Manitoba Organization: Winnipeg Real Estate Board [WinnipegREALTORS Association]

Incorporated in March 1903 as the Winnipeg Real Estate Exchange, later renamed the Winnipeg Real Estate Board, the organization has been known as the WinnipegREALTORS® Association since January 2007. It sponsors an annual presentation of the Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame. Its weekly magazine, Winnipeg Real Estate News, has a column of Heritage Highlights.

Founders of the Winnipeg Real Estate Board

George Montegu Black (1875-1959)

George Frederick Carruthers (1846-1918)

William John Christie (1858-1942)

Henry Samuel Crotty (1843-1923)

Charles Henry Enderton (1861-1920)

William Bevans Fairbank (?-?)

Mark Fortune (1847-1912)

William Hicks Gardner (1875-1951)

James Brown Pepler (1861-1919)

John Hugo Ross (1875-1912)

James Scott (1845-1928)

Arthur Stewart (?-?)

Executives of the Winnipeg Real Estate Board

Period	President
1903-1905	James Scott (1845-1928)
1905-1906	William Grassie (1872-1935)
1906-1907	Mark Fortune (1847-1912)
1907-1908	John Hugo Ross (1875-1912)
1908-1909	?
1909-1910	George Montegu Black (1875-1959)
1910-1912	Clarence Day Shepard (1872-1949)
1912-1913	Albert H. Oakes (1869-?)
1913-1914	Thomas Henry Crotty (1867-?)
1914-1915	Frederick Henry Stewart (1872-?)
1930-1931	Herbert Philip Crabb (1889-1966)
?	Alexander Telford Liddle (1876-1956)
?	Rupert Roderick Fultz (1915-1988)

See also:

WinnipegREALTORS Association

Sources:

“The Winnipeg Real Estate Excange, List of Members and their Firm Connections”, Manitoba Free Press, 24 July 1903, page 13.

“Real estate men review the year”, Manitoba Free Press, 25 April 1907, page 15.

“Real estate men in forward move”, Manitoba Free Press, 2 June 1910, page 14.

“Retiring president gives optimistic address at annual meeting”, Manitoba Free Press, 5 April 1913, page 11.

“Predict good year for land sales”, Manitoba Free Press, 9 April 1914, page 20.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 April 2013