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.

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