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This municipality formed around the former fur trade post of Upper Fort Garry.
Present Status
City of Winnipeg (1 January 1972)
Incorporation History
City of Winnipeg (8 November 1873)
Amalgamation of Assiniboia, Brooklands, Charleswood, East Kildonan, Fort Garry, North Kildonan, Old Kildonan, St. Boniface, St. James, St. Vital, Transcona, Tuxedo, West Kildonan, and Winnipeg (1 January 1972)Adjoining Municipalities
East St. Paul, Headingley, Macdonald, Ritchot, Rosser, Springfield, West St. Paul
Constituent Communities
Assiniboia, Brooklands, Charleswood, East Kildonan, Elmwood, Fort Garry, North Kildonan, Norwood, Old Kildonan, St. Boniface, St. James, St. Vital, Transcona, Tuxedo, West Kildonan, Wolseley
Land Area (square km)
464.33
Year
Total
1881
7985
1891
25639
1901
42340
1906
90153
1911
136025
1916
176230
1921
199055
1926
215079
1931
218785
1936
215814
1941
221960
1946
229045
1951
235710
1956
255093
1961
265429
1966
257005
1971
246246
1976
560874
1981
564473
1986
594551
1991
616790
1996
618477
2001
619544
2006
633451
2011
663617
2016
705244
2021
749607
Term
Mayor
1873-1874
Francis Evans Cornish (1831-1878)
1874-1876
William Nassau Kennedy (1839-1885)
1876-1878
Thomas Scott (1841-1915)
1878-1880
Alexander Logan (1841-1894)
1880-1881
Elias George Conklin (1845-1901)
1881-1882
Alexander Logan (1841-1894)
1882-1883
Alexander McMicken (1837-1916)
1883-1884
Alexander Logan (1841-1894)
1884-1885
Charles Edward Hamilton (1844-1919)
1885-1886
Henry Shaver Wesbrook (1842-1913)
1886-1888
Lyman Melvin Jones (1843-1917)
1888-1889
Thomas Ryan (1849-?)
1889-1891
Alfred Pearson (1850-1921)
1891-1892
Alexander Macdonald (1843-1928)
1892-1894
Thomas William Taylor (1852-1924)
1894-1895
Thomas Gilroy (1848-1905)
1895-1896
Richard Willis Jameson (1851-1899)
1896-1897
William Forsythe McCreary (1855-1905)
1897-1899
Alfred Joseph Andrews (1865-1950)
1899-1900
John Fletcher Mitchell (1862-1943) - Acting
1900
Horace Wilson (1848-c1903)
1900-1903
John Arbuthnot (1861-1931)
1903-1906
Thomas Sharpe (1866-1929)
1906-1908
James Henry Ashdown (1844-1924)
1908-1911
William Sanford Evans(1869-1950)
1911-1912
Richard Deans Waugh (1868-1938)
1912-1914
Thomas Russ Deacon (1865-1955)
1914-1916
Richard Deans Waugh (1868-1938)
1916-1918
Frederick Harvey Davidson (1865-1935)
1918-1920
Charles Frederick Gray (1879-1954)
1920-1922
Edward Parnell (1859-1922)
1922
Frank Oliver Fowler (1861-1945)
1922-1924
Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951)
1924-1927
Ralph Humphreys Webb (1886-1945)
1927-1929
Daniel McLean (1868-1950)
1929-1934
Ralph Humphreys Webb (1886-1945)
1934-1936
John Queen (1882-1946)
1936-1937
Frederick Edgar Warriner (1884-1966)
1937-1942
John Queen (1882-1946)
1942-1954
Garnet Coulter (1882-1975)
1954-1956
George Edward Sharpe (1908-1985)
1956-1977
Stephen Juba (1914-1993)
1977-1979
Robert Ashley Steen (1933-1979)
1979-1992
William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)
1992-1998
Susan Ann Thompson
1998-2004
Glen Ronald Murray
2004-2014
Samuel M. “Sam” Katz
2014-2022
Brian Bowman
2022-?
