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Founded formally in 1908 as the Manitoba Medical Association, representing licensed physicians in Manitoba, its origins go back to 22 May 1890, with the formation of the Provincial Medical Association of Manitoba, a local branch of the British Medical Association, under President Marshall Macklin, First Vice-President John Harrison O’Donnell, Second Vice-President James Wilford Good, and Secretary-Treasurer James Robert Jones.
In 2008, the organization changed its name to Doctors Manitoba.
Period
President
1890-1891
Marshall Macklin (1840-?)
1891-1892
John Harrison O’Donnell (1838-1912)
1892-1895
?
1895-1896
Andrew McDiarmid (1854-1926)
1896-1898
Henry Havelock Chown (1859-1944)
1898-1908
?
1908-1909
James Robert Jones (1848-1916)
1909-1910
William Harvey Smith (1868-1940)
1910-1911
Frank S. Keele (1859-1918)
1911-1912
Herbert Peter Howell Galloway (1866-1939)
1912-1913
John Sutherland Matheson (1873-1942)
1913-1914
Jasper Halpenny (1869-1930)
1914-1915
Herbert Andrew Gordon (1868-1942)
1915-1916
John Silas Poole (1872-1963)
1916-1917
James McKenty (1866-1940)
1917-1918
Daniel Gordon Ross (1867-1951)
1918-1919
George Darling Shortreed (1870-1940)
1919-1920
John Alexander Gunn (1878-1960)
1921-1922
Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (1873-1935)
1922-1923
Sidney James Shepherd Peirce (c1876-1951)
1923-1924
Gordon Samuel Fahrni (1887-1995)
1924-1925
William Arthur Gardner (1877-1967)
1925-1926
David Alexander Stewart (1874-1937)
1926-1927
John Douglas McQueen (1887-1948)
1927-1928
Henry William “Harry” Lewis (1884-1976)
1928-1929
Edmund James Boardman (1879-1935)
1929-1930
Charles A. MacKenzie (1870-1953)
1930-1931
Henry Oliver McDiarmid (1882-1952)
1931-1932
Rosslyn Brough “Ross” Mitchell (1880-1972)
1932-1933
Adam Fisher Menzies (1887-1958)
1933-1934
James Currie McMillan (1883-1950)
1934-1935
George Walter Rogers (1875-1942)
1935-1936
Frederick Gallagher “Fred” McGuinness (1891-1968)
1936-1937
George Clingan (1868-1944)
1937-1938
Charles William Burns (1890-1967)
1938-1939
Wilfrid Seymour Peters (1888-1956)
1939-1940
William Ewart Campbell (1885-1959)
1940-1941
Edward Lachlan Ross (1902-1974)
1941-1942
Hubert Daniel Kitchen (1895-1966)
1942-1943
Francis Kidd “Frank” Purdie (1888-1956)
1943-1944
David Campbell Aikenhead (1891-1973)
1944-1945
Stuart Duncan Schultz (1892-1974)
1945-1946
Patrick Herman “P. H.” McNulty (1894-1967)
1946-1947
John Roy Martin (1887-1965)
1947-1948
Roy Walter Richardson (1902-1974)
1948-1949
Harold Stuart Hamilton Evans (1904-1992)
1949-1950
Donald Lawrence Scott (1901-1974)
1950-1951
Edward Arnie Johnson (1902-1994)
1951-1952
Alexander McLean Goodwin (1899-1987)
1952-1953
Cornelius W. Wiebe (1893-1999)
1953-1954
Walter Felix Tisdale (1887-1960)
1954-1956
Ruvin Lyons (1906-1992)
1956-1957
John Edward Hudson (1917-2003)
1957-1958
Clarence Benjamin “Ben” Schoemperlen (1913-1997)
1958-1959
Edward Arnie Johnson (1902-1994)
1959-1960
Frederick Gerard Allison (1904-1989)
1960-1961
Harvey Lawrence McNicol (1911-1989)
1961-1962
Kenneth Rankine “Ken” Trueman (1907-1977)
1962-1963
Kjartan Ingimundur “Kjartie” Johnson (1910-1992)
1963-1964
Lawrence Ruhaul Rabson (1910-1970)
1964-1965
Carleton Milburn Thomas (1910-1990)
1965-1966
Donald Neil Campbell McIntyre (1914-2001)
1966-1967
Garth Everett Mosher (1934-2013)
1967-1968
Duncan Lloyd “Dunc” Kippen (1919-2004)
1968-1969
Donald Malcolm “Don” McPhail (1921-2004)
1969-1970
Otto Arnold Schmidt (1918-2005)
1970-1971
Robert Earl Beamish (1916-2001)
1971-1972
Lawrence John “Lawrie” Stephen (1928-2005)
1972-1973
Peter Connelly
1973-1974
Kenneth Owen “Ken” Wylie (1920-2009)
1974-1975
Petrus G. W. A. “Peter” Lommerse (1926-1993)
1975-1976
Clifford Edward “Ed” Abbott (1927-1994)
1976-1977
Robert Fraser Macintosh “Bob” Myers (1917-2016)
