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Known originally as the Provincial Medical Board of Manitoba when it was formed in 1871, it became the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba in 1876 and was incorporated formally in 1877. It is the statutory body responsible for maintaining standards of medical practice in the province.
Period
Registrar
1871-1881
John Harrison O’Donnell (1838-1912)
1882-1887
James Spencer Lynch (1841-1894)
1888
John Angus Macdonald (1862-1932)
1889-1890
Samuel Charles Corbett (1846-1915)
1891
Frank Bostwick Lundy (1860-1910)
1892
N. B. Gillies
1893
Henry Aubrey Husband (1844-1933)
1894
James Robert Jones (c1852-1916)
1895-1896
Robert Stirton Thornton (1863-1936)
1897
Charles Whitfield Clark (1845-1939)
1898
Benjamin James McConnell (1861-1923)
1899-1900
William Harvey Smith (?-1940)
1901
James Robert Jones (c1852-1916)
1902
G. Riddell
1903
A. J. MacDonell
1904
R. P. Crookshank
1906
J. Hardie
1907
William Rogers (1866-1946)
1908
Murrough Charles O’Brien (1868-1955)
1909
Thomas Mcketchie Milroy (1859-1947)
1910
John James McFadden (1856-1927)
1911
John Ernest Coulter (1869-1929)
1912
Roderick William MacCharles (1858-1946)
1913
Daniel Hereward McCalman (1861-1938)
1914
Daniel Gordon Ross (1867-1951)
1915
Walter G. Campbell (1875-1952)
1916
William James Harrington (1871-1941)
1917
Thomas Turnbull
1918
H. A. Wright
1919
John Ralston Davidson (1870-1948)
1920
W. H. Rennie
1921
R. Goodwin
1922
William Rogers (1866-1946)
1923
Andrew Edward McGavin (1876-1948)
1924
Daniel Hereward McCalman (1861-1938)
1925
John Silas Poole (1872-1963)
1926
R. J. Campbell
1927
John Robert Gunne (1870-1935)
1928
W. H. Secord
1929
Hugh McGavin (1874-1958)
1930
B. H. Olson
1931
John Henry Edmison (1875-1932)
1932
J. Puller
1933
William James Harrington (1871-1941)
1934
W. Turnbull
1935
Henry Oliver McDiarmid (1882-1952)
1936
Charles William Burns (1890-1967)
1937
W. H. Rennie
1938
H. D. Kitchen
1939
C. C. Everson
1940
John Stewart McInnes (1894-1978)
1941
Sigurgeir Bardal (1891-1980)
1942
J. Prendergast
1943
A. A. Alford
1944
Henry Bruce Chown (1893-1986)
1945
Cornelius W. Wiebe (1893-1999)
1946
B. D. Best
1947
W. F. Stevenson
1948
C. B. Stewart
1949
Edward Arnie Johnson (1902-1994)
1950
I. Pearlman
1951
Francis Kidd “Frank” Purdie (1888-1956)
1952
C. E. Corrigan
1953
Thorne William “Bill” Shaw (1887-1963)
1954
Charles Hutchinson A’Court Walton (1906-1981)
1955
Percival Johnson (1907-1983)
1956
A. E. Childe
1957
R. E. Dicks
1958
A. R. Birt
1959
Alfred Leroy Paine (1901-1988)
1960
Robert Earl Beamish (1916-2001)
1961
G. H. Hamlin
1962
Alex P. Guttman (1901-2001)
1963
W. Malyska
1964
D. J. Hastings
1965
G. N. Willson
1966
Alan Abraham Klass (1907-2000)
1967
Francis John Esslemont “Frank” Purdie (1920-2013)
1968
A. T. Gowron
1969
J. C. Rennie
1970
R. T. Ross
1971
John Edward Hudson (1917-2003)
1972
W. J. Hart
1973
C. H. Opie
1974
A. R. Downs
1975
T. F. Beveridge
1976
Daniel Peter “Dan” Snidal (1921-1998)
1977
Frederic Wardell DuVal (1925-2002)
1978
K. J. Collier
1979
Robert Gerald Handford (1929-2019)
1980
M. L. Weidman
1981
Robert Ogden Hinch (1926-2002)
1982
Michael John David Newman (1926-2022)
1983
I. C. Peever
1984
Francis Patrick “Pat” Doyle (1922-2015)
1985
E. J. S. N. Briggs
1986
D. M. Brodovsky
1987
G. O. Hansen
1988
William Bissett “Bill” Ewart (1925-1995)
1989
C. H. Murphy
1990
A. W. Alvi
1991
P. G. W. Lommerse
1992
W. G. Warrian
1993
H. A. Wiens
1994
G. K. Bristow
1995
C. M. McConnell
1996
L. A. S. Antonissen
1997
G. M. Lindsay
1998
R. J. Menzies
1999
M. W. Kepron
Period
Registrar
1871-1876
Curtis James Bird (1838-1876)
1876-1881
James Spencer Lynch (1841-1894)
1881-1886
Alexander Hugh Ferguson (1853-1911)
1886-1916
John Sidney Gray (1850-1917)
1916-1929
John Ernest Coulter (1869-1929)
1929-1947
Walter G. Campbell (1875-1952)
1947-1972
M. T. MacFarland
1972-1989
K. R. Brown
Manitoba Medicine: A Brief History by Ian Carr and Robert E. Beamish, University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
Obituary [Robert Gerald Handford], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 March 2019.
We thank Darryl Toews and James Kostuchuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 November 2024