Scott Gillingham
Name begins: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Councillor
Term(s)
Frank W. Adams (1861-1935)
1907-1911
Matt Allard
2014-2023
William Forbes Alloway (1852-1930)
1876-1877, 1879-1880
Ernest Robert Andrew “Ernie” Anderson (1901-1977)
1961
Victor Bjorn Anderson (1882-1970)
1933-1936, 1940-1954
Alfred Joseph Andrews (1865-1950)
1894-1897
George Albert Fletcher Andrews (1856-1890)
1890
Herbert Andrews (1888-1935)
1930-1935
John Angus
1977-1988, 1992-2005
John Arbuthnot (1861-1931)
1897-1898
Heber Archibald (1846-1941)
1885
James Henry Ashdown (1844-1924)
1874, 1879
Henry Charles “Charlie” Avery (1909-1992)
1959-1960
B
Charles Baker
1971-1974
George William Baker (1854-1917)
1888, 1897-1898
Alice Balsillie
1980-1983
Archibald James Bannerman (1862-1928)
1895-1896
William Ward Banning (1842-1885)
1876
Robert Barclay (1840-1907)
1900-1903
Paul Bardal (1889-1966)
1932-1941
James Alexander Barry (1886-1950)
1922-1937
William Bathgate (1832-1903)
1882
Nicholas Bawlf (1849-1914)
1883-1884
H. T. Bell
1889
W. G. Bell
1897-1898, 1900
Donald Benham
2004-2006
Albert Edward Bennett (1906-1968)
1955-1960
Andrew Bileski [Bilecki] (1903-1992)
1938-1939
Charles Birt
1980-1983
Alexander Black (1847-1913)
1887-1890, 1896
James Black
1942-1953
Thomas Blaine
1961-1962
Sedley Blanchard (1849-1886)
1879
John “Jack” Blumberg (1892-1961)
1920-1956
Robert Theodore “Bob” Bockstael (1923-2017)
1973-1979
David Wesley Bole (1856-1933)
1893-1894
Arthur Louis Bond (1870-1948)
1912-1914
LeRoy Franklin Borrowman (c1885-1957)
1930-1932
Kenneth George “Ken” Bowyer (c1924-1961)
1961
Rick Boychuk
1989-1995
Thomas Boyd
1921-1930
John Bredin
1876
Ernest A. Brotman (1899-1986)
1943-1950, 1967-1971
Jeff Browaty
2006-2023
Alexander Brown
1877-1879
David Melville “Dave” Brown (1946-2016)
1984-1992
George Brown
1884
Raymond "Ray" Brunka
1974-1977
William Brydon (1847-1930)
1883
James Burridge (1841-1912)
1883
Alfred W. Burrows
1877
C
Alexander Calder (1842-1936)
1892-1893
Joshua Calloway (1830-1921)
1884, 1886-1891
John Robson Cameron (1845-1907)
1874-1875, 1882-1883
Colin Howell Campbell (1859-1914)
1889
Christopher Campbell (1865-1931)
1900-1907
George Huestis Campbell (1855-1928)
1885-1886
Stanley Mirus “Stan” Carrick (1911-1982)
1953-1954, 1956-1957
George Frederick Carruthers (1846-1918)
1885, 1892-1894, 1900-1901
Robert Cartwright
1972-1974
Edward Cass (1849-1932)
1909-1911
Benjamin Elswood Chaffey (1859-1953)
1894-1897, 1901-1902
Markus Chambers
2018-2023
Lawrie Cherniack
1971-1974
1959-1960
Frank Leslie Chester (1901-1966)
1947-1950
Colin Campbell “Cam” Chisholm (1883-1936)
1926-1927
Douglas Chisholm
1956-1957
William “Bill” Chornopyski (1922-2002)
1974-1985
Gordon Campbell Chown (1922-2002)
1952-1955
Willoughby Clark
1875
Leonard Harold Claydon (1915-1971)
1961-1968, 1969-1971
William Ralph “Bill” Clement (1948-2010)
1983-2010
Kenneth Cochrane
1971-1972
Isaac Cockburn (1841-1927)
1918-1919
John Wesley Cockburn (1856-1924)
1891-1892, 1901-1906
Elias George Conklin (1845-1901)
1877-1880
Leslie Cooney
1941-1942
Al Coopman
1971-1974
Francis Evans Cornish (1831-1878)
1876, 1878
Brian Mark Corrin
1974-1977
Garnet Coulter (1882-1975)
1937-1942
James Arthur Coulter (1916-2005)
