Manitoba Organization: St. Charles Country Club

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This private golf and recreation club in west Winnipeg was founded on 29 September 1905 by 23 prominent city businessmen. A. M. Nanton was elected the first president of the Club, with F. H. Brydges as secretary, and J. R. Waghorn as treasurer. They decided to purchase 200 acres of land along the Assiniboine River, near Sturgeon Creek, for $20,000. Debentures were issued to raise funds to build a clubhouse, stable, water tank and pump; an 18-hole golf course was planned, and club memberships were offered for $25 (men) and $10 (women).

Founders

Henry Martyn Belcher (1856-1923)

Charles Brydges

Frederick Henderson Brydges (1852-1928)

John Brydges

Henry Havelock Chown (1859-1944)

Edward Lancaster Drewry (1851-1940)

Frederick William Drewry (1855-1927)

Francis “Frank” Arthur Drummond (1857-1936)

Alan Campbell Ewart (1875-?)

William Mann Fisher (1858-1920)

Hector Mansfield Howell (1842-1918)

Gordon Mackenzie

Thomas Graham Mathers (1859-1927)

Duncan Wendell McDermid (1858-1909)

Frank Morton Morse (1861-1931)

Hugh Ross (1856-1894)

Henry Norlande Ruttan (1848-1925)

E. C. Ryan

Eliphalet Edward Sharpe (1870-1948)

Clarence Day Shepard (1872-1949)

Roderick Ross Sutherland (1862-1945)

W. D. Taylor

James Rawlinson Waghorn (1859-1942)

Presidents

Period

President

1904-1908

Augustus Meredith Nanton (1860-1925)

1909-1910

James Stewart Tupper (1851-1915)

1911

Samuel Peck Clark (1859-1924)

1912-1913

William Methven Whyte (1843-1914)

1913

Frederick William Drewry (1855-1927)

1914

Peter Douglas Lyall (1878-1945)

1915

Stephen Elswood Richards (1878-1950)

1916-1917

William Blackstock Lanigan (1861-?)

1918

William Henry McWilliams (1860-?)

1919

Thomas Richard Billett (1863-1936)

1920-1922

Fletcher S. Andrews (1869-?)

1923-1924

Hugh Northcote Baird (1877-1948)

1925

John Charles Gage (1876-1930)

1926

Donald R. Dingwall

1927

John Percival “Price” Montague (1882-1966)

1928-1929

Claude Fitzherbert Joyce (?-1962)

1930-1931

Clarence W. Jackson

1932-1933

Ralph Keir Beairsto (1884-1950)

1934-1935

John Herbert Riley (1885-1960)

1936-1937

William Charles Casey (c1883-1970)

1938-1939

Robert Dunbar Guy (1880-1971)

1940

Gordon Samuel Fahrni (1887-1995)

1941-1943

Robert G. Persse (1879-1946)

1944-1945

Wesley McCurdy (1881-1961)

1946-1947

Andrew Milligan

1948-1949

Harold L. Saunders

1950-1952

D. Bruce Shaw

1953-1956

Henry Benning Monk (1909-1996)

1957-1958

Jack Sheridan Lightcap (1904-1963)

1959-1960

J. Ross Murray

1961-1962

William A. Rose

1963-1964

William Cooper “Bill” Gardner (1922-2003)

1965-1967

Alan Sweatman (1920-2012)

1968-1969

Dwight Parkinson (1916-2005)

1970-1973

Warren Jackson “Jack” Hopwood (1914-1974)

1974

George Gosko

1974-1976

Don Fenwick

1977

Alan Maxwell

1978-1979

Iain Laing

1980

Al Moore

1981-1982

Robert Chipman

1983-1984

David Stevenson

1984

Ron Robbins

1985-1986

Steve Bannatyne

1987-1988

Gary Brown

1989-1992

Michael Evans

1993-1994

Fred Gould

1995

John Rae

1996

Robert Kennedy

1997-1998

Wayne Leslie

1999-2000

Lloyd McGinnis

2001-2002

Les Allen

2003-2004

Ken Mould

Founding Members (1905-1907)

Member

Share Issued

John Somerset Aikins (1850-1911)

12 July 1905

James Albert Manning Aikins (1851-1929)

12 July 1905

John Aird (1855-1938)

12 July 1905

Montague Aldous (1850-1946)

12 July 1905

George William Allan (1860-1940)

