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This organization was established in 1925 as the Board of Administrators of the Teachers' Retirement Fund Act, to oversee the newly enacted provincial legislation that mandated all public school teachers in Manitoba (except those in Winnipeg who contributed to the Winnipeg Teachers’ Pension Fund) to contribute 1% of their salary toward a pension.
The founding members of the Board were Colin Campbell Ferguson of the Great West Life Assurance Company, Winnipeg City Treasurer Harry Cowan Thompson, teacher representative Henry Johnston “Harry” Everall, and Secretary W. W. McDonald.
In 1948, the name was changed to the Teachers’ Retirement Allowances Fund and teacher contributions were raised to 5% with an additional contribution from the provincial government.
The organization was presented with an MHS Centennial Organization Award in Fall 2025.
Period
Chair
1925-1937
Colin Campbell Ferguson (1878-1938)
1937-1963
Frank D. MacCharles
1963-1978
James R. McInnes
1979-1993
James Oborne
1993-1994
Anne Monk - Acting
1994-1996
Bob Puchniak
1996
Anne Monk - Acting
1996-1997
William Mackness
1997
Lorne Ross - Acting
1997-2001
Ian Sutherland
2001-2005
Alfred Black
2005-2007
Pat Isaak - Acting
2007-2014
Mal Anderson
2014
Norm Gould - Acting
2014-2016
Ross Dunlop
2016-2018
Norm Gould - Acting
2018-?
Mryton Moen
Period
Vice-Chair
1925-1945
Harry Cowan Thompson (1879-1946)
1948-1952
Gabriel Richard Rowe (1897-1968)
1952-1959
James Anthony Cuddy (1892-1971)
1959-1961
Harold Edwin Richard Murphy (1894-1975)
1961-1962
Arthur Henry Day (1916-1962)
1962-1969
Doris Hunt
1969-1978
Ronald Parkinson
1978-1981
Frank Altman
1981-1983
Murray McKnight
1983-1988
William Lavery
1988-1993
George Strang
1993-1997
Anne Monk
1998-2001
Cordell Barker
2001-2011
Pat Isaak
2011-2014
Henry Shyka
2014-2016
Norm Gould
2016-2018
Kevin Williams - Acting
2018-2019
Norm Gould
2019-2023
James Bedford
2023
Lillian Klausen
2023-?
Nathan Martindale
Name begins: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Member
Period
Laurence S. Alberts
1962-1967
Frank Altman
1972-1983
Oscar Antel
1970-1972
Ethel Marguerite Arnott (1927-1991)
1977-1983
B
Cordell Barker
1995-?
Peter Brown (1896-1986)
1941-1942
W. B. Brown
1946-1952
Samuel Burland (1880-1972)
1928-1937
C
M. B. Cannon
1937-1941
George Carr
1967-1975
Bruce Chegus
1996-?
D. Kenneth Compton
1978-1983
James Anthony Cuddy (1892-1971)
1948-1959
D
Edwyn Dalgliesh
1961-1962
Robert William “Bob” Dalton (1911-1999)
1963-1964
Arthur Henry Day (1916-1962)
1961-1962
Michael Dudar
1969-1975
E
George “Red” Eakin (c1930-2010)
1984-1987
Gerhard Hoeppner “George” Enns (1920-2010)
1974-1976
Henry Johnston “Harry” Everall (1877-1933)
1925-1928
F
Colin Campbell Ferguson (1878-1938)
1925-1937
G
Jack George
1975-1981
William Robert “Bob” Gordon (1921-2001)
1956-1957
H
Doris Hunt
1957-1969
I
Pat Isaak
2000-?
J
Ian L. Jessiman
1964-1970
K
Frank Kennedy
1978-1982
Ralf Kyritz
1980-1981
L
William Lavery
1983-1988
David Lerner
1983-1987, 1988-1995
Michael “Mike” Leung (1927-2016)
1967-1974
J. J. Lysecki
1942-1945
M
F. D. MacCharles
1937-1963
William Mackness
1996-1997
Gary MacMillan
1983-1984
Bob Malazdrewich
2000-?
W. M. McCallum
1979-1980
W. W. McDonald
1925-1929
Doug McGiffin
2000-?
J. R. McInnes
1952-1979
M. R. McIver
1958-1961
Oswald Morton McKay (1891-1990)
1959-1961
Murray R. McKnight
1981-1983
Edith Miller (1906-1990)
1952-1956
James Hilton Moir (1882-1955)
1929-1943
Anne Monk
1987-1997
Harold Edwin Richard Murphy (1894-1975)
1943-1961
N
Gordon G. Newton
1961-1967
O
James Oborne
1979-1993
Jake O'Rourke
1984-1985
P
Ronald Parkinson
1962-1978
Bill Potter
1976-1979
Bob Puchniak
1994-1996
Q
R
Kenneth David “Ken” Rapley (1911-2002)
1975-1978
Art Reimer
1999-?
Lorne Ross
1988-2000
Gabriel Richard Rowe (1897-1968)
1945-1952
S
Roy Schellenberg
1995-1999
Steffie Shumilak
1987-1991
Murray Smith
1984-1988
Wilma Sotas
1997-1999
Ron Statham
1991-1995
George Jackson Strang (1934-2000)
1985-1993
Ian Sutherland
1997-?
T
Abram Jacob Thiessen (1910-2002)
1952-1958
Harry Cowan Thompson (1879-1946)
1934-1947
Marilyn Thompson
1981-1984
U
Tom Ulrich
1993-1999
V
Kenneth Valainis
1981-1985
W
Craig Wallis
1995-1996
Frederick Ray Whiteway (1947-2005)
1982-1984, 1985-1995
X
Y
Z
Period
Secretary-Treasurer / Chief Executive Officer
1925-1963
James Ernest “Jim” Millard (1897-1978)
1963-1988
Glen Buhr
1988-1997
Claude DeGagne
1997-1998
Maureen Gander
1999-2004
Tom Ulrich
2004-2005
Dewar McKinnon
2005-2013
Jeff Norton
2013-2014
Brenda Venuto
2014
Denise Kehler
2014-2015
Brenda Venuto
2015-?
Jeff Norton
Celebrating TRAF: Together, Through 75 Years of Growth by Teachers’ Retirement Allowances Fund, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 October 2025
