Manitoba Business: Grain Growers’ Grain Company / United Grain Growers / Agricore United / Viterra

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The Grain Growers’ Grain Company was incorporated in 1906 to market grain from farmers in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. In 1916, the company commissioned artist Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald to produce an honour roll for employees killed during military service in the First World War.

The company merged in 1917 with the Alberta Farmers’ Cooperative Elevator Company to form United Grain Growers. In 1959, it purchased grain elevators belonging to the Canadian Consolidated Grain Company.

On 1 November 2001, UGG merged with Agricore (created in 1998 by the merger of Manitoba Pool Elevators with the Alberta Wheat Pool) to form Agricore United. Six years later (2007), it was purchased by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. This publicly traded corporation, known as Viterra, was purchased by Glencore International in 2013.

A large collection of UGG and Agricore United corporate records can be found at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

Presidents / Chairs

Period	President / Chair
1906-1930	Thomas Alexander Crerar (1876-1975)
1930-1948	Richard Stanley Law (1884-1951)
1948-1961	John Edward Brownlee (1883-1961)
1961-1981	Alexander McInnes “Mac” Runciman (1914-2000)
1981-1990	Lorne Frederick John Hehn (1936-2015)
1990-2002	Theodore M. “Ted” Allen
2002-2003	James M. Wilson
2003-2007	Wayne W. Drul

First Vice-Presidents / First Vice-Chairs

Period	First Vice-President / First Vice-Chair
1906-1917	John Alexander Kennedy (1854-1929)
1917-1929	Cecil Rice-Jones (1881-1972)
1929-1930	Richard Stanley Law (1884-1951)
1930-1935	J. J. MacLellan (?-1955)
1935-1942	Donald Gordon McKenzie (1887-1963)
1942-1948	John Edward Brownlee (1883-1961)
1948-1960	R. C. Brown
1960-1964	S. S. Sears
1964-1965	L. F. Snyder
1965-1979	Allan Smith
1979-1983	Ted M. Allen
1983-1989	D. Roy Cusitar
1989-1992	?
1992-?	Bryan D. Perkins (Alberta), Don Dobson (Manitoba), Roy W. Piper (Saskatchewan)
?-1996	?
1996-1998	Bryan D. Perkins (Alberta), Henry J. Penner (Manitoba), Roy W. Piper (Saskatchewan)
1998-1999	Bryan D. Perkins (Alberta), Wayne W. Drul (Manitoba), Roy W. Piper (Saskatchewan)
1999-2000	Kenneth M. Motiuk (Alberta), Wayne W. Drul (Manitoba), Roy W. Piper (Saskatchewan)
2000-2001	Kenneth M. Motiuk (Alberta), Wayne W. Drul (Manitoba), Terry V. Youzwa (Saskatchewan)
2001-2002	Melvin A. McNaughton
2002-2007	Jon K. Grant

Second Vice-Presidents

Period	Second Vice-President
1909-1917	Roderick McKenzie (1850-1925)
1917-1929	John Alexander Kennedy (1854-1929)
1929-1930	J. J. MacLellan (?-1955)
1930-1935	John F. Reid
1935-1947	John Morrison
1947-1960	J. Harvey Lane
1960-1964	R. M. Wilson
1964-1970	R. C. Brown
1964-1972	D. L. Trapp
1970-1975	C. S. Banks
1972-1973	Lorne Frederick John Hehn (1936-2015)
1973-1974	D. L. Trapp
1974-1977	Lorne Frederick John Hehn (1936-2015)
1975-1981	W. J. Craddock
1977-1978	W. G. “Bud” Morken
1978-1981	Lorne Frederick John Hehn (1936-2015)
1981-1983	D. Roy Cusitar
1981-1988	W. G. “Bud” Morken
1983-1989	Ted M. Allen
1988-1989	Roy W. Piper

