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) The King of Canada (His Majesty Charles III)
 * 2) Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba  (Anita Neville, )
 * 3) President of the Executive Council, otherwise known as the Premier of Manitoba (Wab Kinew, )
 * 4) Chief Justice of Manitoba (Richard J. F. Chartier)
 * 5) Former Lieutenant Governors of Manitoba in order of seniority of taking office
 * 6) Pearl McGonigal,  (1981–1986)
 * 7) Yvon Dumont,  (1993–1999)
 * 8) Philip S. Lee,  (2009–2015)
 * 9) Janice Filmon,  (2015–2022)
 * 10) Former Presidents of the Executive Council of Manitoba in order of seniority in taking office
 * 11) Edward Schreyer,  (1969–1977)
 * 12) Gary Filmon,  (1988–1999)
 * 13) Gary Doer,  (1999–2009)
 * 14) Greg Selinger,  (2009–2016)
 * 15) Brian Pallister, (2016–2021)
 * 16) Kelvin Goertzen, (2021)
 * 17) Heather Stefanson, (2021–2023)
 * 18) Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada residing in Manitoba by order of seniority of taking the Oath of Office
 * 19) Otto Lang,  (1968)
 * 20) Jake Epp,  (1979)
 * 21) Lloyd Axworthy,  (1980)
 * 22) Jack Murta,  (1984)
 * 23) Charles Mayer,  (1984)
 * 24) Jon Gerrard,  (1993)
 * 25) Rey Pagtakhan,  (2001)
 * 26) Raymond Simard,  (2004)
 * 27) Vic Toews,  (2006)
 * 28) Steven Fletcher,  (2008)
 * 29) Shelly Glover,  (2013)
 * 30) Candice Bergen,  (2013)
 * 31) Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba in relative order of seniority of appointment
 * 32) Steve Ashton,  (1999)
 * 33) Dave Chomiak,  (1999)
 * 34) Gord Mackintosh,  (1999)
 * 35) Eric Robinson,  (1999)
 * 36) Ron Lemieux,  (1999)
 * 37) Stan Struthers,  (1999)
 * 38) Peter Bjornson,  (2003)
 * 39) Theresa Oswald,  (2004)
 * 40) Kerri Irvin-Ross,  (2006)
 * 41) Andrew Swan,  (2008)
 * 42) Jennifer Howard,  (2009)
 * 43) Flor Marcelino,  (2009)
 * 44) Erin Selby,  (2011)
 * 45) Kevin Chief,  (2012)
 * 46) Ron Kostyshyn,  (2012)
 * 47) Sharon Blady,  (2013)
 * 48) Erna Braun,  (2013)
 * 49) James Allum,  (2013)
 * 50) Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba (Glenn Joyal)
 * 51) Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (Myrna Driedger, )
 * 52) Puisne Judges of the Court of Appeal and of the Court of King's Bench in relative order of seniority of appointment
 * 53) Robert Carr (1983; supernumerary since 2006)
 * 54) Michel Monnin (1984)
 * 55) Kenneth R. Hanssen (1984; supernumerary since 2008)
 * 56) Kris Stefanson (1988; supernumerary since 2008)
 * 57) Rodney Mykle (1989; supernumerary since 2007)
 * 58) Gerry Mercier,  (1989; supernumerary since 2009)
 * 59) Robyn Diamond (1989; supernumerary since 2011)
 * 60) Jeffrey Oliphant (1990; supernumerary since 2008)
 * 61) Albert Clearwater (1992; supernumerary since 2007)
 * 62) Alan MacInnes (1992; supernumerary since 2010)
 * 63) Holly C. Beard (1992)
 * 64) Perry Schulman,  (1993; supernumerary since 2008)
 * 65) Barbara Hamilton,  (1995)
 * 66) Freda Steel (1995)
 * 67) Brenda Keyser (1995)
 * 68) John A. Menzies (1996)
 * 69) Marc M. Monnin (1997)
 * 70) Deborah McCawley,  (1997)
 * 71) Donald Little,  (1998)
 * 72) Morris Kaufman (1998; supernumerary since 2010)
 * 73) Laurie Allen,  (1998)
 * 74) Douglas Yard,  (1998)
 * 75) Donald Bryk,  (1999)
 * 76) Frank Aquila (2000)
 * 77) Robert B. Doyle (2000)
 * 78) Murray Sinclair (2001)
 * 79) Joan McKelvey (2001)
 * 80) Martin Freedman,  (2002)
 * 81) Colleen Suche,  (2002)
 * 82) Marilyn Goldberg,  (2002)
 * 83) Shawn Greenberg (2003)
 * 84) Karen Simonsen (2004)
 * 85) Marianne Rivoalen (2005)
 * 86) Lori Spivak (2005)
 * 87) Lori Douglas (2005)
 * 88) A. Catherine Everett (2006)
 * 89) Michael Thomson (2007)
 * 90) Douglas Abra,  (2007)
 * 91) Brian Midwinter,  (2008)
 * 92) Robert G. Cummings (2008)
 * 93) Joan MacPhail,  (2009)
 * 94) Chris W. Martin (2009)
 * 95) William Johnston (2009)
 * 96) William J. Burnett,  (2009)
 * 97) Robert A. Dewar,  (2009)
 * 98) Rick Saull (2010)
 * 99) Gerald L. Chartier (2010)
 * 100) Diana M. Cameron (2011)
 * 101) Shane Perlmutter (2011)
 * 102) Herbert Rempel (2011)
 * 103) Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly (Wayne Ewasko, )
 * 104) Archbishop of St. Boniface (Albert LeGatt)
 * 105) Bishop of Rupert's Land (Geoffrey Woodcroft)
 * 106) Archbishop of Winnipeg (Richard Gagnon)
 * 107) Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
 * 108) Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Lawrence Daniel Huculak, OSBM)
 * 109) Chairman of the Manitoba Conference of the United Church of Canada (Barb Jardine)
 * 110) Chairman of the Manitoba Conference of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
 * 111) 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:
 * 112) Lutheran Church
 * 113) Jewish Rabbi
 * 114) The Mennonite faith
 * 115) The Baptist Church
 * 116) The Salvation Army
 * 117) The Pastors Evangelical Fellowship
 * 118) Members of the House of Commons residing in Manitoba by order of seniority in taking office
 * 119) James Bezan,  (2004)
 * 120) Niki Ashton,  (2008)
 * 121) Kevin Lamoureux,  (2010)
 * 122) Ted Falk,  (2013)
 * 123) Larry Maguire,  (2013)
 * 124) Members of the Legislative Assembly
 * 125) Jon Gerrard,
 * 126) Ron Schuler,
 * 127) Ralph Eichler,
 * 128) Leanne Rowat,
 * 129) Cliff Cullen,
 * 130) Blaine Pedersen,
 * 131) Matt Wiebe,
 * 132) Wayne Ewasko,
 * 133) Cameron Friesen,
 * 134) Reg Helwer,
 * 135) Jim Maloway,
 * 136) Dennis Smook,
 * 137) Ian Wishart,
 * 138) Shannon Martin,
 * 139) County Court Judges in relative order of seniority of appointment
 * 140) Magistrates in relative order of seniority of appointment
 * 141) Members of the local consular corps in relative order of seniority of appointment
 * 142) Mayors, Reeves and local government administrators in relative order of date of taking office