Manitoba Organization: St. John’s College

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St. John’s College was established formally by 1 November 1866 on the instruction of newly arrived Anglican cleric Robert Machray.

Wardens

Period

Rector

1866-1873

John McLean (1828-1886)

1873-1904

Robert Machray (1831-1904)

1904-1921

George Frederick Coombes (1856-1922)

1921-1934

George Anderson Wells (1877-1964)

1935-1941

Walter Foster Barfoot (1893-1978)

1941-1943

R. S. K. Seeley

1943-1950

R. J. Pierce

1950-1960

Laurence Frank “Laurie” Wilmot (1907-2003)

1961-1968

Charles Cecil Landon (c1904-1968)

1968-1970

Blake Wood - Acting

1970-1980

James R. Brown

1980-1997

Murdith McLean

1992-1993

Mary Kinnear - Acting

1993-1997

Murdith McLean

1997-2011

Janet A. Hoskins

2011-?

Christopher G. Trott

Honorary Degree Recipients

Recipient

Year

Degree

Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)

1970

Doctor of Canon Law

Walter Heath Jones (1928-2003)

1970

Doctor of Divinity

H. J. P. Schaffter

1970

Honorary Fellow

Jeanne Tuckwell

1970

Honorary Fellow

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John’s College (Main Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John the Evangelist Chapel (92 Dysart Road, Winnipeg)

MHS Centennial Organization: University of Manitoba

St. John’s College: Faith and Education in Western Canada by J. M. Bumsted, University of Manitoba Press, 2006.

Sources:

“College to honor 4 with degrees,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 October 1970.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 March 2023