1959-1960
James Cowan (1914-1997)
1955-1958
Thomas Cowan
1899
Frederick John Charles Cox (1860-1939)
1904-1909
George Craig (c1841-1915)
1895-1896
Frederick Walter Crawford (1889-1967)
1955-1964
Joseph Cropo
1965-1971
Henry Samuel Crotty (1843-1923)
1885
George Reading Crowe (1852-1924)
1885, 1912-1916
Wilhem Alexander Cuddy (1890-1945)
1931-1932
H. Currie
1889
D
Louise Dacquay
1986-1988
Mark Harold Danzker (1902-1995)
1960-1968
Albert T. Davidson (1861-1948)
1906-1907
Frederick Harvey Davidson (1865-1935)
1912-1916, 1920-1929, 1932-1933, 1935
Matthew Davis
1875
A. Dawson
1892-1894
Doreen Demare
1986-1992
Michael Dennehy
1971-1974
Peter De Smedt
1998-2006
Peter Diamant
1990-1992
Geoffrey L. “Geoff” Dixon (1921-2006)
1971-1977
Shawn Dobson
2022-2023
Edwin Doidge
1881
Robert Oliver “Bob” Douglas (1932-2012)
1982-1991
William Douglas (1878-1963)
1921-1922
William Gregg Douglas (1863-1936)
1908-1911
Stanley Dowhan (1927-1993)
1971-1974
Edward Lancaster Drewry (1851-1940)
1883-1884
Albert “Al” Ducharme (1937-2013)
1971-1985
Gerald “Gerry” Ducharme
1980-1986
Terry Duguid
1989-1995
Evan Duncan
2022-2023
Thomas Dunlop
1877
Robert Durward (1885-1970)
1925-1926, 1928-1931
David J. Dyson
1897-1899
E
William Jae Eadie (1947-2024)
1980-2006
Ross Eadie
2010-2023
Arthur Francis Eden (c1852-?)
1879
William Thomas Edgecombe (1868-?)
1916-1917
Arni Eggertsson (1873-?)
1907-1908, 1917
D. M. Elcheshen
1938
Magnus Eliason (1911-2005)
1968-1970, 1974-1977, 1980-1989
Ernest John “Ernie” Enns (1920-2006)
1961-1968
Harry Enns
1971-1974
James “Jim” Ernest
1973-1986
F
Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951)
1928-1929
Taras Dmytro Ferley (1882-1947)
1932-1933
1976-1979
Gordon Richard Fines (1911-1990)
1954-1960, 1967-1971
Moses Finkelstein (1873-1939)
1905-1906
Albert H. Fisher (1896-1982)
1948-1949
George Fisher (1862-1922)
1918-1921
Larry Fleisher
1979-1992
Joseph Fletcher
1888-1890
Thomas Flye (1874-1943)
1922-1943
William Gomez da Fonseca (1823-1905)
1874-1878, 1880
Martin “Joe” Forkin Jr. (1899-1962)
1935-1951, 1961-1962
Mark Fortune (1847-1912)
1879-1881, 1883
Frank Oliver Fowler (1861-1945)
1908-1922
George Fraser
1989-1995
A. Frederickson
1892
Henry Fry (1859-1933)
1898-1901, 1904-1905
Olga Fuga (1929-2024)
1971-1974
G
Kenneth J. Galanchuk
1971-1977
Curtis John Gee (c1937-1987)
1971-1977
Jenny Gerbasi
1998-2018
Donald Ira “Don” Gerrie (1925-1992)
1974-1989
James Cunningham Gibson (1855-?)
1903-1908
Scott Gillingham
2014-2022
Cindy Gilroy
2018-2023
Ernie Gilroy
1986-1992
Thomas Gilroy (1848-1905)
1891-1894
John Girdlestone Glassco (1879-1948)
1945-1946
Allan Richard “Al” Golden (1946-2022)
1988-2000
Paul W. Goodman (1905-1959)
1954-1959
James Robert Gowler (1858-1920)
1907-1912
Colwell Esson “Charlie” Graham (1886-1959)
1946-1951
Herbert Gray (1866-1924)
1911-1924
Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966)
1931-1942
William Grundy (1850-1925)
1887-1889
Cecil Herbert Gunn (1892-1941)
1932-1935
H
John Hacket
1875
Ernest Eskil Hallonquist (1899-1952)
1943-1952
Lillian Margaret Travers Hallonquist (1901-1985)
1953-1971
William Andrew “Bill” Hallonquist (1931-2002)
1971-1977
George Henry Ham (1847-1926)
1883-1884, 1887
Robert H. Hamlin (1877-?)
