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Manitoba Business: Manitoba Liquor Control Commission / Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation

This Crown Corporation was formed in 1923 with the repeal of the Manitoba Temperance Act and the passing of the Government Liquor Control Act. The three-member Commission, known initially as the Government Liquor Control Commission and later the Liquor Control Commission of Manitoba, was given a monopoly on the operation of liquor stores in Manitoba and ability to regulate the sales and use of liquor throughout the province.

Renamed the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission in 1980, it was merged in 2012 with the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation to form the Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation.

Chairmen

Period

Chairman

First

William Paine Dutton (1872-1942)

1981-?

Alex Tevendale (c1932-2003)

Presidents

Period

President

1996-2002

Ian Gordon Wright (1939-2016)

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Turner-Walker Block / Catelli Building / McCormicks Building (425 Henry Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Miller-Morse Building / Manitoba Liquor Control Commission Building / Richlu Building (317 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Liquor Control Commission War Memorial (1555 Buffalo Place, Winnipeg)

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 December 2022
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