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The Canadian Pacific Railway Curling Club was founded in 1894 by employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The club had two sheets in an old ice house off Higgins Avenue in Winnipeg. In 1920, the club affiliated with the Manitoba Curling Association. The club rented ice until 1938 when they acquired the five-sheet rink at 948 William Avenue from the Caledonian Curling Club. In 1950, the club renamed itself the Victoria Curling Club.
The club operated for 95 years and ceased operations after the 2013-2014 curling season.
Period
President
1920-1921
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1921-1922
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1922-1923
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1923-1924
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1924-1926
Fred Elder (1986-1958)
1926-1927
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1927-1928
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1928-1929
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1929-1930
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1930-1931
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1931-1932
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1932-1933
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1933-1934
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1934-1936
B. R. Beech
1936-1937
Gavin Hamilton (1895-1959)
1937-1938
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1938-1940
George Henderson (1883-1969)
1940-1941
David Shields Faulds (1884-1978)
1941-1943
Alfred William “Ab” Brown (1904-1993)
1943-1945
W. E. Rhodes
1945-1946
Charles Herbert Harness (1880-1957)
1946-1947
Percival Philip Macklem (1893-1953)
1947-1948
R. Somerville
1948-1950
Daniel Henry Johnston (1909-1965)
1950-1951
Hugh Jack (1914-1974)
1951-1952
Alfred Robert “Alf” Thickson (1885-1974)
1952-1953
John James Hilton (1902-1973)
1953-1954
James Bruce Thickson (1917-1991)
1954-1955
John Alexander “Jack” Willox (1908-1984)
1955-1956
Arnold Melvin “Mel” Jenkins (1922-2006)
19656-1957
Charles D. Smith
1957-1958
Larry W. Latour
1958-1959
Harold Pinder (1919-2007)
1959-1960
Albert Edward “Al” Grundy (1923-2001)
1960-1961
Leslie Edwin “Les” Norrington (1916-1994)
1961-1962
George Cooper
1962-1963
John Marshall Innes (1922-2016)
1963-1964
Melwyn Gwelym “Min” Daniel (1914-2004)
1964-1965
John Stanley Dunstan (1916-1992)
1965-1966
James Gordon Conacher (1923-2005)
1966-1967
George William Baldock (1911-2000)
1966-1968
Ernest Samuel “Ernie” Lennon 1917-1973)
1968-1969
Arthur Gordon Lardner (1916-1999)
1969-1970
Thomas Allan “Baldy” Thompson (1921-1989)
1970-1971
Roy August Wiebe (1942-2007)
1971-1972
Leonard Thomas “Len” Hilton (1931-2010)
1972-1973
Melvin “Mel” Panchuk (1927-1994)
1973-1974
Barry Mulvenny
1974-1975
Everett Jones (1931-2000)
1975-1976
John Emil Rasmussen (1924-2010)
1976-1977
Roy Wallace Hilton (1940-2000)
1977-1978
William Harod “Bill” Winslade (1921-2002)
1978-1979
Arthur “Art” Gulowaty (1949-2018)
1979-1980
George Edward Johnston (?-2019)
1980-1981
Ed Tarapasky
1981-1982
Gordon R. “Gord” Menzies (1946-2023)
1982-1983
Jim Bean
1983-1984
Christopher Kenneth “Ken” Parfeniuk (1940-2015)
1984-1985
Bill Hyndman
1985-1986
Bob Kayanka
1986-1987
Lorne Arthur Mason (1945-2011)
1987-1988
Bill Olson
1988-1989
Al Franchuk
1989-1990
Lorrie John Choptuik (?-2012)
1990-1991
Mitchell Tarapasky
1991-1992
Jim Conacher
1992-1993
Dale McEwen
1993-1994
Grant Bukoski
1994-1995
Dave Franchuk
1995-1996
Greg Wiebe
1996-1997
Fred Norquay
1997-1998
Rob Skabar
1998-1999
Les Sutherland
1999-2000
Brock Maddaford
2000-2001
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2001-2002
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2002-2003
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2003-2004
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2004-2005
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2005-2006
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2006-2007
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2007-2008
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2008-2009
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2009-2010
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2010-2011
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2011-2012
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2012-2013
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2013-2014
John Muir
See also:
MHS Centennial Business: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
“Curling Club closing doors,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 June 2014, page 15.
This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 April 2023
