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

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

In 1911, the Manitoba Legislative Assembly 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)
1939-1941	Ralph Roy Nichol (1885-1942)
1942	David Andrew Brown (1895-1990)
1943	Pieter [Peter] Daman (1896-1953)
1944	Elsie May Milne Tobias (1894-1959)
1945-1946	Theodore Edward Howard (1880-1960)
1947	William Ballantyne Bain (1888-1958)
1948	Clarence Joseph Edwards (1905-1980)
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

Life Members

Life Member	Conferred
Charles Herrington Budd (1870-1956)	1944

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 Marcel Lenz (1933-2024)	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.

“Nichol heads horticulturists,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 February 1940, page 13.

“D. A. Brown, Brandon, heads horticulturists,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 February 1942, page 13.

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

“Peter Daman president of horticulturists,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 February 1943, page 11.

“Horticulturists honor Charles H. Budd,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 February 1944, page 11.

“Horticultural Assn. officers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 February 1944, page 5.

“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: 24 March 2024