General Managers / Chief Executive Officers

Period	General Manager / Chief Executive Officer
1906-1911	Alexander McIntyre Blackburn (1870-1937)
1911-1917	?
1917-1930	Thomas Alexander Crerar (1876-1975)
1930-1948	Richard Stanley Law (1884-1951)
1948-1961	John Edward Brownlee (1883-1961)
1961-1969	Louis Driscoll (1904-1984)
1969-1974	William Gresson Winslow (1908-1991)
1974-1979	John Wachal
1979-1982	Gordon D. Moss
1982-1990	Gerry W. Moore
1991-2007	Brian Hayward

Treasurers / Chief Financial Officers

Period	Treasurer
1906-1907	J. Spencer
1907-1911	David Keith Mills (c1880-1965)
1911-1912	F. W. Moore
1913-1916	W. Moffatt
1917-1922	Francis Mollison Black (1870-1941)
1922-1930	?
1930-1951	J. B. McNair
1951-1961	Louis Driscoll (1904-1984)
1961-1974	John Wachal
1974-1988	J. G. L. Bennett
1988-1989	R. W. McGowan
1989-1996	?
1996-2004	Peter G. M. Cox
2004-2007	?

Corporate Secretaries

Period	Corporate Secretary
1906-1907	J. Spencer
1907-1912	David Keith Mills (c1880-1965)
1912-1916	W. Moffatt
1917	R. L. Scott
1917-1922	?
1922	E. J. Fream
1922-1930	Richard Stanley Law (1884-1951)
1930-1948	Charles C. Jackson
1948-1966	D. G. Miller
1966-1981	J. A. White
1981-1999	Michael “Mike” Sherman
1999-2004	Thomas “Tom” Kirk
2004-2007	?

Directors (1906-1956)

Director	Period	Residence
John Allan	1906-1909	Cordova
M. T. Allan	1941-1947	?
H. W. Allen	1946-?	?
P. S. Austin	1917-1923	?
N. E. Baumunk	1909-1912	Dundurn, Saskatchewan
Edward E. Bayne (1872-1950)	1930-1950	Winnipeg
C. F. Brown	1917-1918	?
R. C. Brown	1929-1948	?
F. J. Collyer	1917-1944	?
F. W. Collyer	1913-1917	Welwyn, Saskatchewan
Robert Elsom	1906-1909	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
E. J. Fream	1910-1915	Calgary, Alberta
F. M. Gates	1913-1917	Fillmore, Saskatchewan
F. W. Green	1912-1913	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
C. E. Hope	1922-1946	?
W. B. Kirkpatrick	1923-1929	?
T. W. Knowles	1909-1910	Emerson
J. Harvey Lane	1944-1947	?
George Langley	1908-1913	Maymont, Saskatchewan
I. T. Lennox	1906-1908	Melita
S. Loptson	1947-1955	?
J. D. MacFarlane	1947-?	?
J. J. MacLellan	1917-1955	?
J. A. Maharg	1912-1913	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
M. C. McCuaig	1906-1909	Oakland
Donald Gordon McKenzie (1887-1963)	1921-1935	?
Roderick McKenzie (1850-1925)	1908-1909, 1917-1921	Brandon
W. C. Mills	1938-1941	?
William Moffat	1912-1917	Souris
John Morrison	1912-1947	Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan
R. A. Parker	1917-1922	?
Edward A. Partridge (1862-1931)	1906-1912	Sintaluta, Saskatchewan
David Railton	1906-1912	Sintaluta, Saskatchewan
John F. Reid	1914-1917, 1917-1938	Orcadia, Saskatchewan
J. W. Robson	1913-1914	Pelly, Saskatchewan
G. Roose	1929-1938	?
Alexander McInnes “Mac” Runciman (1914-2000)	1955-1961	?
S. S. Sears	1922-1960	?
R. Shannon	1918-1952	?
L. F. Snyder	1955-1964	?
John Spencer	1906-1912	Emerson
H. E. Staples	1950-?	?
J. I. Stevens	1938-?	?
D. L. Trapp	1952-1964	?
A. Von Meilecki	1909-1910	Calgary, Alberta
R. M. Wilson	1948-1960	?
H. C. Wingate	1917-1922	?
J. W. Wood	1915-1917	Wainwright, Alberta

