Brian Corrin

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Brian Mark Corrin (born July 4, 1945) is a Manitoba figure who served as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1986. He grew up in Winnipeg, studied at the University of Manitoba (B.A. 1967, LL.B. 1970), and worked as a city lawyer before entering politics. Corrin was a Winnipeg city councillor from 1974 to 1977 and chaired the provincial Child Welfare Treatment Panel.

In 1974 he married Joy Margaret Kathleen Cooper; later he married Lorraine Monaster. Elected to the Manitoba legislature in 1977 for Wellington, Corrin sat in opposition and served as shadow Justice Minister. In 1979 he declined to vote in an interim party leadership vote and criticized the process, which may have hurt his advancement.

He was re-elected in 1981 in the Ellice riding as the NDP won a Pawley government, but he did not join the cabinet. He served as Legislative Assistant to the Ministers of Urban Affairs and Justice, and later to the Premier. In 1983 he ran for mayor of Winnipeg and was defeated, in part due to opposition to French language services in law; he was also named Queen's Counsel that year.

Corrin did not seek re-election in 1986. He chaired a provincial task force on the impact of government regulations on business from 1985 to 1987. In 1988 he became a provincial judge. In 1996 a panel found him guilty of misconduct and suspended him for 30 days. In 2011 he faced assault and threats charges related to a family matter but was cleared in November 2011.