1918-1919
John G. Hargrave
1889
Peter Harkness (c1845-1896)
1886
John Gurzon Harvey (1906-1970)
1945-1970
James Graham Harvey (1840-1923)
1883, 1899-1906
Paula Havixbeck
2010-2014
Abram Albert Heaps (1885-1954)
1917-1925
J. B. Henderson
1893-1894
William Hespeler (1830-1921)
1876, 1878
Hilda Hesson (1883-1968)
1940-1947
John Higgins (1807-1884)
1874
Terrance John Hind (1920-2007)
1962-1965
Charles Hislop (1841-1919)
1896-1897
Egbert Douglas Honeyman (1886-1969)
1929-1938
John William Horne (1855-1917)
1898-1901, 1904-1905
Norman Hudson
1971-1980
A. Hume
1917-1918
Elisha Frederick Hutchings (1855-1930)
1887-1888, 1894-1895
Sandy Hyman
1991-1995
I
Elizabeth Louise “Betty” Ireton (1921-2004)
1974-1977
J
Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)
1877-1878, 1880
W. A. James
1924-1925
Richard Willis Jameson (1851-1899)
1892-1895
Edward W. Jarvis (?-1894)
1876
Robert Johannson
1971-1977
Frank Johnson
1975-1983
Herbert Jones
1920-1927
Lyman Melvin Jones (1843-1917)
1886
Anne Jorowski (1918-2016)
1974-1989
K
Morris Kaufman
1971-1977
Peter Kaufmann
1989-1992
Cyril Keeper
1977-1980
Charles William Nassau Kennedy (1866-?)
1894-1899
Samuel Sinnott “Sam” Kennedy (1877-1961)
1928-1929
Jessie Kirk (1877-1965)
1921-1922
Kevin Klein
2018-2022
Adam Klym
1971-1977
Bill G. Knight
1974-1977
Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)
1941-1942
William N. Kolisnyk (1887-1967)
1927-1930
Edward Joseph Albert “Ed” Kotowich (1934-1986)
1971-1980
Henry Kozlowski
1975-1977
L
James Gerald Latimer (1842-1927)
1901-1906
Marcel Laurendeau
1988-1990
Harry Lazarenko (1937-2021)
1974-1977, 1983-2010
John Osborne LeCappellain (1854-1925)
1881
Ernest Tennyson Leech (1876-1961)
1923-1930
Lorne Arthur Leech (1927-2005)
1971-1980
Brenda Leipsic
2006-2008
Alexander Robert Leonard (1869-1942)
1922-1929
Lansing M. Lewis (1854-1927)
1889
D. M. Lineham
1915-1916
Alexander Logan (1841-1894)
1874-1878
William James Long (1877-1923)
1913-1916
William Bertram Lowe (1881-1952)
1929-1930, 1933-1936
Mark Lubosch
1995-2006
Janice Lukes
2014-2023
Thomas Lusted
1875-1876
William H. Lyon (c1833-1897)
1878
M
Alexander Macdonald (1844-1928)
1887-1888
Harold Gould Macdonald (1928-2009)
1979-1988
Ronald C. MacDonald (1857-1918)
1909-1914
Hugh Mackenzie (1884-1949)
1939-1940
Kenneth Mackenzie
1889-1890
Allan L. MacLean
1918-1919
George Peterkin MacLeod (1893-1961)
1951-1952
Franco Magnifico
2004-2006
Nick Malanchuk
1970-1971
Robert Allison Cayne Manning (1878-1929)
1907-1908
Joseph Paul Marion (1927-2023)
1971-1973
George Marshall
1986-1988
Edward Daniel Martin (1856-1938)
1898-1899
John B. Mather (c1846-1892)
1890-1891
Thomas Graham Mathers (1859-1927)
1898-1899
Ralph Maybank (1890-1965)
1930-1931
Brian M. Mayes
2011-2023
Archibald A. McArthur (1845-1912)
1906-1908
Alexander McArthur
1879-1880
David Graham McBain (1831-1897)
1883
Peter McCalman
1906-1907
James H. McCarthy (1863-?)
