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Douglas N. Abra KC (born April 1, 1947 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian judge. He was appointed a judge of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba on July 10, 2007. He replaced Alan D. MacInnes, upon his appointment to the Manitoba Court of Appeal.

Mr. Justice Abra received a Bachelor of Arts in 1968 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1972 from the University of Manitoba. He was admitted to the Bar of Manitoba in 1973. He practised as an associate with Monk Goodwin & Company, then as a Crown Attorney with the provincial Crown (1974–1979) before returning to private practice with Thompson Dorfman Sweatman (1980–1989) and with Hill Abra Dewar (1989–2007). At the time of his appointment to the bench, Mr. Justice Abra was a partner with Hill Abra Dewar.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Justice Abra practiced in the areas of administrative law, civil litigation, criminal law, insurance and professional liability litigation, regulation of professions and professional discipline, employment law and labour law. Mr. Justice Abra received his King's Counsel designation in 1992. He has also acted as President of the Law Society of Manitoba (1993–1994), as a member of the Court of Queen's Bench Rules Committee, as a frequent lecturer for the Law Society of Manitoba Continuing Legal Education Programs and as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Westminster United Church.

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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
  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
    1. Pearl McGonigal, (1981–1986)
    2. Yvon Dumont, (1993–1999)
    3. Philip S. Lee, (2009–2015)
    4. Janice Filmon, (2015–2022)
  6. Former Presidents of the Executive Council of Manitoba in order of seniority in taking office
    1. Edward Schreyer, (1969–1977)
    2. Gary Filmon, (1988–1999)
    3. Gary Doer, (1999–2009)
    4. Greg Selinger, (2009–2016)
    5. Brian Pallister, (2016–2021)
    6. Kelvin Goertzen, (2021)
    7. Heather Stefanson, (2021–2023)
  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. Raymond Simard, (2004)
    9. Vic Toews, (2006)
    10. Steven Fletcher, (2008)
    11. Shelly Glover, (2013)
    12. 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. A. Catherine Everett (2006)
    37. Michael Thomson (2007)
    38. Douglas Abra, (2007)
    39. Brian Midwinter, (2008)
    40. Robert G. Cummings (2008)
    41. Joan MacPhail, (2009)
    42. Chris W. Martin (2009)
    43. William Johnston (2009)
    44. William J. Burnett, (2009)
    45. Robert A. Dewar, (2009)
    46. Rick Saull (2010)
    47. Gerald L. Chartier (2010)
    48. Diana M. Cameron (2011)
    49. Shane Perlmutter (2011)
    50. 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
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    6. The Pastors Evangelical Fellowship
  21. Members of the House of Commons residing in Manitoba by order of seniority in taking office
    1. James Bezan, (2004)
    2. Niki Ashton, (2008)
    3. Kevin Lamoureux, (2010)
    4. Ted Falk, (2013)
    5. Larry Maguire, (2013)
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    1. Jon Gerrard,
    2. Ron Schuler,
    3. Ralph Eichler,
    4. Leanne Rowat,
    5. Cliff Cullen,
    6. Blaine Pedersen,
    7. Matt Wiebe,
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    9. Cameron Friesen,
    10. Reg Helwer,
    11. Jim Maloway,
    12. Dennis Smook,
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