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Union of Manitoba Municipalities (1905-1998)

UMM Presidents

John William Fleming (1905-1906)	Robert C. Cochran (1907-1908)	James F. C. Menlove (1909-1910)	Robert Forke (1911-1912)
Richard Gardner Willis (1913-1914)	Charles Edmund Ivens (1915-1916)	Duncan D. McDonald (1917-1918)	Joseph Aldric Marion (1919-1920)
John Haddow (1921-1922)	Pierce Couling (1923-1924)	James W. Mitchell (1925-1926)	Arthur Mitchell McFadyen (1927-1928)
David Leopold Mellish (1929-1930)	W. Courtney Wroth (1931-1933)	C. L. Stoney (1934-1935)	George Compton (1936-1937)
Washington Hector French (1938-1939)	James Arthur Ross (1940)	Edward Sayer Browning (1941-1942)	Percy Beachell (1943-1944)
Hugh MacIntyre (1945-1946)	Russell Barrett (1947-1948)	Raymond Mitchell (1949)	Walter Ernest Clark (1950-1951)
Oswald Morton McKay (1952-1953)	Clifford Alexander McCrae (1954-1955)	Harvey Cecil Odell (1956-1957)	J. Lawrence Smith (1958-1959)
Charles N. Argue (1960-1961)	David Francis "Mac" Rose (1962-1963)	James C. Scott (1964-1965)	Arthur Thomas Hainsworth (1966-1967)
Kenneth D. Rapley (1968-1969)	Robert Samuel Adrain (1970-1973)	Albert Thomas “Ab” Chapman (1974-1979)	Raymond E. Howard (1980-1981)
David Harms (1982-1983)	Alan Beachell (1983-1987)	Raymond Sigurdson (1987-1989)	Manson Moir (1989-1991)
James Knight (1991-1993)	Jack Nicol (1993-1998)	Wayne Motheral (1998)

UMM Secretary-Treasurers (Executive Directors)

John Cardale (1905-1913)	Robert Forke (1914-1921)	Duncan D. McDonald (1922-1931)	John Spalding (1932-1948)
Russell Barrett (1949-1959)	J. Lawrence Smith (1960-1967)	James C. Scott (1967-1976)	Warren H. Rusk (1976-1989)
Jerome Mauws (1990-1998)

Manitoba Urban Association - Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities (1950-1998)

MUA - MAUM Presidents

William Lewis Bullmore (1950)	Edgar Allen Deacon (1951)	Cyril Steventon (1952)	Edward Ingo Dow (1953)
J. Leslie Bodie (1954)	James Hubert Chipperfield (1955)	Chaim Nachman Kushner (1956)	William Whitmore (1957)
Stewart E. McLean (1958)	John Paxton (1959)	Harvey Alfred Cochlan (1959-1960)	Anthony Daniel Burneski (1960-1961)
Joseph-Philippe Guay (1961-1962)	Harold J. Mobberley (1962-1963)	James A. Burgess (1963-1964)	Harold Lloyd Henderson (1964-1965)
Peter J. Kroeker (1965)	Richard Alan Wankling (1966-1967)	Stephen Juba (1967-1968)	J. Hugh C. Dunlop (1968-1969)
David Wilfred Pekary (1969-1970)	B. G. Morden (1970-1971)	Daniel Abraham Yanofsky (1971-1972)	William Allan Linden (1972-1973)
Robert Ashley Steen (1973-1974)	Donald Edward Perry (1974-1975)	Andrew C. Newton (1975-1976)	Elwood Clinton Gorrie (1976-1977)
Lloyd R. Wersch (1977-1978)	Al Ducharme (1978-1979)	Douglas L. Fletcher (1979-1980)	J. Howard Gilmour (1980-1981)
Ric Nordman (1981)	Harold Unger (1981-1982)	Elmer Greenslade (1982-1983)	Jae Eadie (1983-1984)
Adrian Degroot (1984-1988)	R. S. "Bud" Oliver (1988-1989)	Harold Gould Macdonald (1989)	Homer Gill (1989-1992)
Henry Wiebe (1992)	Stella Locker (1992-1994)	Arthur K. Dyck (1994-1995)	Margaret Hodgson (1995)
Glenn Carlson (1995-1997)	Michael Maksymyk (1997-1998)	Grant Buchanan (1998)

MUA - MUAM Executive Directors

Jessica A. Coulter (1949-1950)	Peter Ferguson Copland Byars (1950-1961)	Chaim Nachman Kushner (1961-1966)	Les Hutcheon (1966-1969)
Gerald F. Saunders (1969-1980)	Rochelle Zimberg (1980-1998)