1902-1903
Alexander McCharles
1904-1905
William Forsythe McCreary (1855-1904)
1884, 1895-1896
Jane Dagg McGovern “Maude” McCreery (1890-1983)
1950-1957
Thomas McCrossan (1834-1927)
1883
John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965)
1926
J. Malcolm McDiarmid (c1912-1962)
1958-1959
Duncan McDonald
1886-1889
Kenneth Nathaniel Logan McDonald (1851-1905)
1884
Stuart McDonald
1884-1885
Horace McDougall (1846-1915)
1878, 1891
Douglas McEwen
1972-1974
William Parker “Bill” McGarva (1906-1991)
1961-1968, 1971-1974, 1977-1980
1971-1981
Christine McKee
1989-1991
Howard V. McKelvey (c1911-1958)
1947-1958
John A. McKerchar (1862-?)
1921-1934
Daniel McLean (1868-1950)
1907-1910, 1921-1927, 1931-1932, 1935-1942
James McLenaghan
1874-1875
Alexander McLennan (1851-1921)
1913-1919
Grant McLeod (1900-1976)
1962-1963, 1965-1966
Lendrum McMeans (1859-1941)
1909-1910
Alexander McMicken (1837-1916)
1875, 1881-1882, 1890-1891
H. G. McMicken
1876-1877
W. W. McMillan
1881-1882
James M. McGregor McNabb
1882
Archibald McNee (1845-1925)
1877, 1886
George Duncan MacVicar (1846-1889)
1883
Margaret Stovel McWilliams (1875-1952)
1934-1940
Gloria Mendelson
1989-1992
1971-1977
Charles Midwinter (1851-1939)
1908-1912
M. H. Miller
1887
William Ryde Milton (1871-1959)
1909-1916
George Minaker
1971-1973
John Fletcher Mitchell (1862-?)
1897-1900
Don Mitchelson
1980-1992
Robert E. Moffatt
1965-1967
Albert Monkman (1850-1918)
1881-1882
Christopher C. Montgomery (1852-1902)
1878, 1880-1881, 1883
Edwin D. Moore
1886
James “Jim” Moore
1977-1983
John Byron More
1874, 1877-1882
1937-1948
Robert Muir (1850-1908)
1892
Max Mulder (1924-2001)
1969-1971
David Adrian Mulligan (1893-1981)
1944-1945, 1949-1950, 1953-1954, 1956, 1958-1967
Robert Mulvey
1874
Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)
1883-1888
George Munroe
1971-1974
James Gilbert Munroe (1873-1935)
1911-1916
Glen Ronald Murray
1989-1998
N
Llewelyn Arthur Nares (1860-1939)
1893
Shawn Nason
2018-2022
William Franklin Wymark “Bill” Neville (1940-2024)
1979-1989
William Newton (1875-1960)
1906-1907
J. S. Nicholson
1892
Thomas Nixon (1823-1904)
1883
Grant Nordman
2006-2014
Rurik “Ric” Nordman (1919-1996)
1974-1981
William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)
1971-1979
O
Henry Oelkers (1902-1963)
1933-1934
John O’Hare (1876-1964)
1921-1929
David Orlikow (1919-1998)
1951-1958
John Orlikow
2009-2023
Mike O'Shaughnessy
1974-1980, 1986-2010
William J. Ovens
1882-1883
P
Mike Pagtakhan
2002-2018
J. Fred Palmer
1927-1930
Paul Parashin
1959-1971
Roy Hamilton Parkhill (1931-2002)
1971-1977
Alfred Pearson (1850-1921)
1885-1886
John Henry Pearson
1880
Alfred Penner
1971-1977
Jacob Penner (1880-1968)
1934-1940, 1943-1952, 1954-1961
James Penrose (1845-1918)
1886-1887
Donald Edward Perry (1936-2004)
1971-1977
John Petley
1940-1941
Pat Phillips
1995-1998
T. G. Phillips
1885
Florence Lillian Pierce (1905-2007)
1971-1977
Harold Piercy
1977-1980
Alexander Polson (1840-1905)
1887-1888
Samuel Polson
1884
Joseph Armour Potter (1871-?)
