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The Manitoba Association of Optometrists, known at its founding as the Manitoba Optical Association, is the regulatory body for optometrists in the province. It is responsible for licensing and granting registration certificates for optometrists. Through the years, it has promoted the adoption of quality and educational standards with its members.
The Association itself was formed in 1907 by a few of Winnipeg’s optometrists. On 1 July 1909, in response to lobbying by the Association and its president Wellington G. Maybee, the Province of Manitoba passed the Manitoba Optometry Act. It formalized the profession and gave the Association its powers. A Board of Examiners was appointed to oversee the training and testing of optometrists in the province. The initial Board, made up of the first five members of the Association, comprised W. G. Maybee (chair), H. A. Nott (secretary), R. T. Butchart, F. A. E. Leach, and J. H. Bartlett.
An MHS Centennial Organization Award was presented by Gordon Goldsborough to the Manitoba Association of Optometrists at a ceremony on 18 April 2009.
Period
President
1909-1911
Wellington Graham Maybee (1866-1929)
1912
Herbert Arthur Nott (1880-1963)
1913
Archibald Murdock McDougall (1862-?)
1914
John E. Tulloch (1880-1945)
1915
David Allan Maguire (1879-1946)
1916-1917
Frederick William Dudley (1878-1950)
1918-1919
James Ferguson Tulloch (1890-1956)
1920
Norman Herbert Neill (1875-1956)
1921
Maitland Tinlin (1876-1934)
1922-1923
Henry Scovil “Harry” Nowlan (1887-1977)
1924
Benjamin F. Armstrong (1876-?)
1925-1926
James Franklin Hiscox (1888-1983)
1927
Maitland Tinlin (1876-1934)
1928
Stanley Norman Cochran (1890-1971)
1929
Archie Reuben Pippy (1891-1968)
1930-1931
David Allan Maguire (1879-1946)
1932
William E. Nott
1933-1934
Benjamin F. Armstrong (1876-?)
1935-1936
Charles A. Dempsey
1937-1939
Henry Scovil “Harry” Nowlan (1887-1977)
1940
Charles A. Campbell
1941-1942
Earl Ira Cummings (c1896-1960)
1943-1944
James T. Westby
1945
James Franklin Hiscox (1888-1983)
1946
Charles A. Dempsey
1947
Donald C. Small
1948-1950
William M. Lyle
1951-1952
Herbert W. Moore
1953-1954
Emanuel M. Finkleman
1955-1956
Donald C. Small
1957-1958
Herbert W. Moore
1959-1960
George E. Dunkin
1961-1962
Bernard M. Rosner
1963-1964
Elwood J. Spearman
1965-1966
Manuel Norman Lecker (1913-2007)
1967-1969
?
1970-1971
James D. McQueen
1972-1973
Neil R. McCaughey
1973
A. Harry Basman
1974-1975
D. Roderick Small
1976-1977
?
1978-1979
A. Harry Basman
1980-1993
?
1994-1995
Jane E. Thrall
The following members were registered as of 1909.
No.
Member
Community
1
Wellington Graham Maybee (1866-1929)
2
Herbert Arthur Nott (1880-1963)
3
Robert Thompson Butchart (1866-1930)
4
James Henry Bartlett (1869-1929)
Souris
5
Frederick Arthur Edmond Leach (1875-1930)
6
Charles Clinton Gorrie (1885-1968)
7
John E. Tulloch (1880-1945)
8
Norman Herbert Neill (1875-1956)
9
Frederick William Dudley (1878-1950)
10
Frank Depew Culp (1883-?)
11
Thomas Turnbull Malcolm (1874-1938)
Dauphin
12
Reginald Coulson (1874-?)
13
A. C. Whittaker
14
Charles Joseph Western (1878-?)
15
Archibald Hector McIntyre (1857-?)
16
James Andrew Dunkin (1876-?)
17
George Stevenson (1870-?)
18
William Edward Crawford (1865-1947)
Hartney
19
James William Young Collins (1876-?)
20
Joseph Frederick Higginbotham (1868-?)
21
Percival James Horwood (1877-?)
22
Robert Arthur McRuer (1880-1974)
St. Boniface
23
Henry James May (1874-?)
24
Harry Josiah Stevenson (1878-?)
25
David Anson Reesor (1860-1940)
26
William Mackenzie Campbell (1878-?)
27
Samuel Alwyn Bartlett (1881-?)
28
Duncan Alexander Kennedy (1883-?)
29
Charles Frederick Hasslefield (1876-?)
30
Sanford Tudor Tyndale (1874-1956)
Roland
31
Richard Skinner (1875-?)
32
John Howard Germain (1885-?)
33
Carl P. Johnston (1877-?)
34
Charles Clackson (1869-?)
35
Robert Edgar Hunter (1883-?)
36
Allen Leon Oratio Baker (1877-?)
37
Charles Carnaby Parker (1877-?)
38
James Fraser Cameron (1875-?)
39
George Abram Wallar (1886-?)
40
Charles Selby Squires (1879-?)
41
Hjortur Davidson (1874-?)
42
George P. Stirling (1876-?)
43
Thomas William Brady (1864-1943)
44
James William Cairns (1882-?)
45
Andrew George Carter (1872-1925)
46
Arthur John Winchell (1855-?)
47
John Rowland Orr (1876-?)
48
Henry Sheppard (1868-?)
49
William Young (1870-?)
50
Leston Sobeski Arnold (1872-?)
51
Robert John Patton (1875-?)
52
Frederick Ernest Stevenson (1880-?)
53
Charles Norman Andrew (1877-?)
54
William Albert Vrooman (1867-?)
55
Russell Edward Matthews (1890-?)
56
John William Fleming (1868-1928)
57
William J. Freek (1879-?)
58
Halsey Maurice Park (1873-?)
59
Lorne Douglas Campbell Bricker (1879-?)
60
Benjamin Stewart (1863-?)
61
Arthur Piercy (1877-?)
62
Bertram Augustus St. John (1872-?)
63
William Stephen McLelland (1870-?)
64
Fred Scott (1877-?)
65
Robert Stewart Ramsey (1887-?)
66
John Anderson Battram (1876-?)
67
Morton Shelley Buckman (1883-?)
68
Venember Allen (1888-?)
69
Marie A. E. Lachance (1886-?)
70
William Robert Fowler (1877-?)
71
John H. Cochran (1863-?)
72
William Aubrey Cochran (1889-?)
73
Stanley Norman Cochran (1890-1971)
74
John Robert Kinley Graham (1873-?)
75
William Thomas Muirhead (1887-?)
76
Clinton Parsons Church (1885-?)
77
William John Carson (1875-?)
78
Archibald Murdock McDougall (1862-?)
79
Kate Hurley (1869-?)
80
William Edward Cowans (1856-?)
81
Thorold Johnson (1870-?)
82
John Mooney (1871-?)
83
Wilbert Alexander Robertson (1881-?)
84
Louis V. Newton (1885-?)
85
John Clifford Tucker (1884-?)
“James Henry Bartlett,” Brandon Daily Sun, 1 March 1929, page 4.
Obituary [Reta Evelyn McRuer], Winnipeg Free Press, 28 February 2015.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 November 2020
