont,
  7. # John Harvard,
  8. # Philip S. Lee,
  9. Former Presidents of the Executive Council of Manitoba in order of seniority in taking office
  10. # Edward Schreyer,
  11. # Howard Pawley,
  12. # Gary Filmon,
  13. # Gary Doer,
  14. Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada residing in Manitoba by order of seniority of taking the Oath of Office
  15. # Otto Lang,
  16. # Jake Epp,
  17. # Lloyd Axworthy,
  18. # Jack Murta,
  19. # Charles Mayer,
  20. # Jon Gerrard,
  21. # Rey Pagtakhan,
  22. # Gary Filmon,
  23. # Bill Blaikie,
  24. # Raymond Simard,
  25. # Vic Toews,
  26. # Steven Fletcher,
  27. # Shelly Glover,
  28. # Candice Bergen,
  29. Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba in relative order of seniority of appointment
  30. # Steve Ashton,
  31. # Dave Chomiak,
  32. # Gord Mackintosh,
  33. # Eric Robinson,
  34. # Ron Lemieux,
  35. # Stan Struthers,
  36. # Peter Bjornson,
  37. # Theresa Oswald,
  38. # Kerri Irvin-Ross,
  39. # Andrew Swan,
  40. # Jennifer Howard,
  41. # Flor Marcelino,
  42. # Erin Selby,
  43. # Kevin Chief,
  44. # Ron Kostyshyn,
  45. # Sharon Blady,
  46. # Erna Braun,
  47. # James Allum,
  48. Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba
  49. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
  50. Puisne Judges of the Court of Appeal and of the Court of Queen's Bench in relative order of seniority of appointment
  51. # Robert Carr
  52. # Michel Monnin
  53. # Kenneth R. Hanssen
  54. # Kris Stefanson
  55. # Rodney Mykle
  56. # Gerry Mercier,
  57. # Robyn Diamond
  58. # Jeffrey Oliphant
  59. # Albert Clearwater
  60. # Alan MacInnes
  61. # Holly C. Beard
  62. # Perry Schulman,
  63. # Barbara Hamilton,
  64. # Freda Steel
  65. # Brenda Keyser
  66. # John A. Menzies
  67. # Marc M. Monnin
  68. # Deborah McCawley,
  69. # Donald Little,
  70. # Morris Kaufman
  71. # Laurie Allen,
  72. # Douglas Yard,
  73. # Donald Bryk,
  74. # Frank Aquila
  75. # Robert B. Doyle
  76. # Murray Sinclair
  77. # Joan McKelvey
  78. # Martin Freedman,
  79. # Colleen Suche,
  80. # Marilyn Goldberg,
  81. # Shawn Greenberg
  82. # Karen Simonsen
  83. # Marianne Rivoalen
  84. # Lori Spivak
  85. # Lori Douglas
  86. # Richard J. F. Chartier
  87. # A. Catherine Everett
  88. # Michael Thomson
  89. # Douglas Abra,
  90. # Brian Midwinter,
  91. # Robert G. Cummings
  92. # Joan MacPhail,
  93. # Chris W. Martin
  94. # William Johnston
  95. # William J. Burnett,
  96. # Robert A. Dewar,
  97. # Rick Saull
  98. # Gerald L. Chartier
  99. # Diana M. Cameron
  100. # Shane Perlmutter
  101. # Herbert Rempel
  102. Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly
  103. Archbishop of St. Boniface
  104. Bishop of Rupert's Land
  105. Archbishop of Winnipeg
  106. Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
  107. Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church
  108. Chairman of the Manitoba Conference of the United Church of Canada
  109. Chairman of the Manitoba Conference of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
  110. 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:
  111. # Lutheran Church
  112. # Jewish Rabbi
  113. # The Mennonite faith
  114. # The Baptist Church
  115. # The Salvation Army
  116. # The Pastors Evangelical Fellowship
  117. Members of the House of Commons residing in Manitoba by order of seniority in taking office
  118. # Pat Martin,
  119. # James Bezan,
  120. # Joy Smith,
  121. # Rod Bruinooge,
  122. # Niki Ashton,
  123. # Kevin Lamoureux,
  124. # Robert Sopuck,
  125. # Joyce Bateman,
  126. # Lawrence Toet,
  127. # Ted Falk,
  128. # Larry Maguire,
  129. Members of the Legislative Assembly
  130. # Bonnie Mitchelson,
  131. # Gregory Dewar,
  132. # Myrna Driedger,
  133. # Nancy Allan,
  134. # Drew Caldwell,
  135. # Jon Gerrard,
  136. # Tom Nevakshonoff,
  137. # Jim Rondeau,
  138. # Heather Stefanson,
  139. # Ron Schuler,
  140. # Rob Altemeyer,
  141. # Ralph Eichler,
  142. # Kelvin Goertzen,
  143. # Bidhu Jha,
  144. # Christine Melnick,
  145. # Leanne Rowat,
  146. # Cliff Cullen,
  147. # Sharon Blady,
  148. # Erna Braun,
  149. # Stu Briese,
  150. # Cliff Graydon,
  151. # Blaine Pedersen,
  152. # Mohinder Saran,
  153. # Matt Wiebe,
  154. # Deanne Crothers,
  155. # Wayne Ewasko,
  156. # Cameron Friesen,
  157. # Dave Gaudreau,
  158. # Reg Helwer,
  159. # Jim Maloway,
  160. # Ted Marcelino,
  161. # Clarence Pettersen,
  162. # Dennis Smook,
  163. # Melanie Wight,
  164. # Ian Wishart,
  165. # Shannon Martin,
  166. County Court Judges in relative order of seniority of appointment
  167. Magistrates in relative order of seniority of appointment
  168. Members of the local consular corps in relative order of seniority of appointment
  169. Mayors, Reeves and local government administrators in relative order of date of taking office