Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Horticultural and Forestry Association / Manitoba Horticultural Association

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Presidents | Secretary-Treasurers | Stevenson Award Recipients | Local Horticultural Societies | Sources

In 1911, the Manitoba Legislature passed an Act to incorporate the Manitoba Horticultural and Forestry Association. Forestry was dropped from its name in 1927.

Presidents

Period

President

1911-1916

Henry Martindale Speechly (1866-1951)

1917-1919

?

1920

Hugh William Watson (1872-?)

1921-1924

Frederick William Brodrick (1879-1958)

1925

Charles Clark Milne (1868-1944)

1926

Charles Alexander Midwinter (1888-1974)

1927-1928

William Russel “Russ” Leslie (1891-1985)

1929-1930

Frank Leith Skinner (1882-1967)

1931-1932

Frank Campbell Cave (1885-1965)

1933-1934

William Stubbs (1877-1935)

1935-1936

Charles Alexander Midwinter (1888-1974)

1937-1938

John Robert “Bob” Almey (1895-1988)

1939-1940

Ralph Roy Nichol (1885-1942)

1941

David Andrew Brown (1895-1990)

1942

Peter Daman (1896-1953)

1943

Mrs. A. M. Tobias

1944-1946

Theodore Edward Howard (1880-1960)

1947

W. B. Bain

1948

C. J. Edwards

1949

E. T. Andersen

1950-1952

William Archibald Cumming (1911-1999)

1953-1955

J. H. Nichol

1956-1957

J. Wall

1958-1959

Mrs. F. W. McIntosh

1960-1961

Grant Manson Churcher (1914-1990)

1962-1963

Herbert Frederick “Bert” Harp (1904-1990)

1964-1965

Jeanette “Jay” Slipetz (1914-2007)

1966-1967

H. R. Lamont

1968-1970

Eva Margaret Shafer (1902-1984)

1970-1972

Stan Gugin

1972-1973

William H. “Bill” Gray (1919-?)

1974-1975

Phyllis Pierrepont

1976-1977

Steve Foord-Kelcey

1978-1979

Lorry Gans

1980-1981

Mrs. G. Jasper

1982

Allan Brock

?-?

Muriel Elizabeth Meadows (1922-2006)

Secretary-Treasurers

Period

Secretary-Treasurer

1911-1920

Frederick William Brodrick (1879-1958)

1921-1922

Hugh William Watson (1872-?)

1923-1928

John Robert “Bob” Almey (1895-1988)

1929-1930

C. J. Edwards

1931-1939

John Walker

1940-1943

C. R. Ure

1944

E. C. Martin

1945-1947

M. R. Bevan

1948

E. C. Martin

1949-1965

F. J. Weir

1966-1978

Peter Jacob “Potato Pete” Peters (1914-2012)

1979-1982

Reg Curle

Recipients of the Stevenson Memorial Gold Medal / Stevenson Commemorative Award

This award is named for horticulturist A. P. Stevenson.

Recipient

Place

Year

William H. Alderman (1885-1985)

University of Minnesota

1944

Bob Bors

University of Saskatchewan

2019

George Fisher Chipman (1882-1935)

Charleswood

1938

Lynn M. Collicutt

Morden Experimental Farm

2015

William Archibald Cumming (1911-1999)

Morden

1974

Malcolm Bancroft Davis (1890-?)

Ottawa, ON

1951

William Godfrey (1878-1953)

Morden

1947

Niels Ebbesen Hansen (1866-1950)

Brookings, SD

1935

Herbert Frederick “Bert” Harp (1904-1990)

Morden Experimental Farm

1980

Dale Herman

North Dakota State University

2007

William Leslie “Les” Kerr (1902-1983)

Saskatoon, SK

1970

Louis M. Lenz

University of Manitoba

2010

William Russel “Russ” Leslie (1891-1985)

Morden Experimental Farm

1958

Henry Heard Marshall (1916-1994)

Morden

1989

Albert John “Bert” Porter (1901-2000)

Parkside, SK

1963

Wilbert G. Ronald

Morden Experimental Farm and Portage la Prairie

2002

Norman M. Ross (1877-1964)

Indian Head, SK

1941

Rick Sawatzky

University of Saskatchewan

2019

Robert Simonet (1903-1989)

Edmonton, AB

1960

Frank Leith Skinner (1882-1967)

Dropmore

1932

John Walker (1893-1991)

Winnipeg

1978

Charles F. Walkof (1910-1984)

Morden

1967

John Alexander Wallace (1899-1986)

University of Manitoba

1984

Alfred F. Yeager (1890-1961)

North Dakota Agricultural College & University of New Hampshire

1954

Local Horticultural Societies

Society

Community

Charter
No.

Est

Agassiz Horticultural Society

Lac du Bonnet, Pinawa

59

1969

Antler River Horticultural Society

Melita

20

1928

Arden Horticultural Society

Arden

19

1928

Beautiful Plains Horticultural Society

Neepawa

3

1914

57

1969

Benito and District Horticultural Society

Benito

50

1962

Birtle Horticultural Society

Birtle

18

1927

Boissevain Horticultural Society

Boissevain

 

1971

Bowsman Horticultural Society

Bowsman

39

1955

Brandon Horticultural and Forestry Association

Brandon

1

1893

Brandon Horticultural Society

Brandon

2

1929

Carberry and District Horticultural Society

Carberry

56

1968

Carman Horticultural Society

Carman

23

1929

37

1953

Cartwright-Mather Horticultural Society

Cartwright, Mather

51

1964

Central Manitoba Horticultural Society

Cypress River, Holland, Mariapolis, St. Alphonse, Somerset, Swan Lake, Treherne

48

1960

Charleswood Horticultural Society

Charleswood

5

1919

Dauphin Horticultural Society

Dauphin

6

1921

33

1947

Deloraine Horticultural Society

Deloraine

?

