Manitoba Organization: St. David’s Society of Winnipeg

The St. David’s Society of Winnipeg, founded in 1892, celebrates and promotes interest in the history, language, culture and heritage of Wales. Membership is open to anyone who wishes to join. The Society is non-political and non-sectarian.

Presidents of the St. David’s Society of Winnipeg

Period	President
1892	Rev. D. H. Jacobs (1851-1943)
1900	Hector Mansfield Howell (1842-1918)
1902	John J. Roberts
1908	Dr. G. Osborne Hughes (1870-1919)
1912	Luther W. Thomas (1864-1943)
1915	Griff Jones
1918	Dr. G. Osborne Hughes (1870-1919)
1919-1920	Tom Thomas
?	Edward T. Mends (1869-1926)
1921	John Henry Roberts (1867-1926)
1922-1923	Edmund Thomas Mends (1867-1926)
1924	J. H. Roberts
1926-1927	Joseph Farr
1930	D. L. Thomas
1931	Joseph Farr
1934-1935	Rupert Cambourne Reece (1894-1951)
1936	Cecil Rice-Jones (1881-1972)
1937	H. G. Wyatt
1938	Esten Kenneth Williams (1889-1970)
1940	James Jenkins
1941	Tom Williams
1942	Esten Kenneth Williams (1889-1970)
1943	Rev. J. G. Stephens
1945	Benjamin E. Lewis
1949	Benjamin E. Lewis
1950	D. C. Thomas
1951	Ieuan C. Edwards
1954	Ieuan C. Edwards
1955	R. O. Evans
1960	David John Williams (1904-1976)
1963	Harry Jones
1969	Ellis Hughes
1971	V. H. Rees
1973	Mrs. Wyn Challenger
1974-1993	?
1994-1997	Viv Rees
1997-2000	Keith Davies Jones
2000-2003	Viv Rees
2003-2006	Carol Sharpe
2006-2009	Keith Davies Jones
2009-2011	Thomas Elwyn Jones
2011-present	Viv Rees

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This page was prepared by Keith Davies Jones and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 April 2013