UGG Country Elevators (Manitoba)

Location	Local No.	Rail	Elevator Built	Annex Built	Maximum Capacity (bushels)	Comments
Agnew	167	CNR	1928	-	30,000	Destroyed by fire (13 June 1951) and not rebuilt
Altamont 1	155	CNR	1925	1941	74,500	Renovated (1964), closed (1993), demolished (1994)
Altamont 2	155	CNR	1905	-		Bought from Ogilvie (1960), sold to private owner (?), demolished (1967)
Angusville	240	?	1917	?	?	Destroyed by fire (13 April 1934) and rebuilt (1934), sold to Federal Grain (October 1968)
Arnaud	562	CPR	?	?	91,000	Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959), demolished (1990s)
Ashville	157	CNR	1946	1948, 1952	81,000	Demolished (1995-1997)
Baldur	?		?	?	?	Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959), traded to Manitoba Pool (1968)
Barnsley	159	CPR	1916	-	25,000	Traded to Manitoba Pool (1959)
Beausejour		CPR	1921
Beausejour 1	564	CPR	?	?	55,000	Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
Beausejour 2	564	CPR	?	?	45,000	Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
Beaver	208	CNR	1935	1940, 1958	80,000
Bede	?	CPR	1927			Closed (April 1953) and demolished
Bellsite	565	CNR	1951	?	36,200	Bought from Manitoba Pool (March 1960), closed (November 1975)
Belmont	566	CNR	?	?	96,000	Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959), renovated (1966), destroyed by fire (18 April 1973), rebuilt (1974), demolished (2000)
Benito	247	CNR	1937	1948, 1956	112,000	Closed (1997), demolished (1997)
Beulah	?		?			Built by Western Canada Flour Mills (?), bought (1916), sold to Manitoba Pool (March 1948)
Binscarth	194	CPR	1928	1957	90,000	Destroyed by fire (15 November 1978)
Birch River 1	165	CNR	1933	1940	?	Demolished (2001)
Birch River 2	165	CNR	1950	-	?
Birdtail	179	CNR	1938	1948	55,000	Sold to Manitoba Pool (March 1960)
Boissevain	985	CPR	1967		140,000	Bought from McCabe Grain (1968)
Bowsman 1	250	CNR	1951	-	143,000	Built (1951), demolished (1993)
Bowsman 2	250	CNR	1917	1939, 1948	?	Built (1937), new annexes (1939, 1948), annexes removed (1972, 1980), demolished (1993)
Brandon	177	CPR	1964		105,000	New elevator (January 1964)
Brookdale	181	CPR	1938	1940, 1953	82,000	Closed (24 August 1978), demolished (2013)
Brumlie	?	CNR	?			Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
Brunkild	184	CNR	1927	1940	112,000
Butler	196	CNR	1928	-	30,000	Moved to Cromer (1964)
Candor	?	?	1951	-	35,000
Carberry	558	CPR	1938	1948	56,000	Bought from Reliance Grain (1948), demolished (April 1983)
Cardinal	554	CNR	1929	1940	55,000	Destroyed by fire (26 June 1960) and not rebuilt
Carroll	?	CPR	?			Closed (?), annex moved to Newstead
Cawdor	?	CNR	1951			Moved to Westbourne (1964)
Chillon	?	CPR	1920	1951	60,000	Sold to Manitoba Pool (1960)
Christie	212	CNR	1927	1957	60,000	Closed (31 July 1967), demolished (December 1972)
Clanwilliam	?	CNR				Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
Coatstone	156	CNR	1927	1940	55,000	Closed (31 July 1961), demolished (?)
Cordova	223	CNR	1910	1940	52,000	Closed (31 July 1970), demolished (1972)
Cracknell 1	224	CPR	1922	1956	114,400	Closed (September 1973) and demolished
Cracknell 2	224	CPR	1922			Bought from Manitoba Pool (1966), closed (September 1973) and demolished
Cranmer 1	158	CPR	1928	1953	84,000	Closed (December 1975), demolished (?)
Cranmer 2	158	CPR	1927	-		Built by Matheson-Lindsay Grain (1927), sold to Province Elevator (1928), bought (1948), closed (December 1975), demolished (?)
Cromer 1	166	CNR	1916-1917			Sold to Manitoba Pool (March 1948)
Cromer 2	166	CNR	1928		97,000	Moved from Butler (1964), traded to Manitoba Pool (1979)
Crystal City	?	CPR	1927			Sold to Paterson Grain (1941)
Culross	?	CPR				Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959), sold to Paterson Grain (September 1969)
Cypress River	189	CPR	Before 1917		?	Sold to Manitoba Pool (July 1928)
Cypress River	189	CPR	?			Closed (2001)
Dauphin 1	199	CNR	1924		293,000	Renovated (1968, 1980)
Dauphin 2	199	CNR	1951	1955		Bought from Lake of the Woods (?), sold to Cargill (October 1980)
Decker	?	CNR	1915	?	?	Sold to Manitoba Pool (1928)
Deepdale	?	CNR