12 July 1905

William Rae Allan (1864-1926)

12 July 1905

Charles Valentine Alloway (1850-1929)

12 July 1905

William Forbes Alloway (1852-1930)

12 July 1905

Thomas Alderson Anderson (1855-1919)

11 August 1905

Alfred Augustus Andrews (1865-1912)

18 July 1905

Alfred Joseph Andrews (1865-1950)

12 July 1905

Fletcher S. Andrews (1869-1949)

18 July 1905

P. C. Andrews

12 July 1905

John Arbuthnot (1861-1931)

26 March 1906

Heber Archibald (1846-1941)

12 July 1905

H. Armstrong

7 August 1905

James Henry Ashdown (1844-1924)

12 July 1905

P. R. Babcock

19 June 1907

Donald Henderson Bain (1874-1962)

12 July 1905

W. M. Bain

7 August 1905

Hugh Northcote Baird (1877-1948)

12 July 1905

George William Baker (1854-1917)

12 July 1905

William Lee Ball (1851-1919)

6 November 1905

W. Bannatyne

22 July 1905

E. G. Barrett

9 May 1907

L. R. Barrett

9 May 1907

Robert Shepherd Barrow (1865-?)

21 April 1906

Nicholas Bawlf (1849-1914)

12 July 1905

William Richard Bawlf (1881-1972)

21 October 1905

George Montegu Black (1875-1959)

18 July 1905

William Allan Black (1862-1951)

12 July 1905

Henry Martyn Belcher (1856-1923)

12 July 1905

Charles Napier Bell (1854-1936)

12 July 1905

W. J. Bettinger

12 July 1905

Thomas Richard Billett (1863-1936)

26 March 1906

Robert Johnston Blanchard (1853-1928)

21 October 1905

William J. Boyd (1862-1943)

2 October 1907

Nixon John Breen (1872-1954)

12 July 1905

Jeffry Hall Brock (1850-1915)

12 July 1905

H. N. Brodie

12 July 1905

John Hyslop Brown (1860-1917)

21 April 1906

George Francis Bryan (1850-1919)

21 October 1905

R. H. Bryce

25 July 1907

Charles Brydges

12 July 1905

Frederick Henderson Brydges (1852-1928)

12 July 1905

John Brydges

12 July 1905

Manlius Bull (1849-1929)

12 July 1905

R. Burritt

12 July 1907

George J. Bury (1866-1958)

7 May 1906

C. D. Cameron

26 March 1906

H. Cameron

12 July 1905

John Donald Cameron (1858-1923)

12 July 1905

A. M. Campbell

12 July 1905

Colin Howell Campbell (1859-1914)

21 October 1905

Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)

12 July 1905

J. S. Canthe

12 July 1905

J. S. Cape

21 June 1907

George Andrew Carruthers (1875-1957)

26 March 1906

G. I. Carruthers

12 July 1905

Benjamin Elswood Chaffey (1859-1953)

12 July 1905

Edward Bushnell Chambers (1854-?)

19 May 1906

Henry Thomson Champion (1847-1916)

12 July 1905

Clarence Campbell Chipman (1856-1924)

12 July 1905

Henry Havelock Chown (1859-1944)

31 March 1906

Melbourne F. Christie (1864-?)

12 July 1905

William J. Christie (1858-1942)

12 September 1905

J. D. Clark

12 July 1905

O. H. Clark

30 May 1906

Samuel Peck Clark (1859-1924)

12 July 1905

John James Codville (1851-1915)

12 July 1905

Edward M. Counsell (1872-?)

26 March 1906

F. W. S. Crispo

19 May 1906

George Reading Crowe (1852-1924)

12 July 1905

W. J. Cunningham

1 May 1906

Thomas Mayne Daly (1852-1911)

12 July 1905

J. L. Daupe

11 August 1905

D. Dawson

18 July 1905

A. C. Dennis

23 April 1906

C. N. Dennistown

25 May 1907

J. Devine

7 August 1905

J. Dick

24 July 1905

T. S. Dick-Cleland

26 March 1906

Alexander Joseph Douglas (1874-1940)

11 August 1905

Charles Edward Drewry (1877-1966)

7 August 1905

Edward Lancaster Drewry (1851-1940)

12 July 1905

I. Drewry

12 July 1905

Francis “Frank” Arthur Drummond (1857-1936)

26 March 1906

A. Joseph H. Dubuc (1873-?)

12 September 1905

E. A. Duff

9 May 1907

S. Dunn

12 July 1905

C. R. Dunsford

12 July 1905

William Paine Dutton (1872-?)

