Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Curling Association / Manitoba Ladies Curling Association

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Formed in November 1888, until 1908 it was the Manitoba Branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. Renamed the Manitoba Curling Association, it became Curl Manitoba in 2009.

The Manitoba Ladies Curling Association was formed in 1924. It operated until amalgamation with the Manitoba Curling Association in 2000.

Presidents

Term	President
1888-1889	John Brown Mather (c1847-1892)
1890-1891	Elias George Conklin (1845-1901)
1891-1892	George Frederick Galt (1855-1928)
1892-1893	George Huestis Campbell (1855-1928)
1893-1894	Henry Norlande Ruttan (1848-1925)
1894-1895	Walter Frederick Payne (1863-1930)
1895-1896	Francis White “Frank” Peters (1860-1933)
1896-1897	William Georgeson (1859-?)
1897-1898	Alexander Black (1847-1913)
1898-1899	Thomas Alderson Anderson (1855-1919)
1899-1900	James Scroggie (1859-1948)
1900-1901	Daniel David Wood (1859-1925)
1901-1902	William Linton Parrish (1860-1949)
1902-1903	George Francis Bryan (1850-1919)
1903-1904	Charles James Jamieson (1854-1940)
1904-1905	Frank Oliver Fowler (1861-1945)
1905-1906	Richard Deans Waugh (1868-1938)
1906-1907	William Alexander “Bill” Carson (1861-1920)
1907-1908	John Waller de Courcy O’Grady (1854-1914)
1908-1909	Thomas J. Lowe (1873-1942)
1909-1910	Peter Douglas Lyall (1878-1945)
1910-1911	Isaac Pitblado (1867-1964)
1911-1912	John Waller de Courcy O’Grady (1854-1914)
1912-1913	John Thomas Haig (1877-1962)
1913-1914	Eli Joel “Mac” Rochon (1856-1937)
1914-1915	William Henry Ellis Evanson (1866-1941)
1915-1916	James Frederick “Fred” Palmer (1873-1943)
1916-1917	William Pembroke “Billy” McDougall (1881-1921)
1917-1918	Thomas Henry Verner (1862-1930)
1918-1919	Andrew Wilson (1863-1923)
1919-1920	Magnus Peterson (1883-1935)
1920-1921	John Peter O’Hare (1876-1964)
1921-1922	Colin Campbell “Cam” Chisholm (1883-1936)
1922-1923	William Osward “Ossie” Graham (1886-1964)
1923-1924	Joseph Ferguson Davidson (1883-1961)
1924-1925	John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965)
1925-1926	David Wesley “Wes” Griffith (1879-1943)
1926-1927	Robert “Bob” Jacob (1879-1944)
1927-1928	Malcolm Campbell (1858-1939)
1928-1929	George James Cameron (1881-1945)
1929-1930	James Alexander McTavish (1877-1963)
1930-1931	Robert John “Bob” Gourley (1878-1976)
1931-1932	John Ramsay Aikman (1877-1936)
1932-1933	John Alexander Erzinger (1884-1949)
1933-1934	Francis James “Frank” Smith (1891-1946)
1934-1935	Gordon Milford Hudson (1894-1959)
1935-1936	Hugh MacKenzie (1875-1937)
1936-1937	William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)
1937-1938	Robert “Bob” Jacob (1879-1944)