1908-1912
Helen Mitchell Promislow (1924-1993)
1980-1989
George Reginald Provost (1936-2002)
1977-1980
John Prystanski
1989-2002
Alfred Henry Pulford (1865-1937)
1906-1907, 1917-1921, 1923-1928
Q
John Queen (1882-1946)
1916-1921
R
James “Jim” Ragsdill
1977-1986
Slaw Rebchuk (1907-1996)
1950-1978
Eveline Marie Bisson “Evelyne” Reese (1932-2024)
1974-1977, 1980-1985, 1989-1995
James Rice
1877
Cecil Rice-Jones (1881-1972)
1931-1936
Albert Elswood Richards (1848-1917)
1894-1896
Richard “Dickie” Arthur Rigg (1872-1964)
1914-1915
Robert Thomas Riley (1851-1944)
1887-1888, 1908-1909
David A. Ritchie (1855-1942)
1902-1903
Philip Antonio “Phil / Tony” Rizzuto (1926-2004)
1971-1983
A. J. Roberts
1930-1931
E. Robinson
1919-1920
Finlay P. Roblin
1876
Sherri Rollins
2018-2023
Robert “Bob” Rose
1986-1987
Donald Andrew Ross (1857-1937)
1889-1893, 1899-1900
Eldon M. Ross (1931-2016)
1971-1980
I. M. Ross
1895-1896
William R. Ross
1880-1881
John Russell (c1854-1904)
1901-1904
Michael Ruta
1974-1977
Thomas Ryan (1849-1937)
1885-1888
Alfred Argue Ryley (1861-1932)
1931-1932
S
J. V. Samson
1960-1961
Henry “Harry” Sandison (1861-1942)
1905-1906
Vivian Santos
2018-2023
Richard Allan Sara (1888-1963)
1937-1944
William H. Sasaki
1971-1975
Guy Marcel Savoie (1934-2023)
1979-1988
Jason Schreyer
2014-2023
A. Scoble
1917
Henry Baird “Hank” Scott (1898-1972)
1943-1958
Thomas Scott (1841-1915)
1874
William Scraba (1907-1971)
1941-1946
1989-1992
Devi Sharma
2010-2023
George Edward Sharpe (1908-1985)
1947-1954
Thomas Sharpe (1866-1929)
1900-1903
Robert James Shore (1883-1952)
1910-1914, 1922-1928
Amaro Silva
1992-1998
Charles Edward Simonite (1879-1973)
1930-1933, 1936-1955
James Simpkin (1875-1946)
1923-1946
William Boad Simpson (1877-1952)
1915-1917, 1919-1934
Dugald Sinclair
1875
Duncan Sinclair
1877
Alter David “Albert” Skaletar (1870-1964)
1913-1917
Alfred J. Skowron
1971-1988
Charles Rhodes Smith (1896-1993)
1935, 1937-1938
Daniel Smith (1840-1913)
1890-1891
Donald “Don” Smith
1976-1980
Harvey Smith (1936-2017)
1980-1986, 1998-2014
James Gordon “Jim” Smith (1932-2001)
1971-1974
John Kerr Sparling (1872-1941)
1917-1922
John Tully “Jock” Speirs (1860-1925)
1899-1900
Charles Harold Spence (1925-1987)
1959-1961
George B. Spencer (1812-1886)
1885
J. C. Sproule
1893-1896
Jack St. John (1906-1965)
1944-1953
Douglas Moncreiff “Doug” Stanes (1917-2001)
1969-1977
Norman P. Stapon
1971-1977
Garth Steek
1995-2004
John Steel
1986-1988
Robert Ashley Steen (1933-1979)
1971-1977
Warren J. Steen (1940-2009)
1970-1975
Gord Steeves
2000-2011
T. Stefanik
1912-1913
Eric Stefanson
1982-1989
J. Stepnuk
1942-1949
Hugh Leonard Stevens (1922-2001)
1958-1959
Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)
1943-1944, 1964-1971
Matthew William Stobart (1884-1966)
1934-1939
Andrew Strang (1849-1913)
1874, 1881
Robert Strang (1833-1900)
1878-1881
James Stuart (1853-1925)
1897
John Godfrey Sullivan (1863-1938)
