This organization was founded in 1886 when the Manitoba government passed The Manitoba Dairy Act. In 1941, it merged with the Manitoba Dairy Manufacturers Association to represent both producers and processors.
Period
President
1886-1889
William Wagner (1820-1901)
1890-1891
Charles Arkoll Boulton (1841-1899)
1892-1893
S. M. Barre
1894-1897
John Hettle (1842-1897)
1898
W. M. Champion (Reaburn)
1899
Daniel William McCuaig (1855-1928)
1900
William Grassick (Pilot Mound)
1901
W. M. Champion (Reaburn)
1902
William Ryan (Ninga)
1903
W. M. Champion (Reaburn)
1904-1905
W. B. Gilroy (Austin)
1906-1907
D. Munroe (St. Charles)
1908-1909
W. B. Gilroy (Austin)
1910-1911
J. P. O. Allaire (St. Boniface)
1912-1913
Ira Stratton (1865-1943)
1914
W. H. Smith (Bergen)
1915-1916
L. A. Rose (Brandon)
1917-1920
Alex McKay (Winnipeg)
1921
Robert Arthur Rogers (1862-1929)
1922
Edmund “Ed” Fotheringham (1879-1960)
1923-1924
T. H. Rumball (Miami)
1925
J. H. Farthing (Millwood)
1926-1927
G. W. Tovell (Winnipeg)
1928-1929
Alfred King (Clarkleigh)
1930-1932
William Braid (Oak River)
1933-1934
F. O. Sargent (Petersfield)
1935
William Hollingworth (Kirkfield Park)
1936-1937
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1938
J. J. Castell (Belmont)
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James Wasson Speirs (1888-1980)
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Robert Charles Smellie (1898-1975)
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Omer Van Walleghem (1917-2013)
“Dairy Association of Manitoba gains unique reputation,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 March 1938, page 52.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 October 2019