1938-1939	Neil William Sullivan (1890-1973)
1939-1940	William Robert "Bill" McAlpine (1886-1956)
1940-1941	Harold Wilson Scrymgeour (1885-1956)
1941-1942	Robert Douglas Black (1894-1963)
1942-1943	Clifford Ross “Cliff” Hudson (1895-1960)
1943-1944	Walter Youngman (1883-1984)
1944-1945	William Winfred "Winn" Thompson (1885-1957)
1945-1946	Roy Herbert Snyder (1889-1956)
1946-1947	Stephen Cornell “Steve” Trewhitt (1889-1975)
1947-1948	William Edward "Bill" Lumsden (1907-1982)
1948-1949	Albert Henry “Harry” Wells (1878-1949)
1949-1950	James “Ross” Woods (1892-1950)
1950-1951	Ross Grant Wright (1902-1992)
1951-1952	John “Jack” Dutton (1888-1961)
1952-1953	James Kenneth “Ken” Watson (1904-1986)
1953-1954	Robert Frederick “Bob” O’Dowda (1917-1990)
1954-1955	Herbert “Hebby” Axford (1894-1974)
1955-1956	Calder Campbell “Kelly” Daun (1912-1998)
1956-1957	James Harold “Googs” Hindle (1908-1961)
1957-1958	William Herman “Bill” Brett (1887-1964)
1958-1959	Michael “Mike” Kaminsky (1893-1988)
1959-1960	Horace Frederick Thomas (1900-1971)
1960-1961	Alfred William “Ab” Brown (1904-1993)
1961-1962	Cecil William “Cece” Pooles (1905-1973)
1962-1963	John Baker (1917-1996)
1963-1964	Leo Einar Johnson (1901-1976)
1964-1965	James Oddie “Jimmy” Welsh (1910-1988)
1965-1966	Gordon Manson Law (1914-1994)
1966-1967	Gordon Blaine McTavish (1927-2019)
1967-1968	Bruce MacLean Hudson (1928-2016)
1968-1969	Frederick Howard “Fred” Lay (1927-1998)
1969-1970	Alfred James “Jim” Williams (1916-2004)
1970-1971	Cecil Martin “Cec” Watt (1923-2006)
1971-1972	Noel Robert Buxton (1910-1988)
1972-1973	Robert J. “Bob” Picken (1932-2019)
1973-1974	Frederick Howard “Fred” Lay (1927-1998)
1974-1975	James Wilfred “Jim” Wishart (1911-1978)
1975-1976	Victor Albert “Vic” Palmer (1919-2002)
1976-1977	James Waters “Jim” Adamson (1912-1998)
1977-1978	Wesley Albert “Wes” Owen (1921-1987)
1978-1979	James Arthur “Jim” Sproule (1921-2010)
1979-1980	James “Spence” Shiach (1918-2015)
1980-1981	Max Saper (1919-1998)
1981-1982	Robert Cove “Bob” Lloyd (1916-1989)
1982-1983	Eric George Mitchell (1920-1995)
1983-1984	Roy Percival Nordlinger (1925-2001)
1984-1985	Stanley Adoljon “Stan” Oleson (1931-2018)
1985-1986	Barry G. Mulvenny
1986-1987	Thomas Patrick “Tom” Dooley (1916-2010)
1987-1988	Lorne M. Cameron
1988-1989	Frederick Alvin “Al” Macatavish
1989-1990	Howard P. Fairbairn
1990-1991	James R. Younger
1991-1992	Clifford Frederick “Cliff” Schmidt (1942-2015)
1992-1993	Paul M. Pelletier
1993-1994	Lloyd Kenneth “Ken” Roth (1941-2010)
1994-1995	Zivan Saper (1951-2020)
1995-1996	Jerry R. Brown
1996-1997	Daniel Bernard “Dan” Hildebrand (1951-2011)
1997-1998	Christopher Kenneth “Ken” Parfeniuk (1940-2015)
1998-1999	Gerry Markovich (1931-2013)
1999-2000	Gary Thornton Smith (1940-2016)