12 July 1905

H. P. Dwight

12 July 1905

Dawson Kerr Elliott (1853-1945)

18 July 1905

F. W. Ellis

21 October 1905

Charles Henry Enderton (1861-1920)

26 March 1906

Thomas Dixon Byron Evans (1860-1908)

27 September 1905

Alan Campbell Ewart (1875-?)

12 September 1905

G. N. Faller

19 May 1906

John Clare Falls (1854-1924)

7 August 1905

H. F. Farrest

1 August 1906

F. R. Ferguson

26 March 1906

Corelli Collard Field (1869-1922)

18 July 1905

James Fisher (1840-1927)

12 July 1905

J. F. Fisher

12 July 1905

William Mann Fisher (1858-1920)

21 October 1905

L. D. Ford

12 September 1905

Mark Fortune (1847-1912)

18 July 1905

R. W. H. Fortune

18 July 1905

Frank Oliver Fowler (1861-1945)

7 August 1905

L. Fuller

25 May 1907

John Charles Gage (1876-1930)

12 July 1905

E. T. Galt

12 July 1905

George Frederick Galt (1855-1928)

12 July 1905

John Galt (1856-1933)

12 July 1905

W. H. Gardner

11 August 1905

E. F. Garrow

12 July 1905

F. E. Gautier

12 July 1905

J. Geddes

24 July 1905

William Georgeson (1859-?)

12 July 1905

W. M. Georgeson

12 July 1905

T. H. Gilmour

21 October 1905

Alfred Allison Gilroy (1865-1919)

25 May 1907

R. Girdlestone

30 March 1906

Alvin K. Godfrey (1871-1951)

12 September 1905

James Wilford Good (1852-1926)

18 July 1905

Harold Dean Gooderham (1881-?)

12 July 1905

C. D. W. Gordon

1 May 1906

H. Bruce Gordon (1855-?)

21 October 1905

R. G. Gordon

12 July 1905

C. W. Graham

12 July 1905

John Crichton Green-Armytage (1872-?)

22 July 1905

Frederick Thomas Griffin (1853-1935)

7 August 1905

James Young Griffin (1857-?)

18 July 1905

W. H. Gunn

6 April 1906

H. C. Hammond

12 July 1905

David Blythe Hanna (1859-?)

26 March 1906

Alexander Ross Hargraft (1860-1919)

12 July 1905

I. Hartley

12 July 1905

W. Harvey

12 July 1905

J. J. Haslett

6 April 1906

G. V. Hastings

7 August 1905

E. H. Heath

18 July 1905

C. R. Hegam

21 October 1905

R. Henderson

12 July 1905

S. W. Henderson

14 June 1907

W. Hespler

12 July 1905

Frederick W. Heubach (c1859-1914)

26 March 1906

A. I. Hornby

12 July 1905

Alfred Erskine Hoskin (1872-1960)

12 July 1905

John Stanley Hough (1856-1928)

26 March 1906

E. L. Howell

26 March 1906

Hector Mansfield Howell (1842-1918)

18 July 1905

T. A. Hunt

7 August 1905

Hodgson Wilberforce Hutchinson (1862-1949)

12 July 1905

Edwin Alfred James (1865-?)

22 July 1905

A. L. Johnson

22 July 1905

A. W. Johnston

7 August 1905

J. M. Johnston

26 March 1906

James Robert Jones (c1852-1916)

12 July 1905

H. A. Jukes

12 September 1905

R. Kaye

12 July 1905

J. Keaton

12 July 1905

George Knight Killam (1878-?)

12 July 1905

Walter T. Kirby (1858-?)

18 July 1905

E. T. Kobb

11 August 1905

D. H. Laird

5 May 1906

J. R. Lamb

21 April 1906

J. Lane

18 July 1905

William Blackstock Lanigan (1861-?)

