This event is held annually as the primary fundraising for the Manitoba Historical Society. Dinners feature guest speakers on a variety of topics. The featured speaker at past dinners are listed below.
Year
Speaker
2021
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Terry MacLeod
Former CBC Radio personality
“It's a bird of a day - my life at CBC”2018
Gary Doer
Former Premier of Manitoba and Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States2017
Bruce Tascona
Military Historian
“Camp Hughes - The War Years, 1914-1916”2016
Jennifer Ditchburn
Journalist
“The History of Women in the Parliamentary Press Gallery & Women in Federal Politics Today”2015
Richard Gwyn
Author, Historian
“Sir John A. Macdonald, The Man Who Made Us”2014
John Einarson
Musician, Educator, Historian
“Preserving Manitoba’s Music Heritage”2013
Morris Mott
Hockey Player, Professor (Brandon University)
“Before the Jets: The People and Problems of Pro Hockey in Manitoba, 1906-1972”2012
Sylvia Kuzyk
Broadcaster2011
Ken McGoogan
Author2010
Jerry Gray
Professor (University of Manitoba)2009
Alan Latourelle
Parks Canada2008
Roland Penner
Lawyer, Professor (University of Manitoba), Author2007
Margaret Sweatman
Author2006
Mike Ford
Musician2005
John Turner
Prime Minister of Canada2004
Jake MacDonald
Author2003
Calvin Murray Sinclair
Lawyer, Judge, Senator2002
Jamie Brown
CEO, Frantic Films2001
Mel Hurtig
Publisher2000
Rex Murphy
Broadcaster1999
Phil Fontaine
Indigenous Leader1998
John Crosbie
Politician1997
Stan MacKay
Cleric1996
John Maxwell “Jack” Bowman (1925-2005)
Physician & Medical Researcher1995
Pearl McGonigal
Journalist, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba1994
Henry Edmison “Harry” Duckworth (1915-2008)
Educator, Administrator1993
Israel Harold Asper (1932-2003)
Politician, Businessman1992
Bryan Schwartz
Law Professor (University of Manitoba)1991
Gerald A. Friesen
Historian (University of Manitoba)1990
Leo Pettipas
Archeologist1989
Jennifer Brown
Historian (University of Winnipeg)1988
John C. Lehr
Geographer (University of Winnipeg)1987
Tim Ball
Geographer (University of Winnipeg)1986
Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)
Premier of Manitoba1985
1984
1983
Robert DuVal Guy (1912-1985)
Lawyer, Judge1982
Jim Coleman
Journalist1981
1980
1979
Gerald Mercier
Attorney-General of Manitoba1978
1977
1976
Peter B. Waite
Historian1975
Cornelius J. Jaenen
Historian
Ethnic Factors in Canadian History1974
William Lewis Morton (1908-1980)
Historian1973
1972
John Henry Warkentin
Historical Geographer1971
James Henry Gray (1906-1998)
Journalist, Historian1970
James Maurice Stockford Careless (1919-2009)
Historian, Biographer
“George Brown and Confederation”1969
John G. Diefenbaker (1895-1979)
Prime Minister of Canada
“Sir John A. Macdonald”1968
Dufferin Roblin (1917-2010)
Premier of Manitoba
“Confederation in Perspective”1967
Donald G. Creighton (1902-1979)
Historian
“John A. Macdonald, Confederation and the Canadian West”1966
Testimonial for William Lewis Morton (1908-1980)
Page revised: 3 September 2022