Alfred Monnin
Alfred Maurice Monnin , Canada.
He was appointed to the
Born in
In 1998, he oversaw a commission of inquiry into a vote-splitting scandal in the 1995 provincial election. He had previously served as Chief Justice of Manitoba.
The Monnin Inquiry was called after accusations that local organizers from the Progressive Conservative Party organized and funded candidates of another party, Independent Native Voice, to split the left-of-centre vote with the New Democratic Party in three constituencies. Monnin found that the PC organizers were guilty of inducing at least one INV candidate, Darryl Sutherland, to enter the campaign. Senior PC organizer Taras Sokolyk was personally implicated in the scandal.
Monnin described the actions of the Conservative organizers as an "unconscionable debasement of a citizen's right to vote" and claimed "in all my years on the Bench I have never encountered as many liars in one proceeding as I did during this inquiry."[1]
He has received an honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Winnipeg (May 28, 1972), Doctor of the University, honoris causa, University of Ottawa (October 1972), Doctor of the University, honoris causa, Université Laval (June 1, 1974) and an Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Manitoba (1979).
In 1990, he was awarded the Order of Canada for having "distinguished himself on the bench for more than 30 years, during which he contributed greatly to the province's legal system."[4]
In 2000, he was awarded the Order of Manitoba. He has also been appointed a member of L'Ordre des francophones d'Amérique (1979), and an Officer of the French Legion of Honour. He is also a recipient of the Prix Riel, a distinction awarded to Franco-Manitobans who have contributed in a meaningful way to the representation and expansion of francophone culture in Manitoba.
Two of his sons, Michel and Marc Monnin, currently serve on the Manitoba Court of Appeal. His daughter-in-law, Laurie Allen, currently serves on the bench in Manitoba and another daughter-in-law, Donna Miller Q.C., is currently the Deputy Minister of Justice (Manitoba).
References
- "Hon. Alfred M. Monnin". Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2006.
- ^ "Alfred Maurice Monnin (1920-2013)". mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ Simpson, Kieran (1981). The Canadian Who's who - Volume 16. University of Toronto Press. p. 710.
- ^ "Fonds Alfred Monnin".
- ^ Order of Canada citation