The Manitoba Association of Architects was established on 25 May 1906 at a meeting of some 35 architects in the Manitoba Hall. A constitution was adopted, by-laws began to be written, and a founding slate of officers was elected: Samuel Frank Peters (President), John Hamilton Gordon Russell (First Vice-President), Charles Henry Wheeler (Second Vice-President), Leonard Temple Bristow (Treasurer), and Walter Percy Over (Secretary), with John Danley Atchison, James Chisholm, William Alexander Elliott, Joseph Greenfield, and Samuel Hooper as Directors. The new organization’s first annual meeting was held on 16 November 1906.
Year
President
1906-1907
Samuel Frank Peters (1847-1926)
1908-1909
Samuel Hooper (1851-1911)
1909-1910
Joseph Greenfield (1845-1910)
1910-1911
John Hamilton Gordon Russell (1863-1946)
1911-1912
John Danley Atchison (1870-1959)
1912-1913
William Fingland (1862-1946)
1913-1914
?
1914-1915
Herbert Edward Matthews (1867-1941)
1915-1916
Walter Percy Over (1874-1944)
1916-1917
James Bertram Mitchell (1852-1945)
1917-1918
Lewis Henry Jordan (1866-1939)
1918-1919
David Wynyard Bellhouse (1861-1952)
1919-1920
Ralph Benjamin Pratt (1872-1950)
1920-1921
Charles Saunders Bridgman (1876-1965)
1921-1922
John Nelson Semmens (1879-1960)
1922-1923
John Walker Smart (1872-1941)
1923-1924
George William Northwood (1877-1959)
1924-1925
Donald Aynsley Ross (1877-1956)
1925-1926
John Hamilton Gordon Russell (1863-1946)
1926-1927
John Manuel (1879-1933)
1927-1928
Gilbert C. Parfitt (1887-1966)
1928-1929
Cyril William Upton Chivers (1879-1969)
1929-1930
Edward Parkinson (1878-1953)
1930-1932
James William Hawker (1870-1941)
1932-1933
Arthur Edward Cubbidge (1881-1952)
1933-1934
David Wynyard Bellhouse (1861-1952)
1934-1935
Francis Norlande “Frank” Ruttan (1885-1970)
1935-1936
Lawrence John Green (1899-1969)
1936-1937
Milton Smith Osborne (1897-1972)
1937-1938
Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody (1903-1991)
1938-1939
F. W. Watt
1939-1940
Edgar Prain (1881-1958)
1940-1941
Cyril William Upton Chivers (1879-1969)
1941-1942
John Nelson Semmens (1879-1960)
1942-1943
Gilbert C. Parfitt (1887-1966)
1943-1944
Robert Elbert “Bob” Moore (1909-1995)
1944-1945
Ewart Fitz Munn (1885-1968)
1945-1946
George Garpar Teeter (1874-1949)
1946-1947
Lawrence John Green (1899-1969)
1947-1949
Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody (1903-1991)
1949-1950
Eric William Thrift (1912-1995)
1950-1952
Gordon Leslie Russell (1901-1977)
1952-1953
John Alonzo Russell (1907-1966)
1953-1955
Ernest John Smith (1919-2004)
1955-1956
Cecil Nathan Blankstein (1908-1989)
1956-1957
E. G. Simpson
1957-1958
Norman Campbell Hall Russell (1905-1978)
1958-1959
George Andrew Stewart (1922-1994)
1959-1961
James Elmhurst “Jim” Searle (1929-2020)
1961-1962
Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody (1903-1991)
1962-1963
Stewart Eric Lindgren (1920-1994)
1963-1964
Isadore “Issie” Coop (1926-2003)
1964-1965
James Ewart “Jim” Whenham (1922-2006)
1965-1967
Dennis H. Carter (1920-2012)
1967-1968
Mel Peaslee Michener (1930-2017)
1968-1969
James Hamilton “Jim” Christie (1929-2014)
1969-1970
Alan Hugh Hanna (1931-2025)
1970-1971
Gerald A. Libling (1930-2008)
1971-1972
D. M. Aitken
H. S. Briggs1972-1973
Marshall Ernest Haid (1937-2012)
1973-1974
Michael David “Mike” Rattray (1931-2022)
1974-1975
Marshall Ernest Haid (1937-2012)
1975-1976
L. Plotkin
1976-1977
William Donald “Don” Baldwin (1925-2006)
