Former Manitoba judge Michel Chartier pleads guilty to driving over .08
Chartier fined $2K, loses driver's licence for a year
A former Manitoba judge has pleaded guilty to driving with a blood alcohol level over .08 and will lose his driver's licence for a year.
Michel Chartier entered the plea in provincial court in Steinbach on Monday morning.
Chartier was arrested in March after being stopped by RCMP on Highway 1 about five kilometres west of Highway 5. He was charged with impaired driving and driving with a blood alcohol level over .08.
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He was placed on administrative leave before he stepped down from the Manitoba provincial court a few days later.
Chartier was given a $2,000 fine and will also have to pay $600 in administrative costs.
Chartier was called to the bar in Manitoba in 1991, and in 2007, he was appointed a judge of the provincial court.
Chartier served as the associate chief judge of the provincial court from 2009-13.