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No. 71


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Feb-May 2013



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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

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