Association of Manitoba Municipalities (1998-present)

AMM Presidents

Wayne Motheral (1998-2001)

Stuart Briese (2001-2004)

Ron Bell (2005-2008)

Doug Dobrowolski (2008-present)

AMM Executive Directors

Jerome Mauws (1998-2001)

Joe Masi (2001-present)

Honourary Life Members

Name	Organization	Municipality
Andrews, Albert	UMM	Arthur
Armstrong, Harry	UMM	Shellmouth
Beachell, Alan	AMM	Rosser
Bedard, Arcade	UMM	LaBroquerie
Birch, Arnold "Bud"	AMM
Bodie, J. Leslie (1909-?)	MAUM	East Kildonan
Borotsik, Rick	AMM	Brandon
Buchanan, Grant	AMM
Burneski, Anthony D.	MAUM	Brandon
Byron, Kari (1892-1973)	UMM	Coldwell
Campbell, Vernon A.	UMM	Grandview
Carels, Kenneth Donald (1938-2005)	AMM	Melita
Carlson, Glenn	AMM	Portage la Prairie
Chipperfield, James Hubert (1917-2001)	MAUM	Minnedosa
Cochran, Robert C. (1868-?)	UMM	Blanshard
Coutts, Percy	UMM	Harrison
Demasson, T. A.	UMM	Morton
Dow, Edward Ingo (1904-1992)	MAUM	Boissevain
Doyon, Josaphat	UMM	Lorne
Dubas, Max (c1908-1980)	UMM	St. Clements
Ducharme, Al	MAUM	Winnipeg
Dyck, Arthur K.	AMM
Eiriksson, O. S.	UMM	Lakeview
Eliason, Magnus	MAUM	Winnipeg
Ferguson, Cecil G.	UMM	Lansdowne
Fitzpatrick, Felix	UMM	Riverside
Froom, Walter	UMM	North Cypress
Galbraeth, Arthur	UMM	Cameron
Gill, Homer	MAUM	Neepawa
Gilmour, J. Howard	MAUM	Pinawa
Gould, Frederick J.	UMM	Woodworth
Guay, Joseph-Philippe (1915-2001)	MAUM	St. Boniface
Henderson, Harold Lloyd (1907-1993)	MAUM	Portage la Prairie
Ivens, Charles Edmund (1889-?)	UMM	Wallace
Jonasson, B. T.	UMM	Siglunes
Juba, Stephen (1914-1993)	MAUM	Winnipeg
King, Ben	UMM	Woodlands
Knight, Jim	AMM	Portage la Prairie
Krahn, John	AMM
Kroeker, Peter J.	MAUM	Winkler
Kushner, Chaim Nachman (1905-1997)	MAUM	West Kildonan
Magnacca, Stephen Adolph (1902-1980)	MAUM	Brandon
Maksymyk, Michael	AMM
Marion, Joseph Aldric (1864-1954)	UMM	St. Boniface
Marsden, Thomas	UMM	Cornwallis
Marsh, Helen	MAUM	Dauphin
McBride, Mr.	UMM	Portage la Prairie
McCallum, William	UMM	Elton
McCullough, G. I.	UMM	Swan River
McDonald, Duncan D. (1868-1953)	UMM	Dauphin
Melvin, Robert	UMM	Edward
Moir, Manson	AMM
Morden, B. G.	MAUM	Morden
Motheral, Wayne	AMM
Newton, Andrew C.	MAUM	Dauphin
Nicol, Jack	AMM
Oliver, R. S. "Bud"	AMM
Paterson, R. A.	UMM	Morton
Paxton, John	MAUM	Gladstone
Peltz, Ed	AMM
Perfect, Robert	UMM
Poole, Charles	UMM	Archie
Potoski, John	UMM	Dauphin
Powell, L. P.	UMM	Glenwood
Rae, James	UMM	Russell
Ramsden, John	UMM
Reidle, S. L.	UMM	North Cypress
Scott, Gordon	MAUM	Winnipeg
Semard, Eugene	UMM	Ellice
Shearer, Harry	UMM	Grey
Sigurdson, Ray	AMM
Single, Jacob	UMM	Glenella
Spalding, John (1886-1954)	UMM	Miniota
Stewart, David	UMM	Miniota
Sutcliffe, W. G.	UMM	Albert
Szewczyk, M. F.	UMM	Dauphin
Thompson, Bert	UMM	Russell
Tingey, Gordon	UMM	Edward
Unger, Harold	MAUM	Steinbach
Vertz, Martin	UMM	South Cypress
Walker, Larry	AMM	Miniota
Wankling, Richard Alan	MAUM	Fort Garry
Webb, A. O.	UMM	Birtle
Weddow, Carl	UMM	Pipestone
Whitmore, William	MAUM	Neepawa
Wiebe, Henry	MAUM	Winkler
Williamson, James	UMM	Strathcona
Wopnford, Sigurder	UMM	Bifrost
Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham (1925-2000)	MAUM	West Kildonan

