Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Associated Boards of Trade / Manitoba Chambers of Commerce
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Presidents | Sources
The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce was established in 1929 as an umbrella group for local chambers and a lobby for businesses around the province. Known originally as the Manitoba Associate Boards of Trade, it was received its present name around 1948.
Presidents
Period
President
1929-1934
William Sanford Evans (1869-1949)
1934-1941
Arthur E. Parker (c1886-1953)
1941-1943
Charles Ernest Stockdill (1881-1960)
1943-1944
Arthur Gordon Buckingham (1885-1961)
1944-1946
Calvert Charlton Miller (1899-1978)
1946-1949
Donald Gordon McKenzie (1887-1963)
1949-1950
Edward Cecil Gilliat (1887-1960)
1950-1951
Alfred William “Bill” Hanks (1894-1985)
1951-1952
J. B. Craig
1952-1956
?
1956-1957
Bernard Rodolph “Bernie” Wolfe (1922-2014)
1957-1962
?
1962-1963
Frank Elding Price (1931-2015)
1963-1970
?
1970-1971
David Robert Blake (1925-2008)
?-?
Graeme Thomson Haig (1923-1993)
?-?
William Hamilton “Bill” Gray (1917-2015)
?-?
Neil Gerard MacPhee (1918-2014)
Executive Directors
Period
Executive Director
early 1990s
Anne Doherty (1935-2019)
Sources:
“Gray will speak on route east of lakes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 March 1929, page 5.
“Manitoba Trade Boards elect 1933 officers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 December 1932, page 10.
“Manitoba Boards of Trade adopt development program,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 December 1938, page 5.
“A. E. Parker re-named Boards of Trade head,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 December 1939, page 3.
“Boards of Trade ask early action on Sirois Report,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 February 1941, page 13.
“Elected,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 December 1943, page 25.
“Trade Boards elect Miller,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 February 1944, page 2.
“Associated Boards to present resolutions to Premier and Cabinet,” Brandon Sun, 26 January 1952, page 9.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 June 2019
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