22 July 1905

R. Lawson

18 July 1905

E. B. Lemon

26 March 1906

Joseph Lemon (1862-1925)

12 July 1905

W. Lemon

4 May 1906

M. G. Leslie

22 July 1905

P. Lyon

31 March 1906

W. A. Macaffie

12 July 1905

William Elliott Macara (1859-1929)

12 July 1905

A. Macdonald

12 July 1905

Hugh John Macdonald (1850-1929)

12 July 1905

Patrick Anderson “P. A.” Macdonald (1857-1951)

12 July 1905

A. F. D. Macjackin

12 September 1905

G. Mackenzie

21 October 1905

Kenneth Mackenzie (1839-1928)

22 July 1905

R. Mackenzie

21 October 1905

Roderick John Mackenzie (1873-1923)

12 July 1905

W. Mackenzie

12 July 1905

Edward Hamilton Macklin (1863-1946)

7 August 1905

H. C. MacLean

22 July 1905

M. Marris

6 April 1906

G. MacTavish

12 July 1905

D. D. Mann

12 July 1905

Robert Furby Manning (1856-1920)

12 July 1905

Frank M. March (1863-?)

28 May 1906

William Martin (1856-1932)

18 July 1905

E. G. Mathers

12 July 1905

E. A. Matt

21 October 1905

A. McBean

14 June 1907

Bruce McBean (1873-?)

12 July 1905

L. M. McCarthy

8 July 1907

Duncan Wendell McDermid (1858-1909)

12 July 1905

A. J. McDonnell

12 September 1905

R. D. McDonnell

12 July 1905

D. McIntyre

5 May 1906

J. McIntyre

5 May 1906

Peter Campbell McIntyre (1854-1920)

26 October 1906

A. W. McKenzie

12 September 1905

C. McKinnon

6 April 1906

A. D. McKray

7 June 1907

H. Douglas McLaughlin (1878-?)

12 September 1905

R. McLeod

22 July 1905

A. W. McMahon

7 August 1905

W. G. McMahon

7 August 1905

Lendrum McMeans (1859-1941)

12 July 1905

Daniel Hunter McMillan (1846-1933)

12 July 1905

J. W. McMillan

12 July 1905

W. H. McMillan

31 March 1906

William Wallace McMillan (1852-1928)

31 March 1906

C. E. McPherson

12 July 1905

William Henry McWilliams (1860-?)

18 July 1905

Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe (1870-1922)

22 July 1905

D. Michond

12 July 1905

H. Miller

12 July 1905

F. M. Milroy

12 July 1905

George Andrews Mitchell (1857-1909)

7 May 1906

J. A. Mitchell

12 July 1905

J. B. Monk

29 July 1905

Arthur William Moody (1868-1946)

11 August 1905

William James Moran (1870-?)

12 July 1905

G. M. Morang

12 July 1905

J. D. Morice

11 August 1905

Frank Morton Morse (1861-1931)

12 July 1905

T. W. Morse

12 July 1905

W. P. Moss

12 July 1905

John Henry Munson (1859-1918)

12 July 1905

Robert Hill Myers (1856-1921)

12 July 1905

Augustus Meredith Nanton (1860-1925)

17 July 1905

Harry William Nanton (1856-1915)

17 July 1905

Llewelyn Arthur Nares (1860-1939)

17 July 1905

S. B. Nelles

22 July 1905

F. R. Newman

17 July 1905

George Mode Newton (1877-?)

11 August 1905

J. D. O'Brien

17 July 1905

John Waller de Courcy O’Grady (1854-1914)

16 May 1906

H. H. O'Reilly

17 July 1905

E. B. Osler

17 July 1905

Hugh Farquharson Osler (1881-1943)

17 July 1905

Robert Walter Paterson (1876-1936)

17 July 1905

A. R. D. Patterson

31 March 1906

G. Patterson

17 July 1905

T. C. Patton

12 September 1905

H. P. Pennock

11 August 1905

James Brown Pepler (1861-1919)

31 May 1906

J. Persse

17 July 1905

Francis White Peters (1860-?)

9 April 1906

T. L. Peters

11 August 1905

I. Phillips

17 July 1905

Wilford Phillips (1858-1918)

26 March 1906

Frank H. Phippen (1863-1932)

17 July 1905

Isaac Pitblado (1867-1964)

17 July 1905

Thomas Jeffares Porte (1867-1934)

26 March 1906

Samuel W. Prowse (1869-1931)

17 July 1905

M. Putman

17 July 1905

W. Ramage

12 September 1905

A. Reid

18 July 1905

Stephen Elswood Richards (1878-1950)

19 June 1907

J. Robinson

17 July 1905

W. M. Robinson

17 July 1905

Robert Rogers (1864-1936)

11 August 1905

R. A. Rogers

17 July 1905

Robert George Rogers (1889-1945)

9 October 1907

Albert Elswood Richards (1848-1917)

17 July 1905

E. Richards

22 July 1905

W. W. Richardson

17 July 1905

Edward Milward Robinson (1868-?)