1977-1978
Joseph Herbert “Joe” Crust (1923-1985)
1978-1979
Feroze Khan - Winkler
1979-1980
Arni T. Laxdal
1980-1981
Jacob Dyck (1922-2009)
1981-1982
Frank Bennett Pearson (1926-2009)
1982-1983
Ivan J. Kowalchuk
1983-1984
Samuel Neil Heywood - Neepawa
1984-1985
H. Derek Fewer
1985-1986
Pierre Francois Roland Cantin (1928-2018)
1986-1987
John Beattie “Ian” Sutherland (1932-2025)
1987-1988
John Douglas “Jack” Armstrong (1939-2006)
1988-1989
M. J. Thornington
1989-1990
Lloyd C. Bartlett
1990-1991
Walter T. Hoeppner
1991-1992
J. F. Ross
1992-1993
Scott A. Cleghorn
1993-1994
Ian J. Goldstine
1994-1995
Neil Donen
1995-1996
Sunilkumar V. Patel
1996-1997
G. Les E. Ullyot
1997-1998
Ian W. C. White
1998-1999
S. George Skelly
1999-2000
Mark Heywood
2000-2001
Lorraine Hilderman
2001-2002
Alecs Chochinov
2002-2003
Garth Campbell
2003-2004
S. Jay Duncan
2004-2005
Susan Fair
2005-2006
Anthony Herd
2006-2007
Michael Omichinski
2007-2008
Darcy Johnson
2008-2009
Robyn Olson
2009-2010
Margaret Speer
2010-2011
Patricia Baker
2011-2012
Jason Scott
2012-2013
Pravingsagar Mehta
2013-2014
Maurice Roy
2014-2015
Robert Kippen
2015-2016
David Cram
2016-2017
Barbara Kelleher
2017-2018
Aaron Chiu
2018-2019
Shannon Prud'homme
2019-2020
Louis Fourie Smith
2020-2021
Cory Baillie
2021-2022
Kristjan Thompson
2022-2023
Candace Bradshaw
2023-2024
Michael Boroditsky
2024-2025
Randolph Guzman
Award Recipient
Year
Amarjit Arneja
2018
Lloyd C. Bartlett
1984
Robert Earl Beamish (1916-2001)
1985
John Maxwell “Jack” Bowman (1925-2005)
1993
Gilbert J. Bretecher
2008
Charles MacKay Burns (1926-2013)
1988
Morley Cohen (1923-2005)
1989
Thomas Edward “Ted” Cuddy (1930-2014)
1996
Allan Rae Downs (c1930-2023)
1994
Albert A. Earn
1979
Alvin J. Elliott
2000
John Foerster
1997
Henry Friesen
2005
David Grewar
2003
John Arthur “Jack” Hildes (1918-1984)
1986
Douglas Hobson
2009
John Edward “Ed” Hudson (1917-2003)
1999
Sabina Ijaz
2020
Desmond Ireland
1998
Lyonel Garry Israels (1926-2003)
1990
Murray Kesselman
2021
Robin G. Krause
1992
Garry Krepart
2012
William D. MacDiarmid
1991
Harry Medovy (1904-1995)
1975
Anthony Miller
2007
Claude Howard Murphy (1918-2020)
1987
David Mymin
2006
2010
Wes Palatnick
2019
Donald Willis Penner (1918-2004)
1995
Brian Postl
2022
William R. J. Rennie
2004
Karl T. Riese
2001
David Rush
2016
Brent Schacter
2013
Molly Seshia
2017
Estelle Simons
2015
Miroslaw F. Stranc
2002
Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson (1895-1989)
1976
Kenneth Rankine “Ken” Trueman (1907-1977)
1978
John Wade
2011
Michael West
2014
Cornelius W. Wiebe (1893-1999)
1977
See also:
Manitoba Organization: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba
“Medicos in convention,” Manitoba Free Press, 22 May 1890, page 8.
“Manitoba medical men,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 July 1895, page 6.
“The medical men,” Manitoba Free Press, 24 July 1896, page 1.
“Doctors’ organization,” Manitoba Free Press, 4 February 1898, page 1.
“Dr. H. W. Lewis heads Manitoba Medical Assn.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 September 1927, page 3.
“Dr. G. W. Rogers, Dauphin, heads medical group,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 September 1934, page 10.
“Brandon man heads medicos,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 September 1944, page 22.
“Dr. D. L. Scott to head local medical group,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 September 1949, page 3.
“Medical Association picks new officers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 October 1960, page 3.
Manitoba Medicine: A Brief History by Ian Carr and Robert E. Beamish, University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
We thank Keir Johnson (Doctors Manitoba) for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 February 2025
