Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Arts Council

Presidents / Chairs

Period	President / Chair
1958-1960	Ronald David Turner (1915-1965)
1960-1961	Donald John “Don” Campbell (1914-2001)
1961-1993	?
1993-2000	Roberta Christianson
2000-2017	?
2017-present	Roberta Christianson

Vice-Presidents

Period	Vice-President
c1958	J. A. Whitmore
1958-?	J. M. Sinclair
?-?	William W. “Bill” Draper (1933-2005)

Treasurers

Period	Treasurer
1960-?	Ray Wildgoose
?-?	William W. “Bill” Draper (1933-2005)

Secretaries

Period	Secretary
1958-?	Betty Sparling (c1917-1994)

Executive Directors

Period	Executive Director
?-?	Mary Elizabeth Bayer (1925-2005)

Members

Name	Period
Hugh Avery Benham (1911-1997)	?-?
E. W. H. Brown	c1960
Barbara Mae Halls Cannell (1929-2015)	c1960
Mrs. W. H. Collum	c1960
Raymond Bryan Dewson (1922-2013)	?-?
Gissur Eliasson (1913-1980)	?-?
Esther Gertrude Moscovitch Genser (1916-2011)	c1960
John “Jack” Hassard (1912-1979)	?-?
Dr. C. R. Hiscocks	c1960
Gordon Horner	c1960
Reg Hugo	c1960
W. Ireland	c1960
Luella Shaw Levitt-Hays (1934-2006)	?-?
John Alexander MacAulay (1892-1978)	1958-c1960
Mrs. Clinton Macfarlane	c1960
Donald Scott McGiverin (c1924-1998)	?-?
Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody (1903-1991)	c1960
Kathleen M. Richardson	?-?
J. M. Sinclair	c1960
W. A. Smith	c1960
James Ogden Turner (1913-1998)	?-?
Frances Elizabeth Lorraine Port Watson (1924-2009)	?-?
J. E. Wilson	c1960

See also:

Kelly, Paula. For the Arts: A History of the Manitoba Arts Council. Winnipeg: Manitoba Arts Council, 1995.

Sources:

“Turner heads Arts Council,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 June 1958, page 21.

“Arts Council executive,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 1960, page 41.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 February 2024