From 1913 to 1963, members of the Winnipeg Automobile Club leased Lower Fort Garry and operated it as the Motor Country Club. Club members used the Big House as a dining facility and there was a private, nine-golf course at the site.
Period
President
1913-1917
William Ernest Wright (1874-?)
1917-1919
Frederick John Charles “Fred” Cox (1860-1939)
1919-1923
?
1923-?
F. G. Crawford
?-1928
?
1928
John Taylor Webb (1869-1952)
1928-1931
?
1931-1933
Clarence Day Shepard (1872-1949)
1933-1937
?
1937-1938
Fred James Manning (1885-1966)
1938-1944
?
1944-1946
Edwin Loftus (1868-1948)
1946-1951
Arthur William Moscarella (1893-1972)
1951-?
?
?-1960
David Alexander Bruce Murray (1891-1970)
1960-?
George Edward Sharpe (1908-1985)
See also:
MHS Centennial Organization: Winnipeg Automobile Club / Manitoba Motor League / CAA Manitoba
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lower Fort Garry (RM of St. Andrews)
[Election of F. G. Crawford], Winnipeg Tribune, 15 December 1923, page 2.
“Motor Country Club officers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 November 1913, page 8.
“Re-elect President Wright and other officers of club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 November 1916, page 10.
“Motor Country Club elects Fred J. C. Cox as President for 1919,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 December 1918, page 10.
“C. D. Shepard re-elected by Motor Country Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 December 1932, page 9.
“Motor Country Club elects officers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 December 1944, page 26.
“A. W. Moscarella heads Motor Country Club,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 February 1946, page 5.
“A. W. Moscarella Motor Club head,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 January 1947, page 3.
“A. W. Moscarella again President of Motor Club,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 February 1950, page 14.
[Election of George E. Sharpe], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 January 1960, page 17.
We thank Laurel Sarginson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 May 2025