1927

Dominion City and District Horticultural Society

Dominion City

45

1958

East Kildonan Horticultural Society

East Kildonan

55

1967

Flin Flon Horticultural Society

Flin Flon

29

1936

Fort Garry Horticultural Society

Fort Garry

12

1922

Gladstone Horticultural Society

Gladstone

15

1924

Grunthal Horticultural Society

Grunthal

41

1956

Hamiota Horticultural Society

Hamiota

14

1923

Hartney Horticultural Society

Hartney

30

1937

Interlake Horticultural Society

Argyle, Balmoral, Grosse Isle, Gunton, Meadows, Rosser, Stonewall, Stony Mountain, Teulon

49

1960

Killarney and District Horticultural Society

Killarney

42

1957

La Salle River Horticultural Society

Oak Bluff, Sanford, Springstein, Starbuck

58

1969

Lenore Horticultural Society

Lenore

21

1928

Manitou Horticultural Society

Manitou

28

1935

Miami Horticultural Society

Miami

?

1907

Miniota Horticultural Society

Miniota

22

1928

Minnedosa Horticultural Society

Minnedosa

24

1930

Morden Horticultural Society

Morden

4

1916

Morris Horticultural Society

Morris

46

1959

Morse Place Horticultural Society

Transcona

9

1917

Newdale Horticultural Society

Newdale

17

1927

Niverville Horticultural Society

Niverville

?

1975

Oakville and District Horticultural Society

Oakville

40

1956

Pilot Mound Horticultural Society

Pilot Mound

43

1957

Pine Falls Horticultural Society

Pine Falls, Powerview

32

1947

Poplar Point Horticultural Society

Poplar Point

31

1946

Portage and District Horticultural Society

Portage la Prairie

25

1930

Reston and District Horticultural Society

Reston

53

1967

Roblin Horticultural Society

Roblin

47

1959

Russell Horticultural Society

Russell

16

1926

St. Boniface and Norwood Horticultural Society

Norwood, St. Boniface

11

1922

St. James Horticultural Society

St. James

8

1914

St. Pierre Horticultural Society

St. Pierre

38

1953

Selkirk and District Horticultural Society

Selkirk

13

1922

Souris and Glenwood Horticultural Society

Souris

7

1913

Steinbach Horticultural Society

Steinbach

34

1950

Thompson Horticultural Society

Thompson

?

1970

The Pas Horticultural Society

The Pas

36

1952

Transcona Horticultural Society

Transcona

26

1930

54

1967

Virden Horticultural Society

Virden

52

1965

West Kildonan Horticultural Society

West Kildonan

10

1922

35

1951

Winnipeg Horticultural Society

Winnipeg

27

1931

Sources:

“Brandon Horticultural Society,” Brandon Sun, 8 April 1897, page 2.

“Horticulture and forestry,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 February 1912, page 5.

“Horticulturists meet,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 February 1915, page 36.

“Farmers’ convention week,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 February 1916, page 51.

“Officers of Horticultural Assn. elected,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 February 1931, page 3.

“R. R. Nichol, C.N.R. official, dies suddenly,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 September 1942, page 18.

“William Godfrey,” The Prairie Garden (1954), page 128.

“D. C. Horticultural Society reorganized,” Steinbach Carillon News, 7 February 1958, page 11.

“Holland organizes horticultural society,” Glenboro Gazette, 19 May 1960, page 4.

The Ministry of Agriculture in Manitoba, 1870-1970 by Joseph Henry Ellis, Department of Agriculture, 1970, page 645.

Obituary [Eva Margaret Shafer], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 April 1984, page 46.

“John Walker,” The Prairie Garden (1985), page 8.

“John A. Wallace,” The Prairie Garden (1987), page 6.

A Century of Horticulture in Manitoba: 1880-1980 by Peter J. Peters, 1988, pages 167-230, 249.

Essays on the Early History of Plant Pathology and Mycology in Canada by Ralph H. Estey, Montreal/Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 1994, page 37.

Saskatchewan Agriculture: Lives Past and Present by Brian Mlazgar, Regina, 2006, page 156.

In a Cold Land: Saskatchewan's Horticultural Pioneers by Sara Williams, Saskatoon, 2006, page 47ff.

Obituary [Jeanette Slipetz], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 August 2007.

The Rosemakers by Harry McGee, London (Ontario), 2010, page 76.

The “Plant Wizard of the North”: Albert E. Yeager at North Dakota Agricultural College” by Barbara Handy-Marchello, North Dakota History, Volume 76, Numbers 1 & 2, pages 34-45.

“A. P. Stevenson Memorial Award” by Hugh Skinner and Sara Williams, Manitoba Horticultural Association newsletter, February 2019.

Profile: A. F. Yeager,” North Dakota Agriculture Today.

“Niels Ebbesen Hansen,” Wikipedia.

We thank Linda Dietrick for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 December 2023