Rivoalen appointed Chief Justice of Manitoba Court of Appeal
The province has a new top judge for its highest court.
Marianne Rivoalen, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal, has been appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the Chief Justice of the Manitoba Court of Appeal.
“I wish the Honourable Marianne Rivoalen every success as she takes on her new role as Chief Justice of Manitoba,” Trudeau said in a statement.
Marianne Rivoalen (Federal Court of Appeal / Twitter)
“She is a respected member of the legal community and brings a wealth of legal experience. I am confident Chief Justice Rivoalen will be a great asset to the people of Manitoba.”
Rivoalen replaces Chief Justice Richard Chartier who retired last October.
Rivoalen grew up on a farm in St. Labre, 120 km southeast of Winnipeg, and received a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from the Université de Saint-Boniface in 1984, before graduating with a law degree from the Université de Moncton Law School in 1988. She was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1989.
She worked at two Winnipeg law firms before becoming senior counsel and team leader with the Department of Justice Canada’s Aboriginal Law Services Group.
Rivoalen was appointed to the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba in 2005 and was made associate Chief Justice of the court’s family division in May 2015, before becoming a Federal Court of Appeal judge in 2018.
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