1920-1927
William Sumner
1886
Donald Sutherland
1882-1883
Donovan Swailes (1892-1984)
1960-1969
Justin Swandel
2005-2014
Herbert Swinford
1874
T
Robert Tremaine Taft (1904-1990)
1968-1974
Peter Stanley Taraska (1907-1984)
1951-1962
Harold Taylor
1983-1988
Thomas William Taylor (1852-1924)
1889-1891
Edith Irene Tennant (1898-1989)
1958-1967
William B. Thibadeau
1874
Lillian Thomas
1989-2010
Frederick George Thompson (1886-1972)
1936-1943
Donovan Timmers
1988-1992
Shirley Timm-Rudolph
1986-1992, 1995-2002
Inez Geneva Gandrud Trueman (1917-2015)
1968-1969
Alexander Turk (1906-1988)
1963-1964
U
V
1995-2004, 2006-2014
John Villiers
1875-1876
Jon Jonnson Vopni (1864-1956)
1917-1918
W
Terry Wachniak
1986-1988
Alan C. Wade (1923-2013)
1963-1964, 1966-1992
Frank Wagner
1952-1953, 1955-1958
Sampson Walker (1843-1933)
1891
John James Wallace (1865-1936)
1910-1915
Richard Alan “Dick” Wankling (1926-2004)
1971-1976
John Wells
1902-1903
George Henry West (1853-1906)
1892-1893
June Alwyn Westbury (1921-2004)
1970-1979
Jack Lester Wiginton (1876-1951)
1917-1920
J. Willoughby
1908-1911
Charles Hurst Wilson (1861-1924)
1897-1898
George M. Wilson
1881-1884
Horace Wilson (1848-c1903)
1895-1899
John T. Wilson
1890-1891
R. A. Wilson
1883
Robert Wilson
1971-1975
Thomas Wilson
1907-1908
Charles W. Wishart
1884
Isadore “Issy” Wolch (1908-2006)
1963-1968
Bernard Rodolph “Bernie” Wolfe (1922-2014)
1971-1977
Joseph Wolf
1890
Kenneth S. “Ken” Wong
1974-1977
Alexander Wood
1886
Daniel David Wood (1859-1925)
1901, 1903-1904
Archibald Francis Wright (1842-1912)
1874-1876, 1879-1880
James A. Wright
1882
R. Wyatt
1892-1893
Reg Wyatt
1983-1986
Russ Wyatt
2002-2018, 2022-2023
James R. Wynne
1904-1907
X
Y
Daniel Abraham “Abe” Yanofsky (1925-2000)
1971-1986
David Young (1848-1887)
1879
George H. Young
1885
Roger Young
1989-1992
Joseph Yuen
1989-1992
Z
Joseph Zuken (1912-1986)
1962-1983
Term
City Clerk
1874-1882
Alexander McDougall “A. M.” Brown (1820-1895)
1882-1926
Charles James “Charlie” Brown (1855-1926)
1926-1935
Magnus Peterson (1883-1935)
1935-1945
George Frederick Bentley (1880-1958)
1945-1948
Leslie Montague Ault (1892-1951)
1948-1962
George Lindsay Gardner (1901-1997)
1962-1964
James Brown Kinnear (1903-1991)
1964-1966
Thomas Mitchell
1966-1976
William Alfred “Bill” Quayle (c1912-2009)
1976-1979
Herbert Edgar “Herb” Sanger (1918-2009)
1979-1986
Robert James “Bob” Fergusson (1927-2017)
1986-1987
Merle McCullough
1987-1991
Robert Beverley “Bob” Hayes (1931-2020)
1991-1992
Douglas “Doug” King - Acting
1992-1999
Dorothy Browton
2000-2018
Richard Kachur
2018-present
Marc Lemoine
Term
Chief Commissioner / Chief Administrative Officers
1989-1997
Rick Frost
1998-?
Gail Stephens
?-2021
?
2021-2024
Michael Jack
The Board of Control, established in 1907, dealt with all financial matters and generally managed the affairs of the City until it was abolished by referendum in December 1918.
