Deborah McCawley

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Deborah J. McCawley KC is a judge of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba. She was appointed the position on September 17, 1997 when she replaced Gerald O. Jewers, who had chosen to become a supernumerary judge.

Prior to her appointment to the bench, McCawley had been the chief executive officer of the Law Society of Manitoba since 1988. She graduated in law from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1975, and was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1976. She practised civil litigation and family law in Winnipeg until 1980, when she became deputy chief executive officer of the Law Society of Manitoba. From 1985 to 1988, she was a sessional lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba, on the topic of ethics and professional responsibility. She has also served as president of Lawyers' Excess Liability Insurance (Manitoba) Ltd., and was a member of the Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association Advisory Board and its Claims Administration Committee.

McCawley is the wife of Otto Lang.

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  2. Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
  3. President of the Executive Council, otherwise known as the Premier of Manitoba
  4. Chief Justice of Manitoba
  5. Former Lieutenant Governors of Manitoba in order of seniority of taking office
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    2. Yvon Dumont, (1993–1999)
    3. John Harvard, (2004–2009)
    4. Philip S. Lee, (2009–2015)
  6. Former Presidents of the Executive Council of Manitoba in order of seniority in taking office
    1. Edward Schreyer, (1969–1977)
    2. Howard Pawley, (1981–1988)
    3. Gary Filmon, (1988–1999)
    4. Gary Doer, (1999–2009)
  7. 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, (1968)
    2. Jake Epp, (1979)
    3. Lloyd Axworthy, (1980)
    4. Jack Murta, (1984)
    5. Charles Mayer, (1984)
    6. Jon Gerrard, (1993)
    7. Rey Pagtakhan, (2001)
    8. Gary Filmon, (2001)
    9. Bill Blaikie, (2004)
    10. Raymond Simard, (2004)
    11. Vic Toews, (2006)
    12. Steven Fletcher, (2008)
    13. Shelly Glover, (2013)
    14. Candice Bergen, (2013)
  8. Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba in relative order of seniority of appointment
    1. Steve Ashton, (1999)
    2. Dave Chomiak, (1999)
    3. Gord Mackintosh, (1999)
    4. Eric Robinson, (1999)
    5. Ron Lemieux, (1999)
    6. Stan Struthers, (1999)
    7. Peter Bjornson, (2003)
    8. Theresa Oswald, (2004)
    9. Kerri Irvin-Ross, (2006)
    10. Andrew Swan, (2008)
    11. Jennifer Howard, (2009)
    12. Flor Marcelino, (2009)
    13. Erin Selby, (2011)
    14. Kevin Chief, (2012)
    15. Ron Kostyshyn, (2012)
    16. Sharon Blady, (2013)
    17. Erna Braun, (2013)
    18. James Allum, (2013)
  9. Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba
  10. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
  11. Puisne Judges of the Court of Appeal and of the Court of King's Bench in relative order of seniority of appointment
    1. Robert Carr
    2. Michel Monnin (1984)
    3. Kenneth R. Hanssen
    4. Kris Stefanson
    5. Rodney Mykle
    6. Gerry Mercier,
    7. Robyn Diamond
    8. Jeffrey Oliphant
    9. Albert Clearwater
    10. Alan MacInnes
    11. Holly C. Beard (1992)
    12. Perry Schulman,
    13. Barbara Hamilton, (1995)
    14. Freda Steel (1995)
    15. Brenda Keyser (1995)
    16. John A. Menzies (1996)
    17. Marc M. Monnin (1997)
    18. Deborah McCawley, (1997)
    19. Donald Little, (1998)
    20. Morris Kaufman
    21. Laurie Allen, (1998)
    22. Douglas Yard, (1998)
    23. Donald Bryk, (1999)
    24. Frank Aquila (2000)
    25. Robert B. Doyle (2000)
    26. Murray Sinclair (2001)
    27. Joan McKelvey (2001)
    28. Martin Freedman, (2002)
    29. Colleen Suche, (2002)
    30. Marilyn Goldberg, (2002)
    31. Shawn Greenberg (2003)
    32. Karen Simonsen (2004)
    33. Marianne Rivoalen (2005)
    34. Lori Spivak (2005)
    35. Lori Douglas (2005)
    36. Richard J. F. Chartier (2006)
    37. A. Catherine Everett (2006)
    38. Michael Thomson (2007)
    39. Douglas Abra, (2007)
    40. Brian Midwinter, (2008)
    41. Robert G. Cummings (2008)
    42. Joan MacPhail, (2009)
    43. Chris W. Martin (2009)
    44. William Johnston (2009)
    45. William J. Burnett, (2009)
    46. Robert A. Dewar, (2009)
    47. Rick Saull (2010)
    48. Gerald L. Chartier (2010)
    49. Diana M. Cameron (2011)
    50. Shane Perlmutter (2011)
    51. Herbert Rempel (2011)
  12. Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly
  13. Archbishop of St. Boniface
  14. Bishop of Rupert's Land
  15. Archbishop of Winnipeg
  16. Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
  17. Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church
  18. Chairman of the Manitoba Conference of the United Church of Canada
  19. Chairman of the Manitoba Conference of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
  20. 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
  21. Members of the House of Commons residing in Manitoba by order of seniority in taking office
    1. Pat Martin, (1997)
    2. James Bezan, (2004)
    3. Joy Smith, (2004)
    4. Rod Bruinooge, (2006)
    5. Niki Ashton, (2008)
    6. Kevin Lamoureux, (2010)
    7. Robert Sopuck, (2010)
    8. Joyce Bateman, (2011)
    9. Lawrence Toet, (2011)
    10. Ted Falk, (2013)
    11. Larry Maguire, (2013)
  22. Members of the Legislative Assembly
    1. Bonnie Mitchelson,
    2. Gregory Dewar,
    3. Myrna Driedger,
    4. Nancy Allan,
    5. Drew Caldwell,
    6. Jon Gerrard,
    7. Tom Nevakshonoff,
    8. Jim Rondeau,
    9. Heather Stefanson,
    10. Ron Schuler,
    11. Rob Altemeyer,
    12. Ralph Eichler,
    13. Kelvin Goertzen,
    14. Bidhu Jha,
    15. Christine Melnick,
    16. Leanne Rowat,
    17. Cliff Cullen,
    18. Sharon Blady,
    19. Erna Braun,
    20. Stu Briese,
    21. Cliff Graydon,
    22. Blaine Pedersen,
    23. Mohinder Saran,
    24. Matt Wiebe,
    25. Deanne Crothers,
    26. Wayne Ewasko,
    27. Cameron Friesen,
    28. Dave Gaudreau,
    29. Reg Helwer,
    30. Jim Maloway,
    31. Ted Marcelino,
    32. Clarence Pettersen,
    33. Dennis Smook,
    34. Melanie Wight,
    35. Ian Wishart,
    36. Shannon Martin,
  23. County Court Judges in relative order of seniority of appointment
  24. Magistrates in relative order of seniority of appointment
  25. Members of the local consular corps in relative order of seniority of appointment
  26. Mayors, Reeves and local government administrators in relative order of date of taking office
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