Deerwood	155	CNR	?	-	28,000	Purchased from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959), closed (31 July 1970), sold to Seedex (May 1974), demolished (October 2003)
Deloraine	982	CPR	1960	1976	105,000	New elevator (1960), new annex (1976), demolished (2010)
Dominion City	211	CPR	1932	1950, 1957	110,000	Traded from Manitoba Pool (1990)
Dropmore 1	?	CNR	?			Bought from British America (1928), sold to Manitoba Pool (1948)
Dropmore 2	?	CNR	1916			Burned (2 December 1927), rebuilt (1928), sold to Manitoba Pool (1928)
Dunrea	?	CNR				Bought from Paterson Grain (1948)
Durban	?	?	1913			Demolished (June 1929)
Dutton Siding 1	226	CNR	1920	1940	55,000	Closed (30 October 1976) and dismantled
Dutton Siding 2	226	CNR	1920	?	?	Bought from Manitoba Pool (29 November 1971), closed (December 1976) and dismantled
Dutton Siding 3	226	CNR	?	?	?	Traded from Pioneer Grain (1998), sold to Parrish & Heimbecker (2002)
Eden	?	CNR	1927	1940, 1941	76,000
Elgin	169	CNR	?	?	78,000	Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959), renovated (1965), annex moved from Paterson to UGG site (1966)
Elie	572	CNR	?	1959	99,000	Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
Elkhorn	?	CPR	?		?	Bought from Manitoba Government (1924), sold to Manitoba Pool (1928)
Elma	?	CNR	?	?	?	Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959), closed (March 1964) and moved to Whitemouth where it was converted into an annex
Elva	161	CPR	1916		?
Endcliffe	230	CNR	1916	-	30,000	Demolished (?)
Fairfax	?	CNR	?		85,000
Fairview	496	CNR	1935	1940, 1953	85,000	Closed (25 April 1975) and dismantled later that year, replaced by Petrel
Fallison	?	CPR	1918			Sold to Wiley Low (1924)
Fannystelle 1	572	CPR	?	?		Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959), demolished (1981)
Fannystelle 2	572	CPR	?	1970-1971		Bought from Paterson Grain (1968), renovated and annex moved from #1 (1970-1971)
Fort Whyte (Winnipeg)	989	CPR	?		185,000	Destroyed by fire (11 March 2000)
Foxwarren 1	195	CPR	1923	1952	144,000	Demolished (1963) and new elevator built (August 1963)
Foxwarren 2	195	CPR	1902	-		Demolished (1963)
Gilbert Plains	207	CNR	1946	1952, 1961	196,000
Gladstone	204	CPR	1918	1957	165,000	Demolished (?)
Grandview 1	206	CNR	1953	-	259,000	Opened (December 1953), closed (2000), demolished (2000)
Grandview 2	206	CNR	1917	1950		Burned (December 1959)
Graysville	?	CNR	1920	1952	58,300	Demolished (?)
Greenway	190	CNR	1927	1940	27,000	Closed and demolished (1971)
Griswold 1	228	CPR	1940	1947	153,000	Closed (1996), demolished (?)
Griswold 2	228	CPR	?	-	35,000	Bought from Ogilvie Milling via Manitoba Pool (1960), closed (1996), demolished (?)
Gunton	219	CPR	1951	-	31,000	Destroyed by fire (24 July 1951) and rebuilt (September 1951), closed (July 1984)
Hallboro	?	CNR	?			Demolished (1938)
Hargrave 1	229	CPR	1926	1953	59,000	Renovated (1967)
Hargrave 2	229	CPR	1928			Traded from Manitoba Pool (1979), demolished (July 2014)
Hartney 1	169	CPR	1917	1940	155,000	Renovated (1929), demolished (1963), new elevator (November 1963)
Hartney 2	169	CNR	?		?	Demolished (1927)
Hilton	249	CNR	1927	-		Closed (31 July 1966), traded to Manitoba Pool and moved to Ninette (circa 1976)
Homewood 1	252	CNR	1927	1941	67,000	Sold to Manitoba Pool (1974)
Homewood 2	252	CNR	1901	-	?	Sold to Manitoba Pool (1974)
Hubbell	559	CNR	1938	1953	58,000	Purchased from Canada West Grain (July 1948), closed (31 July 1971), demolished (?)
Indian Springs	253	CNR	1951	1940	65,000	Closed (December 1975)
Inglis	254	CPR	1925	1949, 1952	79,100
Isabella	171	CNR	1913	1940	?	Traded to Manitoba Pool (1962), demolished (1978)
Jordan	?	CNR	?		?	Sold to Manitoba Pool (1928)
Kane	?	CNR	1920			New annexes (1952, 1957), bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
Kelloe 1	233	CPR	1902	-		Sold to Manitoba Pool (1960)
Kelloe 2	233	CPR	1925	-		Bought from Paterson Grain (1938)
Kelwood 1	255	CNR	1927	1940	53,000	Closed (14 December 1979) and sold to community
Kelwood 2	255	CNR	1929	?	?	Traded from Manitoba Pool (1971), closed (14 December 1979) and sold to community
Kenton	180	CPR	1920		?	Sold to Lake of the Woods (31 October 1957)
