Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Club

The Manitoba Club was founded on 16 July 1874 at a meeting held at the St. James restaurant in Winnipeg. Attending the meeting were several prominent Manitoba businessman: A. G. B. Bannatyne, Henry T. Champion, W. Gouin, Gilbert McMicken, J. A. N. Provencher, C. W. Radiger, Joseph Royal, W. Osborne Smith, Major Taschereau, and W. B. Taylor. The Club was the first of its kind in western Canada.

Presidents of the Manitoba Club

Period	President
1874-1875	William Osborne Smith (1831-1887)
1875-1879	Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne (1829-1889)
1879-1880	J. R. Rowan
1880-1881	John Farquhar Bain (1849-1905)
1881-1884	Charles John Brydges (1827-1889)
1885	G. B. Spencer
1886-1887	C. R. Hoare
1888-1890	John Farquhar Bain (1849-1905)
1891-1895	William Bain Scarth (1837-1902)
1896-1899	Hugh John Macdonald (1850-1929)
1900-1902	Albert Clements Killam (1849-1908)
1903	Frederick William Stobart (1859-1935)
1904-1909	Duncan Wendell McDermid (1858-1909)
1909-1912	Montague Aldous (1850-1946)
1913-1915	W. O. Nares
1916-1922	George William Allan (1860-1940)
1923-1924	William J. Christie (1858-1942)
1925-1928	Edward Hamilton Macklin (1863-1946)
1929-1930	Stephen Elswood Richards (1878-1950)
1931-1932	George William Northwood (1877-1959)
1933-1934	K. L. Patton
1935-1936	Humphry Ringler Drummond-Hay (1886-1965)
1937-1938	Edwin Godfrey Phipps Baker (1885-1963)
1939-1940	Hugh James Hickey (1868-1947)
1941-1942	Cecil S. Gunn
1943-1944	J. Herbert Riley
1945-1946	John Alexander Gunn (1878-?)
1947	A. C. Reid
1948-1950	Fred James Manning (1885-1966)
1951-1952	J. D. Ruttan
1953-1954	John Draper Perrin (1890-1967)
1955-1957	Charles A. Campbell (?-1972)
1958-1959	Dr. H. D. Kitchen
1960	James Douglas Bulgin (1901-1980)
1961-1962	H. B. McLeod
1963-1964	Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody (1903-1991)
1965-1966	C. E. Atchison
1967	W. S. Sparrow
1968	N. J. Alexander
1969	T. B. Ross
1970-1971	Francis Alexander Lavens “Frank” Mathewson (1905-1994)
1972	Henry Benning Monk (1909-1996)
1973-1974	W. J. A. Bulman
1975-1976	Gerald S. Swindell (c1915-2003)
1977	Alan Edmund Tarr (1913-1995)
1978-1979	J. T. Ellis
1980-1981	D. P. Leaney
1982-1983	D. A. Dever
1984	R. M. Chipman
1985	J. R. F. Taylor QC
1986	W. M. Young
1987	R. A. Fabro
1988	D. C. W. Crewson
1989	C. W. Miller
1990	W. Brown
1991	M. D. Rattray
1992	W. B. Parrish
1993	L. O. Pollard
1994	L. R. McGinnis
1995	F. T. Gould
1996	R. H. Vandewater
1997	G. B. Webster
1998	H. R. Scrivener
1999	B. A. Robinson
2000	T. I. Bartman
2001	G. A. Horne
2002-2003	R. H. May
2004	D. Hugh Comack (1920-2013)
2005	R. W. Cunningham
2006	Mrs. D. A. Brotchie
2007	Dr. J. L. Gray
2008	A. R. Robinson
2009	R. W. Low
2010	B. D. Norrie
2011	R. G. Darling
2012	R. J. Kennedy

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Club (Broadway, Winnipeg)

The Manitoba Club, 100 Years: 1874-1974 by Mary Lile Benham

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 April 2013