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
2013	Ronald A. “Sam” Fabro	Community Service
2010	Terry Fox	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:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 September 2013

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