Kenville	?	?	1935			Sold to Manitoba Pool (1949)
Killarney 1	152	CPR	1953	1940	243,000
Killarney 2	152	CPR	1916	1940
Kirkella	?	CPR				Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
Lac du Bonnet 1	976	CPR	?		129,000	Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
Lac du Bonnet 2	976	CPR				Bought from Inter-Ocean Grain (1965)
Lavinia	172	CNR	?	1940		Traded to Manitoba Pool (August 1962)
Leighton	?	CPR	?		30,000	Sold to Manitoba Pool (1928)
Lenore	?	CPR	?			Demolished (1928)
Letellier	212	CNR	1926	1952, 1957	112,000
Liege	256	CNR	1927	1940		Bought from Province Elevator (1932), closed (31 July 1961)
Linklater	?	CPR	1927		30,000	Sold to Manitoba Pool (July 1928)
Lowe Farm	977	CNR	?		97,000	Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
MacGregor	?	CPR	?			Bought from Manitoba government (1912), demolished (August 1926)
Manitou	225	CPR	?	1978	52,000	Bought from McCabe Grain (March 1968), new elevator built (7 December 1973)
Manson	170	CPR	1911	-
Margaret	?	CNR	1926	1940, 1956	67,000	Traded to Manitoba Pool (1971)
Mariapolis	251	CNR	1948	-	53,000	Leased (1912) then leased (1926) from Manitoba government, demolished (1937) and rebuilt, demolished (1986) and rebuilt
			1926	1940
Mather	151	CPR	1917	1953	59,000	Traded to Manitoba Pool (1971)
McAuley	258	CPR	1926	-
McCreary	201	CNR	1917	1940	80,000
Medora	163	CPR	1926	1940, 1951	131,000
Melita 1	162	CPR	1926	1906, 1940
Melita 2	162	CPR	1956	1965	119,000	Renovated (1979)
Miami	244	CNR	1924			Purchased from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959), sold to Federal Grain (March 1970)
Minitonas	?	CNR	?		30,000	Sold to Manitoba Pool (1926)
Minnedosa	984	CPR	1966	1967	169,000
Minto	?	CNR	?		83,000
Moline	174	CNR	1913			Traded to Manitoba Pool (1948)
Morden	988	CPR	?		80,000
Myrtle	214	CNR	1928	1934, 1955	102,000	Demolished (1984)
Neelin	259	CNR	1928	1955	81,000
Neepawa	238	CPR	1938	1940, 1958, 1978	152,000	Renovated (1971)
Nesbitt	191	CPR	1926	1950, 1953	79,000
Newdale	236	CPR	1925	1925, 1941	111,000
Newstead	990	CPR	1936		84,000	Bought from McCabe Grain (1968), renovated and annex moved from Carroll (?), closed (30 June 1982)
Newton Siding	541	CNR	1935	1951	52,000	Closed (31 July 1972)
Ninga	154	CPR	1929	1955	82,000	Traded to Manitoba Pool (1979)
Norman (Oakner)	444	CNR	October 1984	-	-
Novra	561	CNR	1952	-	31,000	Closed (3 April 1980)
Oak River 1	979	CPR	1921			New annex (1949), bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
Oak River 2	979	CPR	1958			New annex (1951), bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
Oak River 3	979	CPR	1960			Traded from Manitoba Pool (1974)
Oakburn	542	CNR	1933	1949, 1967	138,000
Oakville	185	CNR	1956	1917, 1961	193,000
Ochre River	?	CNR	1916			Destroyed by fire (15 April 1921) and not rebuilt
Otterburne	543	CPR	1935	-	26,000	Bought from local farmer cooperative (1920) and rebuilt (June 1935), closed (July 1971) and demolished (April 1972)
Penrith	?	CPR	?			Demolished (1957)
Petrel	210	CNR	1975	-	150,000	Replaced elevators at Fairview and Wellwood
Pipestone 1	167	CPR	1927	1952	55,000	Renovated (1967-1968), demolished (19 March 1992)
Pipestone 2	167	CPR	?			Traded from Manitoba Pool (April 1979), demolished (19 March 1992)
Plum Coulee 1	992	CPR	?	?	110,000	Bought from McCabe Grain (September 1968), annexes demolished (1979, 1980)
Plum Coulee 2	992	CPR	?	1977	206,000	Bought from Manitoba Pool (1972)
Plumas 1	203	CNR	1949	1952	144,000	Renovated (1976), annex from Tenby (1977)
Plumas 2	203	CNR	1926	-		Destroyed by fire (28 December 1974)
Plumas 3	203	CNR	1898	-		Bought from Western Canada Flour Mills (June 1940)
Portage la Prairie 1	232	CPR	1962		120,000
Portage la Prairie 2	232	CNR	?		138,800	Bought from McCabe Grain (March 1968)
Rackham	?	CNR				Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
Rathwell 1	545	CPR	1927	1940, 1941, 1958	128,300	Destroyed by fire (22 August 1941), rebuilt (October 1941)
Rathwell 2	545	CPR				Bought from Paterson Grain (September 1969)
Renwer	546	CNR	1934	1950	67,000	Closed (30 April 1977)