Founders

The following people attended the 1905 Brandon convention that led to the formation of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities:

Photo source: Gordon Goldsborough

Name	Position	Municipality	No. in Photo
Adolph, Henry Lamont (1862-1940)	Alderman	Brandon
Barr, John G. (1864-?)	Councillor	Blanshard
Boughton, Maurice Edmund (1853-1947)	Secretary-Treasurer	Lansdowne
Bridgett, William A. (1867-?)	Councillor	Virden
Campbell, Christopher (1865-1931)	Alderman	Winnipeg
Cardale, John (1860-?)	Councillor	Blanshard
Cochran, Robert C. (1868-?)	Reeve	Blanshard	16
Coldwell, George Robinson (1858-1924)	Alderman	Brandon	3
Collins, Michael (1844-1912)	Secretary-Treasurer	North Cypress
Couling, Pierce (1877-1947)	Councillor	Oakland
Coulter, George Albert (1865-1915)	Councillor	Cameron
Dalgarno, Robert (1859-1933)	Reeve	Strathclair	31
Dufort, Louis-Misael Bougret dit (1852-1914)	Reeve	St. Norbert
Eamer, George L. (1868-1945)	Councillor	Oakland
Emes, Thomas (1852-1941)	Councillor	St. Paul
Fleming, John William (1868-1928)	Mayor	Brandon	34
Gayton, John Edwin (1849-1923)	Secretary-Treasurer	Pembina
Glenn, Carson (1859-?)	Councillor	Strathclair	26
Goldsborough, John Fletcher (1863-1943)	Councillor	Macdonald	18
Goring, James (1859-1941)	Councillor	Daly
Haig, Joseph (1849-1942)	Reeve	Alexander
Haverson, John Henderson (1854-1932)	Mayor	Carman
Howard, Charles (1877-?)	Councillor	Daly
Johnston, Henry William (1857-1943)	Councillor	Elton
Langtry, Richard (1866-1954)	Mayor	Virden
Leslie, Allan (1858-1938)	Reeve	Cornwallis
Livingstone, W. G.	Councillor	Rockwood
Magar, Victor (1849-1930)	Councillor	St. Vital
McDougall, John P. (1849-?)	Reeve	St. Francois-Xavier
McNaughton, James M. (1866-?)	Reeve	St. Paul
Metcalfe, Robert Harrison (1868-1933)	Councillor	St. Boniface
Miller, John Harvey (1851-1922)	Councillor	Wallace
Morgan, John Richard (1854-1925)	Councillor	North Cypress
Polson, Alexander (1855-1912)	Reeve	Rockwood
Poole, Charles (1858-1935)	Reeve	Archie
Porteous, David (1855-1915)	Reeve	Woodlands
Rattray, John Grant (1867-1944)	Reeve	Pipestone
Ross, Henry L. (1865-?)	Councillor	St. Francois-Xavier
Sandison, Henry “Harry” (1861-1942)	Alderman	Winnipeg
Shepherd, John R. (1850-?)	Reeve	Cameron
Soldan, Edward (1854-1927)	Reeve	Saskatchewan
Stevenson, Horace V. (1868-?)	Secretary-Treasurer	Woodworth
Stinson, Christopher (1864-1929)	Reeve	Wallace
Taylor, William M. (1858-?)	Reeve	Miniota
Thompson, Robert Burns (1861-1947)	Councillor	Whitehead
Tomes, Thomas Bennett (1856-1913)	Reeve	Lansdowne
Turenne, Joseph (1846-1920)	Mayor	St. Boniface
Turriff, Malcolm (1849-1917)	Clerk	Saskatchewan
Ullyot, George Walter (1850-1925)	Mayor	Manitou
Wheatland, William H. (1867-?)	Councillor	Macdonald

More information:

Association of Manitoba Municipalities

History in Manitoba Municipal Names

Manitoba Municipal Time Line

Sources:

We thank Louise Ayotte and Monica Ball of the Manitoba Legislative Library for their help in locating biographical information on the AMM Founders, and Lynne Bereza at the AMM for providing photographs of UMM, MAUM, and AMM officials.

This gallery was compiled by Gordon Goldsborough.

Gallery revised: 31 December 2009

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