A Centennial Business Award was presented to Great-West Life Assurance on 16 September 2016. The company was renamed to Canada Life in April 2019.
Period
Chairman
1943-1944
Melbourne Francis Christie (1864-1944)
1944-1951
?
1951-1959
Henry Eugene “Harry” Sellers (1886-1970)
1959-1969
Joseph Harris (1892-1976)
Period
President
1892-1926
Alexander Macdonald (1844-1928)
1926-1940
George William Allan (1860-1940)
1940-1943
Melbourne Francis Christie (1864-1944)
1943-1951
William Pitt Riley (1870-1954)
1952-1959
Joseph Harris (1892-1976)
1959-1971
David Eckford Kilgour (1912-1973)
1971-1979
James William “Jim” Burns (1929-2019)
1979-1990
Kevin Patrick Kavanagh (1932-2020)
Period
Vice-President
1892-1896
F. G. Vernon
1892-1894
James Henry Ashdown (1844-1924)
1893-1893
William Bain Scarth (1837-1902)
1894-1910
J. H. Mason
1896-1910
Hugh John Macdonald (1850-1929)
1896-1928
George Frederick Galt (1855-1928)
1910-1943
Robert Thomas Riley (1851-1944)
1910-1925
Augustus Meredith Nanton (1860-1925)
1928-1933
Daniel Hunter McMillan (1846-1933)
1933-1940
Melbourne Francis Christie (1864-1944)
1940-1951
William Pitt Riley (1870-1954)
1943-1967
Henry William “Harry” Manning (1889-1980) - Managing Director
1943-1951
Henry Eugene “Harry” Sellers (1886-1970)
1951-1960
?
1960-1966
John Edward Morrison (1911-1966)
?-?
George Aitken (1906-1983)
Period
General Manager
1938-1955
Henry William “Harry” Manning (1889-1980)
Period
Assistant General Manager
1912-1927
Arbuckle Jardine (1856-1932)
1927-1931
?
1931-1938
Henry William “Harry” Manning (1889-1980)
1938-1945
?
1945-1947
Eustace Alexander Brock (1887-1977)
Period
Secretary
1892-1927
Arbuckle Jardine (1856-1932)
Officer
Period
G. H. Aikins
1940-1954
George William Allan (1860-1940)
1904-1926
James Henry Ashdown (1844-1924)
1892-1900
Simon Amable Damien Bertrand (1849-1943)
1892-1901
Nixon John Breen (1872-1954)
1929-1954
Jeffry Hall Brock (1850-1915)
1892-1915
Manlius Bull (1849-1929)
1921-1929
I. Campbell
1900-1900
Melbourne Francis Christie (1864-1944)
1920-1944
Samuel Lawrence Cork (1877-1971)
1943-1964
Thomas Alexander Crerar (1876-1975)
1928-1964
William Henry Cross (1852-1928)
1916-1928
George Reading Crowe (1852-1924)
1896-1924
E. Crowe-Baker
1896-1902
A. C. Flumerfelt
1910-1921
John Charles Gage (1876-1930)
1929-1930
George Frederick Galt (1855-1928)
1892-1928
William Garland
1897-1902
Frank Ernest Halls (1872-1950)
1930-1950
Joseph Harris (1892-1976)
1943-1959
Andrew Kelly (1852-1930)
1892-1930
W. Logan
1892-1897
Alexander Macdonald (1844-1928)
1892-1928
Hugh John Macdonald (1850-1929)
1895-1910
H. W. Manning
1942-1967
William Allan Mather (1885-1961)
1945-1955
T. J. McBride
1892-1896
Peter Campbell McIntyre (1854-1920)
1892-1894, 1897-1920
G. McLean
1939-1967
J. McLenaghen
1892-1901
Daniel Hunter McMillan (1846-1933)
1892-1933
William Henry McWilliams (1860-?)
1930-1942
T. B. Millar
1896-1897
Stephen Nairn (1838-1900)
1892-1895
Augustus Meredith Nanton (1860-1925)
1898-1925
Frederick Nation (1861-1955)
1910-1921
Hugh Farquharson Osler (1881-1943)
1925-1943
Francis Lawrence “Frank” Patton (1857-1932)
1924-1932
J. Y. Payzant
1901-1904
J. Redmond
1896-1898
James Armstrong Richardson (1885-1939)
1928-1939
Conrad Stephenson Riley (1875-1960)
1943-1953
Robert Thomas Riley (1851-1944)
1892-1943
William Pitt Riley (1870-1954)
1921-1954
J. Robson
1892-1892
William Bain Scarth (1837-1902)
1892-1896
Henry Eugene “Harry” Sellers (1886-1970)
1933-1967
F. G. Vernon
1892-1896
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Great West Life Building / Chamber of Commerce Building (177 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Milner House (51 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Great West Life War Memorial (60 Osborne Street, Winnipeg)
Memorable Manitobans: Recipients of Manitoba 150 Honours
Obituary [Henry W. Manning], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 March 1980, page 44.
“A House of Quality It Has Ever Been”: History of The Great-West Life Assurance Company by Richard E. Bennett, Winnipeg: The Great-West Life Assurance Company (1992).
“Well insured,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 April 2019, page B5.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 December 2023