Presidents (Manitoba Ladies Curling Association)

Term	President
1924-1926	Marion Rachel Rowlands (Smith) (1885-1961)
1926-1927	Anne Sophia Gilmer (Moore) (1874-1950)
1927-1928	Vira May Argue (Anderson) (1885-1928)
1928-1929	Helena “May” Rankin (Dagg) (1892-1957)
1929-1930	Marguerite [Margaret] Walsh (1888-1954)
1930-1931	Mary Helen “Molly” Collins (Kirton) (1890-1989)
1931-1932	Mary Elizabeth Berry (1881-1967)
1932-1933	Alma “Lillian” “Simmie” Simpson (Dolton) (1886-1981)
1933-1934	Vera Gertrude McAlpine (Lee) (1895-1988)
1934-1935	Elsie Kathleen “Kay” Johnson (Montgomery) (1898-1972)
1935-1936	Elizabeth Wilson (McFaul) (1883-1977)
1936-1937	Essie Lupton (Tait) (1883-1969)
1937-1938	Helen Maud Cochrane (Wilson) (1887-1946)
1938-1939	Rositta Shaw (Fararrio) (1881-1954)
1939-1940	Catherine Watt (1891-1984)
1940-1941	Isabella Greig “Isabel” Wylie (Reilly) (1891-1975)
1941-1942	Elizabeth “Betty” Munro (Boyle) (1890-1964)
1942-1943	Clara Elizabeth Floyd (Pollock) (1890-1978)
1943-1944	Annie Selena “Ann” Acheson )Holmes)  (1894-1977)
1944-1945	Doris Fraser (Busbridge) (1896-1993)
1945-1946	Kathleen Marzette Dudley (Cain) (1887-1959)
1946-1947	Myrtle Mary Gibson (Winfield) (1898-1984)
1947-1948	Mary McIntosh Phillips (Tait) (1906-1972)
1948-1949	Muriel Elva Beech (Scaife) (?-2003)
1949-1950	Annie Ferguson McGregor (Young) (1889-1978)
1950-1951	Agnes Thorsteinson (Ketter) (1908-2002)
1951-1952	Margaret Essie “Daisy” Brust (Graff) (1889-1979)
1952-1953	Bessie McIntyre (Clitsome) (1893-1974)
1953-1954	Treasure Leona  “Treg” Rigby (Muggaberg) (1901-1974)
1954-1955	Marjorie Violet “Marge” Palmer (Hay) (1900-1973)
1955-1956	Martha Gates “Daisy” Hutchison (Slasor) (1902-1999)
1956-1957	Elvira Jennie “Vera” Cassidy (Kellberg) (1894-1973)
1957-1958	Aileen Hazel Prest (Maddison) (1914-1983)
1958-1959	Harriet “Marjorie” Houston (Carefoot) (1903-1987)
1959-1960	Laura Clark (Gallinger) (1889-1966)
1960-1961	Etta Ida Greenberg (Levinson) (1904-1992)
1961-1962	Katherine “Kay” Balcaen (Rubis) (1908)-1985)
1962-1963	Lura Margretta Price McLuckie (1912-1998)
1963-1964	Edith Mildred Houston (Johnston) (1916- 2009)
1964-1965	Christina “Ina” Senebald (Watt) (1914-1989)
1965-1966	Miriam Alexandra Cameron (McKinnon) (1907-1982)
1966-1967	Agnes Hilda “Joan” Whalley (White) (1918-2015)
1967-1968	Gladys May Darling (Hannah) (1912-2009)
1968-1969	Eleanor Mae Clarke (Hazelwood) (1899-2000)
1969-1970	Alice Erna Oterholm (Kach) (1911-2007)
1970-1971	Vera Willena Regent (Blair) (1907-1980)
1971-1972	Barbara “Helen” McDiarmid (Auger) (1920-2007)
1972-1973	Marion Lynch Ada (1915-1993)
1973-1974	Edna Fern Moffatt (Buck) (1919-1995)
1974-1975	Joan M. Martin (Anderson) (1929-1989)
1975-1976	Agnes Isabella McDougall (Robertson) (1918-2008)
1976-1977	Edith Myrtle Tipping (Feasey) (1916-2004)
1977-1978	Mona Cove Dixon (Cove) (1920-2012)
1978-1979	Beryl Ann Harding (Watkins) (1923-2011)
1979-1980	Mary Voss (Cryderman) (1925-2013)
1980-1981	Shirley Elizabeth Bray (Walker) (1929-2020)
1981-1982	Ina Light
1982-1983	Mary Margaret “Marg” Ritchie (Norell) (1925-2017)
1983-1984	Edna May McKinnon ( Bryndze ) (1925-2012)
1984-1985	Janet Cole Davidson (Thomas) (1933-2010)
1985-1986	Verna Marie Petrick (Lorette) (1927-2016)
1986-1987	Nell Stoughton
1987-1988	Margaret “Bernice” Lowe (Strachan) (1918-2018)
1988-1989	Isla Hagborg
1989-1990	Leila Farrell
1990-1991	Judy Brown
1991-1992	Beryl Fallis
1992-1993	Lorna Marshall
1993-1994	Bev Wait
1994-1995	Sylvia Erickson
1995-1996	Caryn Blashko
1996-1997	Audrey Hogg
1997-1998	Nancy Rummery
1998-1999	Lorraine Margaret Toth (Horn) (1940-2002)
1999-2000	Edie Caron

See also

An Interview with C. H. Scrymgeour by Morris Mott and John Allardyce
Manitoba History, Number 14, Autumn 1987

Sources:

“Genial head of Manitoba Curling Association,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 February 1910, page 19.

“Curlers prepare for next season,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 April 1914, page 32.

“J. Fred Palmer is president of curling body,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 April 1915, page 10.

“Great winter carnival aim of curlers for next big bonspiel,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 April 1916, page 10.

“T. H. Verner chosen to pilot Manitoba Curling Association,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 April 1917, page 12.

“Andrew Wilson is new president of Manitoba Curling,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 April 1918, page 12.

“John O’Hare is president Manitoba Curling Assn., Palmer again secretary,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 April 1920, page 17.

“Manitoba Curling Assn. proposed to shorten ‘spiel; Chisholm is new president,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 April 1921, page 14.

“W. O. Graham is chosen president of Manitoba Curling Association,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 April 1922, page 12.

“Curlers name committees,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 April 1923, page 10.

“W. Griffith is new head of Manitoba Curling Assn.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 April 1925, page 14.

“Robert Jacob elected president Curling Association,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 April 1926, page 14.

“Manitoba Curling Association honors Malcolm Campbell,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 April 1927, page 14.

“George J. Cameron elected president of Curling Assn.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 April 1928, page 14.

“Curlers select R. J. Gourley as 1930-31 president,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 April 1930, page 10.

“Johnny Erzinger president of Manitoba curling body,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 April 1932, page 14.

“Manitoba Curling Association honors prominent men,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 April 1933, page 12.

“Hudson name here to stay?,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 April 1967, page 46.

We thank Terry Webber, Nathan Kramer, and Rick Mutton for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 March 2022