Manitoba Business: Winnipeg Tribune

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Established in 1890 from the former Manitoba Sun, the Winnipeg Tribune merged with the Winnipeg Telegram in 1920. Its final edition was published on 27 August 1980.

Vice-Presidents

Period	Vice-President
1920-1935	Mark Edgar Nichols (1873-1961)
1936-?	Wesley McCurdy (1881-1961)

Publishers

Period	Publisher
1890-1920	Robert Lorne Richardson (1860-1921)
1950s	F. S. Auger
1960s-1970s	A. R. Williams

Editors-in-Chief

Period	Editor-in-Chief
1920-1923	Mark Edgar Nichols (1873-1961)
1923-1938	Wilfrid Lawrence MacTavish (1891-1951)
1938-1951	?
1951-1958	Gerald Carlisle Allison (1907-1972)
1958-?	?
?-1966	Eric Joseph Hampson Wells (1917-1993)
1966-1976	Thomas Patrick “Tom” Green (1911-2001)
1976-1980	?

Managing Editors

Period	Managing Editor
1903-1920	John James Moncrieff (1866-1939)
1920-1944	?
1944-1951	Gerald Carlisle Allison (1907-1972)

Miscellaneous Editors

Editor	Period	Position
Gerald Carlyle Allison (1907-1972)	?-1928, 1935-1951	Suburban Editor, Radio Editor, Night Editor, News Editor (1939),
William Talbot Allison (1874-1941)	?	Literary Editor
Henry Bruce Boreham (1891-1987)	1920s	Sports Editor
Charles Victor Combe (1888-1953)	1918-1953	City Editor, Night Editor, Magazine Editor, Financial Editor
David James “Dave” Cross (1930-2004)	1957-1980	Assistant Managing Editor, Ombudsman
Maurice Gilbert “Buzz” Currie (1947-2022)	1970-1980	Copy Boy, Features Editor
James Simmons Freer (1855-1933)	1917-1933	Staff Editor
Marjorie McGillivray “Marj” Gillies (1923-2020)	?	Family Section Editor
Peter M. Liba (1940-2007)	1967-?	City Editor
Herbert Charles “Herb” Manning (1913-1962)	?-?	Sports Editor, City Editor, News Editor
Robert George McCuish (1876-?)	1898-1901	Sports Editor
Harry L. Mardon (1926-2004)	?	City Editor, Editorial Page Editor, Business Editor
John James Moncrieff (1866-1939)	1920-1936	Associate Editor
Roger Newman (1935-2021)	1968-1971	Business Editor
Richard Wilfred Queen-Hughes (1908-1970)	1966-1970	Associate Editor
Alfred Vernon Thomas (1875-1950)	?-1944	Municipal Editor

Other Employees

Employee	Period	Position
Clifford Ross “Cliff” Hudson (1895-1960)	1937-c1940	Office Manager
	c1940-c1943	Circulation Director

Reporters/Journalists

Reporter/Journalist	Period	Title(s)
Ralph Andrew Allen (1913-1966)	?-?
Madeleine Bernier (1920-2017)	15 years	Music Critic
Mary Jane Bletcher (1913-1982)	?-?
David Reginald “Dave” Bonner (1928-2006)	1979-1980	News Photographer
Bertram William “Bert” Cartwright (1890-1967)	17 years	Columnist
John Donald “Don” Comstock (1927-2012)	1945-1953
Leonard Francis Earl (1882-1969)	1908-1920	Legislative Reporter
Marjorie Agnes Earl (1915-1999)	1974-1980	Columnist
Patrick Thomas “Pat” Flynn (1948-2012)	1972-1980	Reporter
Trent Gardiner Frayne (1918-2012)	?-1942
Lillian Gibbons (1906-1996)	1932-1972
Margaret Laidlaw Hood (1914-1967)	1955-1956	Associate Women’s Editor
	1956-1967	Women’s Editor
James Louis “Jim” Keilback (1926-2022)	?-?
Vincent “Vince” Leah (1913-1993)	1930-1980	Sportswriter
Peter M. Liba (1940-2007)	1957-1967	Legislative Reporter
John Frederick Bligh Livesay (1876-1944)	1902-1905	Telegraph Editor
Shane MacKay (1926-2001)	?
Victor Vereker “Vic” Murray (1897-1985)	1928-1970
Katherine Gloria Queen-Hughes (1909-1978)	1929-?
Heather Margaret Robertson (1942-2014)	?
Frances Russell (1941-2022)	?
Gary Raymond Scherbain (1942-2021)	?
V. L. “Jim” Shilliday (1928-2014)	?-1952
Marnie Stewart	1943-1980
Eugene Louis “Gene” Telpner (1920-2005)	13 years	Entertainment Editor
Eric Joseph Hampson Wells (1917-1993)	1946-?	Police Reporter
Valentine “Val” Werier (1917-2014)	?-1980
Charles James Woodsworth (1909-2005)	1932-1941
Nathan B. “Zim” Zimmerman (1898-1951)	1924-1951	Drama Critic

See Also

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tribune Building (257 Smith Street, Winnipeg)

Sources:

“To hell with Afghanistan” by Marjorie Earl in Torch on the Prairies: A Portrait of Journalism in Manitoba, 1859-1988, The Nor-Westers, 1988, pages 35-43.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 27 January 2023