A nine hole golf course in the St. James area of Winnipeg was established in 1917 with a first clubhouse located at 433 Inglewood Street. Three years later, a new clubhouse was built at 2045 Ness Avenue at the end of Mandeville Street.
In 1937, with the expansion of Stevenson Field (Winnipeg International Airport), the course lost its north end. In May 1937, the club negotiated to take over the remains of the Deer Lodge Golf Club, using 11 holes of the Deer Lodge course with seven of its own to make an 18 hole course. However, that configuration was short lived because, with the start of the Second World War in 1939, the Royal Canadian Air Force took much of the land. A new nine hole layout was planned and completed prior to the end of the war.
In 1964, the City of St. James made plans to build the St. James Civic Centre. This also entailed changes to the course design.
Today, the Assiniboine Golf Club operates as a nine hole course.
Period
President
1917-1919
John David Lawson (1880-1939)
1920-1921
D. J. Graham
1922
A. J. Hall
1923-1929
Thomas John Lytle (?-1951)
1930-1931
Hugh Alexander MacKay (1880-1967)
1932-1939
Robert G. Murray (1884-1977)
1940-1942
Harry Weremy (1898-1965)
1943-1945
William “Bill” Mitchell
1946-1947
John Garey “Jack” Hillhouse (1909-1996)
1948
D. Morris
1949
Harry Weremy (1898-1965)
1950-1951
John Andrew “Jack” Swanson (1909-1979)
1952
Frederick Clifford Kemp (1914-1999)
1953-1955
Glyn Morris (1912-1993)
1956
Donald John McLennan (1903-1978)
1957
William H. Brown
1958-1959
Stuart Hanson Chandler (1910-1999)
1960
Walter Scott (1897-1976)
1961
Joseph Parker Vinet (1920-2018)
1962
Kenneth Charlton
1963-1964
George McCloy (1922-2009)
1965
Earl Richard Melville Storey (1921-1981)
1966
Ronald Cameron (1923-1998)
1967
John Franklin “Frank” Johnston (1929-2017)
1968-1969
Harrison James Best (1917-2003)
1970-1971
George Raymond Chandler (1915-1975)
1972-1973
Glen Oliver Thorsteinson (1936-2022)
1974
John Joseph “Red” Alix (1926-2010)
1975
Albert Victor “Ab” Taylor (1919-2014)
1976
Lynwood Edgar Ashcroft “Lin” Davies (1920-2007)
1977
James McRitchie
1978
Douglas Kuntz
1979
Gordon Fergus Kelman (1920-1996)
1980
William Henry “Bill” Willis (1920-1990)
1981
Alfred Lyndon “Lyndy” Best (1922-2016)
1982
James Edward Daniel “Ted” Bond (1939-2003)
1983-1984
William Orval Bingham (1933-2018)
1985
Melville Russell “Russ” Miller (1924-2004)
1986
L. D. Sinclair
1987-1989
Albert Henry “Bert” Delbridge (c1921-2002)
1990-1991
Allan Douglas Poapst
1992-1995
J. G. Coles
1996
R. M. McFarlane
1997
H. R. Hill
1998
Donald John McIntyre (1929-2005)
1999
Merilyn Beth Ballance (1941-2010)
2000
D. B. Popkes
2001
W. S. Walker
2002-2003
J. Reidulff
2004
Bruce George Instance (1961-2017)
2005
G. H. Ursell
2006
T. A. R. Miller
2007-2008
J. G. Coles
2008-2009
T. Grant
2010-2011
Jim Francis
2012-2014
Edward Bond
2015-2016
Kathy Spalding
2016-2017
Ian Size
2017-2020
Craig Martin
2021
Diane Beresford
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Assiniboine Golf Club (2045 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg)
“Assiniboine Golf Club to make its sporting debut,” Manitoba Free Press, 19 May 1917, page 29.
This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 November 2024