Board Member
Term
John William Astley (1848-1931)
1916
Joel Weaver “J. W.” Baker (1864-1933)
1907-1908
John Wesley Cockburn (1856-1924)
1907-1918
William Gregg Douglas (1863-1936)
1912-1913
William Sanford Evans (1869-1949)
1908
William Corston Watt Garson (1856-1911)
1907
Charles Frederick Gray (1879-1954)
1917-1918
James Graham Harvey (1840-1923)
1907-1912
James Gerald Latimer (1842-1927)
1908
Archibald A. McArthur (1845-1912)
1909-1912
Frederick Joseph Gustin McArthur (1874-?)
1913-1915
Daniel McLean (1868-1950)
1913-1914
Charles Midwinter (1851-1939)
1913-1915
Arthur W. Puttee (1868-1957)
1917-1918
Robert James Shore (1883-1952)
1915-1916
John James Wallace (1865-1936)
1916-1918
Richard Deans Waugh (1868-1938)
1909-1911
Term
Police Chief
1874-1875
John S. Ingram (1853-1905)
1875-1887
David B. Murray (1844-1908)
1887-1911
John C. McRae (1858-1921)
1911-1919
Donald MacPherson (1875-1954)
1919-1934
Christopher Hugh Newton (1871-1953)
1934-1947
George Smith (1882-1963)
1947-1953
Charles MacIver (1887-1973)
1954-1965
Robert Tremaine Taft (1904-1990)
1965-1970
George Sydney Blow (1909-1994)
1970-1981
Norman McGregor Stewart (1916-1998)
1981-1984
Kenneth Johnston
1984-1992
Herbert B. Stephen
1992-1996
J. B. Dale Henry
1996-1998
David A. Cassels
1998-2007
Jack Ewatski
2007-2012
Keith McCaskill
2012-2017
Devon Clunis
2017-?
Danny Smyth
The first fire department was formed in 1882, a volunteer body with paid officers. The first paid department was formed in 1899 under Chief John Buchanan.
Term
Fire Chief
1882-1889
William Orme McRobie (1838-1908)
1889-1895
William “Billy” Code (1848-1940)
1895-1899
Edward Herbert Rodgers (1857-1950)
1899-1928
John Ernest Buchanan (1862-1938)
1928-1947
Donald Alexander Boulden (1893-1967)
1947-1956
David Clawson (1891-1961)
1957-1964
David Sutherland Dunnett (1899-1990)
1964-1967
Cecil Leckie (1902-1986)
1967-1977
Cameron Nelson Wilson Shewan (1912-2001)
1978-1981
John Thomas “Jack” Coulter (1921-2012)
1981-1984
Thomas Lloyd Moist (1922-2012)
1985-1991
John K. “Jack” Henderson (1927-2012)
1991-1998
Barrie J. Lough
1998-2007
H. Shoemaker [Chief, Emergency Response Services / Fire Paramedic Service]
2007-2011
Jim Brennan [Chief, Fire Paramedic Service]
2011-2013
Reid J. Douglas
2014-?
John A. Lane
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“New city clerk named,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 May 1964, page 19.
“Masson may succeed Mitchell as city clerk,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 January 1966, page 3.
“Speaker’s ruling sparked brief outbreak of violence in Winnipeg 98 years ago,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1971, page 18.
“Fire chief appointed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 January 1991, page 9.
“Mayor, council get their woman,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 January 1998, page 2.
“Outgoing fire chief blazed trail in city,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 June 1998, page A12.
“Emergency response chief haunted by Hamilton fire,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 November 1998, page A10.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
“Fire, paramedics pleased with new chief,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 May 2007, page A4.
“Fire Paramedic boss hanging up hat,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 August 2011, page A5.
“New Fire paramedic chief named,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 December 2011, page A2.
“Reid Douglas no longer chief of WFPS,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 September 2013.
“City’s new fire chief announced,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 March 2014.
“Closeted councillor a victim of the times [Charles H. Spence]” by Christian Cassidy, Winnipeg Free Press, 17 December 2017.
We thank the City of Winnipeg Archives for providing a list of city councillors from 1874 to 1971, Larry Klassen for providing a list of Fire Chiefs, and Nathan Kramer and Rick Donovan for providing additional information.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 August 2024
