Memorable Manitobans: Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame was initiated in 1986 by the Winnipeg Real Estate Board (since January 2007, known as the WinnipegREALTORS® Association). Busts of the inductees are displayed in the city’s Assiniboine Park. They are honoured for their achievements in any of the following fields of endeavour:

• Arts - for endeavours which enhance and support artistic/cultural life and well-being
• Business - for entrepreneurial activity, including the establishment and successful operation of a business
• Community Service - for voluntary activities and dedication that benefit the immediate and global community
• Professional - for pursuit of a specific profession and advancement of that profession
• Public Affairs - for public service in areas such as social advocacy, environmental protection, international affairs, political action or organized labour

Year	Inductee
2017	Eleanor Mae “Lee” Newton (1952-2014)
2016	Daniel J. McIntyre (1852-1946)
2015	Dr. Allan Ronald
2014	Augustus Meredith Nanton (1860-1925)
2013	Ronald A. “Sam” Fabro
2010	Terrance Stanley “Terry” Fox (1958-1981)
2009	Sol Kanee (1909-2007)
2008	William H. “Bill” Loewen
2007	Robert Megill “Bob” Chipman (1926-2013)
2006	Henry G. Friesen
	James Henry Ashdown (1844-1924)
2005	Gabrielle Roy (1909-1983)
	Edward Lancaster Drewry (1851-1940)
2004	John Carl Ridd (1929-2003)
	Lionel Lemoine Fitzgerald (1890-1956)
2003	Arnold Naimark
	Ella Cora Hind (1861-1942)
2002	Donald Ian MacDonald (1913-2001)
	John Wesley Dafoe (1866-1944)
2001	Carol Ann Shields (1935-2003)
	William Gomez Fonseca (1823-1905)
2000	Naranjan S. Dhalla
1999	Israel Asper (1932-2003)
1998	Nellie McClung (1873-1951)
1997	Sister Geraldine MacNamara (1938-1984)
1996	Sybil Francis Shack (1911-2004)
1995	William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)
1994	George Johnson (1920-1995)
	Vince Leah (1913-1993)
1993	Isabel George Hutcheson Auld (?-2016)
	John Steven Hirsch (1930-1989)
1992	Dufferin Roblin (1917-2010)
	Ben Hatskin (1917-1990)
1991	Arnold Theodore Spohr (1923-2010)
	Mary Johnson (1922-1990)
1990	Paul Henric Thorbjorn Thorlakson (1895-1989)
	Leo Mol (1915-2009)
1989	George Campbell MacLean (1921-2008)
1988	Bruce Chown (1893-1986)
	William John Antliff Bulman
1987	Samuel Freedman (1908-1993)
1986	Steve Juba (1914-1993)

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame (Assiniboine Park)

Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame

Sources:

“Builder, patriot relished role,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 September 2014, page B9.

“Daniel McIntyre inducted into Hall of Fame,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 September 2016.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 September 2017

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