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In 1936, a group of American conservationists came to Manitoba and met with such businessmen as lawyer Edward Pitblado (President of the Manitoba Game and Fish Association), and grain merchants James Richardson and Norman Paterson, encouraging them to establish an organization to restore and conserve habitat for ducks and other waterfowl. A charter of incorporation for the new organization was received on 17 March 1937. It was operated by a temporary group of directors until 1938 when the first meeting of Ducks Unlimited Canada, at the Fort Garry Hotel, occurred on 1-2 April 1938.
Chairmen
Period |
Chairman |
1938-1942 |
William G. Ross |
1943-1944 |
O. Leigh Spencer |
1945-1947 |
William C. Fisher |
1948-1949 |
L. T. McKim |
1950-1951 |
Walter F. Tisdale (1887-1960) |
1952-1953 |
L. T. McKim |
1954-1956 |
W. F. W. Hancock |
1957-1959 |
W. M. Martin |
1960 |
W. F. W. Hancock |
1961-1962 |
Richard Henry Gardyne Bonnycastle (1903-1968) |
1963-1964 |
Fred S. Auger |
1965-1968 |
W. Kenneth Martin |
1969 |
Fred S. Auger |
1970 |
W. M. Martin |
1971-1972 |
Lorne M. Cameron |
1973-1974 |
Robert A. White |
1975-1976 |
Roderick Oliver Alexander Hunter (1915-2001) |
1977-? |
Duncan M. Jessiman |
Presidents
Period |
President |
1938-1939 |
William G. Ross |
1940-1942 |
O. Leigh Spencer |
1943-1944 |
William C. Fisher |
1945-1946 |
S. S. Holden |
1947 |
William G. Ross |
1948-1949 |
Walter F. Tisdale (1887-1960) |
1950-1951 |
L. T. McKim |
1952-1953 |
W. F. W. Hancock |
1954 |
Gordon Edward Konantz (c1896-1954) |
1955-1956 |
William M. Martin |
1957-1960 |
Richard Henry Gardyne Bonnycastle (1903-1968) |
1961-1962 |
Fred S. Auger |
1963-1964 |
W. Kenneth Martin |
1965-1966 |
Robert A. Kramer |
1966 |
Peter Bawden |
1967 |
Festus S. Sharpe (1903-1998) |
1968 |
W. Kenneth Martin |
1969-1970 |
Lorne M. Cameron |
1971-1972 |
Robert A. White |
1973-1974 |
Roderick Oliver Alexander Hunter (1915-2001) |
1975-1976 |
Duncan M. Jessiman |
1977-1978 |
Hugh H. Mackay |
1979 |
John D. McDiarmid |
1980 |
Douglas Cole Groff (1912-1993) |
1981 |
G. Fitzpatrick Dunn |
1982-1983 |
Herbert H. Cowburn |
1984-1985 |
William John “Jack” McKeag (1928-2007) |
1986-1987 |
Arthur L. Irving |
1988-1989 |
Duncan W. Sinclair |
1990-1991 |
John C. Eaton |
1992-1993 |
Claude Hooper Wilson (1931-2017) |
1994-1995 |
William G. Turnbull |
1996-1998 |
George C. Reifel |
1999-2000 |
G. Tod Wright |
2001-2002 |
Mel F. Belich |
2003-2004 |
John R. Messer |
2005-2007 |
Peter D. Carton |
General Managers
See also:
Manitoba Organization: Delta Waterfowl Foundation
Sources:
Ducks and Men: Forty Years of Co-operation in Conservation by W. G. Leitch, Winnipeg: Ducks Unlimited Canada, 1978.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 July 2023
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