Reston	166	CPR	1959	1953	?	New elevator (10 August 1959) replaced an earlier one, demolished (c2001)
Rhodes	?	CPR	?		30,000	Sold to Manitoba Pool (1928)
Riding Mountain	547	CNR	1937	1940	50,000	Destroyed by fire (31 October 1936) and rebuilt, closed (31 July 1972) and demolished
Rignold	232	CNR	1938	1955	82,000
Rivers	176	CNR	1957	1980	74,000	New elevator replaced Wheatland (1957), traded to Cargill (1993)
Roland 1	549	CNR	1938	1941	112,000	Demolished (July 2001)
Roland 2	549	CNR	1895	-
Rorketon	550	CNR	1924	1951	52,000	Closed (August 1980)
Rosebank 1	244	CNR	1927	1953	106,000	Renovated (1970)
Rosebank 2	244	CNR	1920	1953	?	Purchased from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959), demolished (1980)
Rossendale	551	CNR	1913	1940, 1953	52,000	Closed (1975), sold for demolition (1977), annex moved to Baker Hutterite Colony (1978)
Rufford	175	CNR	1910	1940		Closed (30 April 1968), demolished (April 1971)
Russell	240	CPR	1925	1953	112,000	New elevator built and old elevator became annex (1963)
St. Claude 1	552	CPR	1927	1952	109,000
St. Claude 2	552	CPR	1914			Bought from Ogilvie (1959), traded from Manitoba Pool (1960)
Ste. Anne	986	CNR	?	1972	55,000	Bought from McCabe Grain (March 1968)
Ste. Rose 1	200	CNR	1946	1955	91,000	Destroyed by fire (22 September 1962)
Ste. Rose 2	200	CNR	1912	1956
Shoal Lake	234	CPR	1928	1953	120,100
Shoal Lake	234	CPR	1983			Opened (3 May 1983)
Shoal Lake	-	CPR	2000	-	?	Opened (27 July 2000)
Shortdale	553	CNR	1933	1940, 1955	82,000
Sifton	209	CNR	1917	1950	90,000	Destroyed by fire (26 June 1926), bought North Star elevator to replace (1926), new elevator and old elevator converted to annex (1957), old elevator-annex demolished (1971)
Silverton 1	241	CNR	1917			Demolished (1963)
Silverton 2	241	CNR	1940	1963	99,000	Traded from National Grain (1946) for Solsgirth, renovated with new annex (1963), traded to Manitoba Pool (1974)
Sinclair	222	CPR	1927	-		Traded to Manitoba Pool (1959)
Solsgirth	197	?	1924	-		Traded to National Grain (April 1946) for Silverton
Somerset 1	554	CNR	1928	1940	50,000	Renovated with new annex (1977)
Somerset 2	554	CNR	?			Bought from Paterson Grain (April 1981)
Souris 1	227	CPR	?		320,000	Bought from McCabe Grain (March 1968)
Souris 2	227	CPR	1961			Bought from McCabe Grain (March 1968)
Sperling	184	CNR	?	1959	128,000	Purchased from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959), renovated (1967), demolished (?)
Strathclair 1	235	CPR	1925	1957	119,000	Sold to Manitoba Pool (1974)
Strathclair 2	235	CPR	?			Bought from Pioneer Grain (1969), sold to Manitoba Pool (1974)
Swan Lake 1	216	CNR	1925	1940, 1955	102,000
Swan Lake 2	216	CNR	?			Traded from Manitoba Pool (1971)
Swan Lake 3	216	CNR	?			Bought from Manitoba Pool (1974), destroyed by fire (1988)
Tenby	202	CNR	1917	1954	67,000	Closed (October 1977), annex moved to Plumas, sold to Cargill (1978)
Terence	?	CNR	1917			Closed (July 1954) and demolished
Treherne	188	CPR	1927	1959	113,000	Traded to Manitoba Pool (1990)
Underhill	556	CNR	1903	-
Valley River	?	CNR	1912			Sold to British America (July 1940)
Valpoy	?	CNR	c1924
Virden	182	CPR	1916	-	93,000	Moved to new town site and renovated (1964)
Vista 1	243	CNR	1934	1949	105,700
Vista 2	243	CNR	1908			Bought from Northern Elevator (1940), demolished (May 1947)
Vista 2	243	CNR	?	1963, 1963		Bought from Manitoba Pool (October 1968)
Wassewa	?	CNR				Purchased from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959)
Wellwood	246	CPR	1919	1940, 1955	90,000	Closed (25 April 1975) and dismantled, replaced by Petrel
Westbourne	557	CPR	1938	1940	78,000	Elevator moved from Cawdor and renovated into annex (1964), demolished (1990s)
Wheatland	176	?	1905	?	?	Bought (1924), destroyed by fire (September 1957) and rebuilt at Rivers
Whitemouth	981	CPR	?		59,000	Bought from Canadian Consolidated Grain (1959), annex brought from Elma (1964), facility closed (July 1979)
Winnipeg (Fort Rouge)	?	CNR	1961			Purchased from Red River Grain (1961), demolished (1962)
Winnipeg (Red River)	231	CNR	1961		115,000	Purchased from Red River Grain (1961)
Woodnorth	165	CNR	?		?	Sold to Manitoba Pool (1928)