1977-1978
Gordon William McGarva (c1936-2019)
1978-1979
Jim Orzechowski (1944-2003)
1979-1980
Melville James “Jim” McFeetors (1933-2014)
1980-1981
1981-1982
John Robert Davenall Turner (1937-1990)
1982-1983
J. S. Stirton
1983-1984
J. C. Petersmeyer
1984-1985
M. R. Giffin
1985-1986
T. Cristall
1986-1987
J. Weselake
1987-1988
N. Rohatgi
1988-1989
W. Kinrade
1989-1990
J. Lehrman
1990-1991
Melvin E. “Mel” Craven (?-2004)
1991-1992
T. Llewellin
1992-1993
R. Eastwood
1993-1994
P. Reynolds
1994-1995
A. Wach
1995-1997
D. Simpson
1997-1998
Stephen Carl “Steve” Cohlmeyer (1946-2021)
1998-1999
G. Stemler
1999-2000
H. Funk
2000-2001
R. Linley
2001-2002
J. White
2002-2003
T. Leblond
2003-2004
D. Oliver
2004-2005
T. Dannelley
2005-2006
Dean Syverson
2006-2007
B. Ottenbreit
2007-2008
Jim Wagner
2008-2009
S. Rhoda
2009-2010
Michael J. Cox
2010-2011
A. Martin
2011-2012
J. Peters
2012-2013
D. Kressock
2013-2014
K. Woloschuk
2014-2015
L. McCormick
2015-2016
D. Lalama
2016-2017
V. Reimer
2017-2018
M. Kuilman
2018-2019
R. Winslow
2019-2020
L. Oster
2020-2021
D. Hanna
2021-2022
M. Duhoux
2022-2023
J. Trenholm
2023-2024
G. Little
2024-2025
Rina Ricci
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Swiss Building (137 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Architectural Survey of Rural Manitoba (1964-1968)
Memorable Manitobans: Architects of Manitoba
Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Association of Landscape Architects
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“Manitoba Association of Architects”, The Canadian Architect and Builder, Volume 19, Issue 12, Page 190, December 1906.
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“Architects hold annual meeting,” Manitoba Free Press, 25 November 1910, page 24.
“Architects meet,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 September 1912, page 24.
“Semmens hears architects,” Manitoba Free Press, 26 January 1921, page 5.
“Architects elect,” Manitoba Free Press, 21 January 1922, page 15.
“Manitoba architects elect new officers,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 January 1922, page 3.
“Manitoba architects elect new officers,” Manitoba Free Press, 27 January 1926, page 5.
Editorial note, Manitoba Free Press, 19 January 1928, page 9.
“Egyptian glory is featured at Beaux Arts ball,” The Manitoban, 15 February 1935, page 4.
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“G. Parfitt to head architects' society,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 January 1942, page 3.
“Building backlog,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 January 1946, page 4.
“Moody elected S.A.S. President,” The Manitoban, 6 February 1948, page 8.
“Two faculties bid farewell to 1949 graduating class,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 March 1949, page 13.
“Architects elect G. L. Russell,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 January 1950, page 13.
“Heads architects,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 March 1954, page 13.
“President returned,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 February 1965, page 22.
“Architect hopes built on projects in the wind,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 January 1981, page 13.
Obituary [Gordon William McGarva], Winnipeg Free Press, 9 February 2019.
We thank Robert Hill for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 June 2025
