Manitoba Organization: Brandon Board of Trade / Brandon Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber was incorporated on 14 May 1883 as the Brandon Board of Trade.

Presidents

Period	President
1889-1890	E. B. Smith
1890-1891	William Johnston
1891-1900	?
1900-1901	Mr. MacHaffie
1901-1902	?
1902-1903	Frederick Nation (1861-1955)
1903-1905	John Inglis (1858-1941)
?	Albert Edward McKenzie (1870-1964)
1923	James Ewen Matthews (1869-1950)
1923-1948	?
?	Kenneth Campbell (1854-1938)
?	Francis Reginald Longworth (1891-1955)
1948-1949	D. R. Doig
1949-1951	John Boyd Craig (1901-1992)
1952-?	A. G. Cockrill
?	William Stordy (1902-1986)
1959-1960	Royal Kitchener “Roy” Armstrong (1902-1985)
?	Frank Osborne Meighen (1908-1995)
1976-1977	Charles O. “Chuck” Meighen (1943-2018)
?	Hugh Alexander “Sandy” McNeill (1893-1961)

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Merchants Bank Building (1043 Rosser Avenue, Brandon)

Sources:

“J. B. Craig is new head Chamber of Commerce in city,” Brandon Sun, 18 January 1950, page 1.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 August 2024