21 October 1905

T. Robinson

17 July 1905

W. E. Robinson

7 August 1905

William Rogers (1866-?)

17 July 1905

H. Ross

17 July 1905

W. C. Russel

24 July 1905

Henry Norlande Ruttan (1848-1925)

21 October 1905

E. C. Ryan

17 July 1905

George Leonard Salter (1878-1954)

21 October 1905

C. M. Scott

17 July 1905

Frederick William Scott (1867-1940)

17 July 1905

G. Scott

22 July 1905

J. Scott

9 May 1907

Eliphalet Edward Sharpe (1870-1948)

11 August 1905

Frederick James Sharpe (1868-?)

17 July 1905

George Herbert Shaw (1869-?)

17 July 1905

H. B. Shaw

17 July 1905

Clarence Day Shepard (1872-1949)

24 July 1905

Robert John Shrimpton (1863-1917)

17 July 1905

Clifford Sifton (1861-1929)

17 July 1905

Frank George Simpson (1853-1941)

17 July 1905

Robert Mills Simpson (1865-?)

12 September 1905

I. H. Slater

17 July 1905

H. Smith

17 July 1905

H. J. Smith

17 July 1905

R. A. Smith

17 July 1905

George Soames (1867-1929)

26 March 1906

Frederick William Sprado (1855-1922)

1 June 1906

Daniel Boyce Sprague (1876-1928)

28 April 1906

L. E. Sprague

12 September 1905

C. Y. Stanier

7 August 1905

George Frame Stephens (1851-1921)

17 July 1905

W. B. Sterling

17 July 1905

Frederick Henry Stewart (1872-?)

9 May 1907

W. Stewart

5 May 1906

Frederick William Stobart (1859-1935)

17 July 1905

J. Stouch

21 October 1905

A. M. Stow

17 July 1905

O. W. Sugden

25 April 1906

H. Sutherland

26 March 1906

Roderick Ross Sutherland (1862-1945)

7 May 1906

C. M. Taylor

12 September 1905

H. B. Tatten

31 March 1906

D. Taylor

18 July 1905

James Tees (1854-1906)

7 August 1905

F. D. Thompson

18 September 1905

Robert McDonnell Thomson (1869-1916)

18 July 1905

Frederick William Thompson (1862-1912)

18 July 1905

B. Thomson

22 July 1905

Isaac Capel Tilt (1871-1938)

18 July 1905

John Orchard Todd (1866-?)

8 May 1906

C. Tupper

18 July 1905

James Stewart Tupper (1851-1915)

18 July 1905

William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947)

21 October 1905

Louis Verhoeven (1866-?)

7 May 1906

James Rawlinson Waghorn (1859-1942)

18 July 1905

W. G. Walker

9 August 1907

S. Watson

21 October 1905

John Calder Waugh (1874-1930)

22 July 1905

Richard Deans Waugh (1868-1938)

21 October 1905

T. Harry Webb (1861-?)

26 March 1906

William Webster (1866-?)

20 June 1906

Arthur Wickson (1846-1928)

18 July 1905

Robert Jones Whitla (1846-1905)

18 July 1905

W. White

18 July 1905

Edward Ross Whitehead (1867-1930)

21 October 1905

J. M. Wiley

9 May 1907

C. Williams

16 November 1907

T. Williamson

18 July 1905

B. J. Wilson

13 June 1906

Charles P. Wilson (1859-?)

18 July 1905

Herbert George Wilson (1863-1925)

9 August 1907

William Andrew Windatt (1860-1924)

22 July 1905

George Duncan Wood (1858-1907)

18 July 1905

John Woodman (1861-1944)

18 July 1905

Gordon Ogilvie Woodman (1855-1928)

18 July 1905

Charles Alexander Young (1855-1928)

18 July 1905

R. Young

18 July 1905

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Charles Country Clubhouse (100 Country Club Boulevard, Winnipeg)

St. Charles Country Club, 1905-1965. Private publication of the St. Charles Country Club, University of Manitoba Library.

One Hundred Years at St. Charles Country Club: A Centennial History by Barbara Huck & Doug Whiteway, Winnipeg: Heartland Associates, 2004.

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 October 2019