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Established in 1890 from the former Manitoba Sun, the Winnipeg Tribune merged with the Winnipeg Telegram in 1920. Its final edition was published on 27 August 1980.
Period
Vice-President
1920-1935
Mark Edgar Nichols (1873-1961)
1936-?
Wesley McCurdy (1881-1961)
Period
Publisher
1890-1920
Robert Lorne Richardson (1860-1921)
1950s
F. S. Auger
1960s-1970s
A. R. Williams
Period
Editor-in-Chief
1920-1923
Mark Edgar Nichols (1873-1961)
1923-1938
Wilfrid Lawrence MacTavish (1891-1951)
1938-1951
?
1951-1958
Gerald Carlisle Allison (1907-1972)
1958-?
?
?-1966
Eric Joseph Hampson Wells (1917-1993)
1966-1976
Thomas Patrick “Tom” Green (1911-2001)
1976-1980
?
Period
Managing Editor
1903-1920
John James Moncrieff (1866-1939)
1920-1944
?
1944-1951
Gerald Carlisle Allison (1907-1972)
?-?
G. Richard “Dick” Goodwin (1923-1981)
?-?
John Milloy Gordon (1910-1992)
Editor
Period
Position
Gerald Carlyle Allison (1907-1972)
?-1928, 1935-1951
Suburban Editor, Radio Editor, Night Editor, News Editor (1939),
William Talbot Allison (1874-1941)
?
Literary Editor
Henry Bruce Boreham (1891-1987)
1920s
Sports Editor
Barbara Mae Halls Cannell (1929-2015)
?-?
Fashion Editor
Charles Victor Combe (1888-1953)
1918-1953
City Editor, Night Editor, Magazine Editor, Financial Editor
David James “Dave” Cross (1930-2004)
1957-1980
Assistant Managing Editor, Ombudsman
Maurice Gilbert “Buzz” Currie (1947-2022)
1970-1980
Copy Boy, Features Editor
Edmund Samuel “Ed” Dearden (1927-2024)
1965-1980
Assistant Sports Editor
Henry Ferguson (1863-1945)
c1904
News Editor
James Simmons Freer (1855-1933)
1917-1933
Staff Editor
Marjorie McGillivray “Marj” Gillies (1923-2020)
?
Family Section Editor
G. Richard “Dick” Goodwin (1923-1981)
1964-1980
News Editor, Managing Editor, Executive Editor, Ombudsman, Editorial Page Writer
John Milloy Gordon (1910-1992)
?-?
City Editor, News Editor
Peter Michael Liba (1940-2007)
1967-?
City Editor
Colin William Evan “Bill” MacPherson (1927-1995)
?-?
City Editor
Herbert Charles “Herb” Manning (1913-1962)
?-?
Sports Editor, City Editor, News Editor
Harry L. Mardon (1926-2004)
?
City Editor, Editorial Page Editor, Business Editor
Robert George McCuish (1876-?)
1898-1901
Sports Editor
Jack Meek (1912-1964)
1946-1964
Provincial Editor, City Editor, Sports Editor, Promotion Manager
John James Moncrieff (1866-1939)
1920-1936
Associate Editor
Roger Newman (1935-2021)
1968-1971
Business Editor
Richard Wilfred Queen-Hughes (1908-1970)
1966-1970
Associate Editor
Vernon Lee “Jim” Shilliday (1928-2014)
?-1980
City Editor, Associate Editor
Alfred Vernon Thomas (1875-1950)
?-1944
Municipal Editor
Employee
Period
Position
Clifford Ross “Cliff” Hudson (1895-1960)
1937-c1940
Office Manager
c1940-c1943
Circulation Director
Reporter/Journalist
Period
Title(s)
Ralph Andrew Allen (1913-1966)
?-?
Dallis “Knobby” Beck (1927-1990)
1953-1965
Sports Reporter
Madeleine Bernier (1920-2017)
15 years
Music Critic
Mary Jane Bletcher (1913-1982)
?-?
David Reginald “Dave” Bonner (1928-2006)
1979-1980
News Photographer
Bertram William “Bert” Cartwright (1890-1967)
17 years
Columnist
James Alexander “Jim” Coleman (1911-2001)
1931-?
John Donald “Don” Comstock (1927-2012)
1945-1953
Herbert H. Currie
c1904
Chief Reporter
Leonard Francis Earl (1882-1969)
1908-1920
Legislative Reporter
Marjorie Agnes Earl (1915-1999)
1974-1980
Columnist
Clarence Joseph Edwards (1905-1980)
1940s
Horticultural Editor
Patrick Thomas “Pat” Flynn (1948-2012)
1972-1980
Reporter
Trent Gardiner Frayne (1918-2012)
?-1942
Guy Auldjo Gamsby (1893-1974)
?-?
Grain Exchange Representative
Lillian Gibbons (1906-1996)
1932-1972
Paul Alan George Grescoe (1939-2023)
?-?
Clarence George Honnor (1894-1964)
1928-1935
Sports Editor, Night Editor
Margaret Laidlaw Hood (1914-1967)
1955-1956
Associate Women’s Editor
1956-1967
Women’s Editor
James Louis “Jim” Keilback (1926-2022)
?-?
Vincent “Vince” Leah (1913-1993)
1930-1980
Sportswriter
Debby Slobinsky Lexier (1928-2020)
1970s
Interior Design Columnist
Peter Michael Liba (1940-2007)
1957-1967
Legislative Reporter
John Frederick Bligh Livesay (1876-1944)
1902-1905
Telegraph Editor
Elizabeth Dundas Long (1891-1978)
1920-1922
Women's Reporter
Shane MacKay (1926-2001)
?-?
Victor Vereker “Vic” Murray (1897-1985)
1928-1970
Ernest Charles “Ernie” Mutimer (1924-2014)
?-?
Columnist
Katherine Gloria Queen-Hughes (1909-1978)
1929-?
Frank Roberts (1938-1998)
?-?
Heather Margaret Robertson (1942-2014)
?-?
Frances Russell (1941-2022)
?-?
Gary Raymond Scherbain (1942-2021)
?-?
Edward U. “Ted” Schrader (c1918-1971)
1940s
Reporter, Daily Columnist
Vernon Lee “Jim” Shilliday (1928-2014)
?-1952
Ronald Herbert “Ron” Stevens (1928-2023)
?-?
Marnie Stewart
1943-1980
J. Frank Syms (c1924-1992)
c1955
Eugene Louis “Gene” Telpner (1920-2005)
13 years
Entertainment Editor
Eric Joseph Hampson Wells (1917-1993)
1946-?
Police Reporter
Valentine “Val” Werier (1917-2014)
?-1980
Charles Henry Wheeler (1838-1917)
c1904
Drama Critic
Charles James Woodsworth (1909-2005)
1932-1941
Nathan B. “Zim” Zimmerman (1898-1951)
1924-1951
Drama Critic
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tribune Building (257 Smith Street, Winnipeg)
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
“To hell with Afghanistan” by Marjorie Earl in Torch on the Prairies: A Portrait of Journalism in Manitoba, 1859-1988, The Nor-Westers, 1988, pages 35-43.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 November 2024