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Sidney James Allanson [Next of Kin]	Clerk	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Corporal	12 May 1894	18 July 1916
James Duncan Brown	Clerk	9th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), British Army	Private	1891	25 September 1915
James Herbert Courtnall [Next of Kin, St. Paul's Presbyterian]	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 September 1897	28 April 1917
Wilfred Ferguson MacDonald	Clerk	18th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps	Second Lieutenant	1895	23 May 1917
Edgar Albert MacLean [Next of Kin]	Accountant	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 June 1889	11 May 1916
Cyril William Mann [Next of Kin]	Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 December 1895	15 September 1916
Henry Thomas May	Acountant	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 April 1889	3 October 1916
William Lorne Milton	Grain Buyer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 March 1896	8 January 1917
Ronald William Morrison	Editor	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 October 1877	26 October 1917
Harold John Peters	Clerk	The Fort Garry Horse	Private	23 December 1895	20 November 1917
Basil Gilbert Roberts	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 October 1888	25 April 1915
Francis Morrison Shirriff [Next of Kin]	Student	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 January 1893	8 May 1917
Alexander Beverage Sinclair [Next of Kin, Westminster]	Clerk	87th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 April 1895	5 September 1916
John Houghton Smith [Binscarth]	Grain Buyer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 June 1886	26 October 1918
Russell Porterfield Stanlake	Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	28 January 1895	8 October 1916
Charles Russell Stinson MC [Brandon Armoury, Next of Kin, St. Margarets, St. Matthew's Anglican, Canadian Club]	Grain Salesman	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Major	25 August 1886	6 November 1917
Caspar de Freitaz West	Accountant	102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	31 May 1880	12 May 1917

