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Presidents | Southwest Branch
This organization, based in Winnipeg with branches at several places around the province, was established in 1976.
Presidents
Period |
President |
1976-1980 |
Eric Leonard Jonasson (1948-1998) |
1980-1981 |
Arthur Gordon Pruden (1920-2000) |
1981-1983 |
Susan Cote |
1983-1985 |
Ruth Mary Breckman (1932-2017) |
1985 |
Pat Thomaschewski |
1985-1986 |
Elizabeth Briggs |
1986-1987 |
Ernest McCallum |
1987-1989 |
Kathy Stokes |
1989-1990 |
Carolyn Lumsden |
1990-1991 |
Thelma Finlay |
1991-1993 |
Don Hyde |
1993-1995 |
Daryl Dumanski |
1995-1997 |
Ruth Mary Breckman (1932-2017) |
1997-1999 |
Chris Irwin |
1999-2001 |
Geoffrey Lambert (?-2015) |
2001-2003 |
Bob Stokes |
2003-2006 |
Jayne Paradis |
2006-2010 |
Joan Whiston |
2010-2013 |
Kathy Stokes |
2013-2017 |
Jim Oke |
2017-2019 |
Jayne Paradis |
2019-2020 |
Gordon McBean |
2020-2023 |
Chris Irwin |
Southwest Branch
This branch of the MGS, based in Brandon, was established in 1978 as the Brandon & District Branch.
Branch Presidents
Period |
Branch President |
1978 |
Blair Loree |
1979 |
John Gross |
1980 |
Thomas Stacey |
1981-1982 |
Ernest McCallum |
1983 |
Muriel Bremner |
1984 |
Alvaretta McMannis |
1985 |
Gertrude Gross |
1986 |
Thomas Stacey |
1987-1989 |
Ken Hyndman |
1990 |
Thomas Stacey |
1991-1993 |
Jim Wall |
1994-1995 |
Wayne Digby |
1996-1999 |
Jim Wall |
1999-2000 |
Lorne Hill |
2001-2003 |
Jim Wall |
2004-2006 |
Eleanor Burch |
2007-2008 |
Dennis Descoteu |
2008-2009 |
Graham Switzer |
2010-2013 |
Eleanor Burch |
2014-2017 |
Laura Crookshanks |
2017-? |
George Mackay |
See also:
Manitoba Genealogical Society
Sources:
Obituary [Ruth Mary Breckman], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 December 2017.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 May 2023
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