Manitoba Organization: St. John’s College

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St. John’s College was established formally by 1 November 1866 on the instruction of newly arrived Anglican cleric Robert Machray.

Wardens

Period	Rector
1866-1873	John McLean (1828-1886)
1873-1904	Robert Machray (1831-1904)
1904-1921	George Frederick Coombes (1856-1922)
1921-1934	George Anderson Wells (1877-1964)
1935-1941	Walter Foster Barfoot (1893-1978)
1941-1943	R. S. K. Seeley
1943-1950	R. J. Pierce
1950-1960	Laurence Frank “Laurie” Wilmot (1907-2003)
1961-1968	Charles Cecil Landon (c1904-1968)
1968-1970	Blake Wood - Acting
1970-1980	James R. Brown
1980-1997	Murdith McLean
1992-1993	Mary Kinnear - Acting
1993-1997	Murdith McLean
1997-2011	Janet A. Hoskins
2011-?	Christopher G. Trott

Honorary Degree Recipients

Recipient	Year	Degree
Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)	1970	Doctor of Canon Law
Walter Heath Jones (1928-2003)	1970	Doctor of Divinity
H. J. P. Schaffter	1970	Honorary Fellow
Jeanne Tuckwell	1970	Honorary Fellow

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John’s College (Main Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John the Evangelist Chapel (92 Dysart Road, Winnipeg)

MHS Centennial Organization: University of Manitoba

St. John’s College: Faith and Education in Western Canada by J. M. Bumsted, University of Manitoba Press, 2006.

Sources:

“College to honor 4 with degrees,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 October 1970.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 March 2023