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

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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 September 2014

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