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The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce was established in 1929 as an umbrella group for local chambers and a lobby for businesses around the province. Known originally as the Manitoba Associate Boards of Trade, it was received its present name around 1948.
Period
President
1929-1934
William Sanford Evans (1869-1949)
1934-1941
Arthur E. Parker (c1886-1953)
1941-1943
Charles Ernest Stockdill (1881-1960)
1943-1944
Arthur Gordon Buckingham (1885-1961)
1944-1946
Calvert Charlton Miller (1899-1978)
1946-1949
Donald Gordon McKenzie (1887-1963)
1949-1951
Edward Cecil Gilliat (1887-1960)
1951-1952
John Boyd Craig (1901-1992)
?-?
Alfred William “Bill” Hanks (1894-1985)
1952-1956
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1956-1957
Bernard Rodolph “Bernie” Wolfe (1922-2014)
1957-1962
?
1962-1963
Frank Elding Price (1931-2015)
1963-1970
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1970-1971
David Robert Blake (1925-2008)
?-?
Graeme Thomson Haig (1923-1993)
?-?
William Hamilton “Bill” Gray (1917-2015)
?-?
Neil Gerard MacPhee (1918-2014)
?-?
William Arthur Johnston (1914-1997)
Period
Executive Director
early 1990s
Anne Doherty (1935-2019)
“Gray will speak on route east of lakes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 March 1929, page 5.
“Manitoba Trade Boards elect 1933 officers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 December 1932, page 10.
“Manitoba Boards of Trade adopt development program,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 December 1938, page 5.
“A. E. Parker re-named Boards of Trade head,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 December 1939, page 3.
“Boards of Trade ask early action on Sirois Report,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 February 1941, page 13.
“Elected,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 December 1943, page 25.
“Trade Boards elect Miller,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 February 1944, page 2.
“Brandon man becomes new President Manitoba Chamber of Commerce,” Brandon Sun, 7 December 1951, page 9.
“Associated Boards to present resolutions to Premier and Cabinet,” Brandon Sun, 26 January 1952, page 9.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 17 December 2022