See also:

Manitoba Business: Manitoba Pool Elevators / Agricore

Sources:

“The Honor Roll: Employees of Organized Farmers’ Companies Who are Serving with the Colors,” The Grain Growers’ Guide, 13 October 1915, page 22.

“Winnipeg Grain Exchange: Greeting to Peace,” Winnipeg Grain Exchange, 1918.

The First Fifty Years: A History of United Grain Growers Limited by R. D. Colquette, Winnipeg: The Public Press Limited, 1957.

Annual Reports, United Grain Growers Limited, MSS 76, Boxes 30-31, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

“UGG appointment,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 September 1979, page 57.

“UGG appointment,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 September 1983, page 47.

“UGG appointment,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 January 1991, page 13.

Pipestone elevator demolition, Reston Recorder, 1 April 1992.

“Allen re-elected UGG head,” Russell Banner, 17 November 1992, page 11.

“Explosive blaze guts landmark elevator,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 March 2000, page A1.

“UGG ribbon set for snipping,” Brandon Sun, 22 July 2000, page 5.

“Agricore shuts down elevators temporarily,” Brandon Sun, 3 January 2001, page 1.

“Merger: Agricore and UGG officially united,” Swan Valley Star and Times, 6 November 2001, page 7.

United Grain Growers Limited Fonds, MSS 76, Box 54, File 16, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

We thank Eddie Maendel and Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 November 2021