THE ADVOCATE 761
VOL. 80 PART 5 SEPTEMBER 2022
NEW MASTER
Master Rory Krentz
By R.C. Tino Bella
On April 18, 2022, Rory Krentz was appointed as a
master of the Supreme Court of British Columbia,
assigned to sit in Abbotsford.
Rory was born on April 7, 1956 in New Westminster.
He was the second child of William (Bill) and
Winifred (Winnie) Krentz. His only sibling, Heather,
was three years old at the time. When Rory was five,
Bill and Winnie moved the family to Langley, where they owned and operated
a chicken farm. When Rory was in grade 10, the family moved to a different
farm in Langley. Despite the chores, Rory seems to have enjoyed his
years on the farm, as evidenced by his countless tales of youthful shenanigans,
which inevitably came up at his firm’s staff meetings and gatherings.
His experiences are likely at least partially responsible for his unrelenting
work ethic. While still in high school, Rory went to work at a sawmill in
Langley, and during university he worked for BC Ferries, earning enough
to pay his own way through university. He brought this work ethic to the
practice of law. Most people start to slow down at this point in their career,
but not Rory. At the time of his appointment, his law practice was as busy
as ever.
Upon his high school graduation in 1974, Rory began his post-secondary
studies at Douglas College. This is where he met his future wife, Anna, in
first-year biology class. It was an amazing coincidence that while they had
never met before, they grew up living on the same street with many common
friends; their paths had nonetheless never crossed because they were
in different school catchment areas. Those of us who know Rory and Anna
suspect that Rory was oblivious to Anna’s interest and that the more outgoing
Anna had to make the first move. We do know that the relationship blos-