Manitoba Organization: Canadian Pacific Railway Curling Club / Victoria Curling Club

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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.

Presidents

Period	President
1920-1921	?
1921-1922	?
1922-1923	?
1923-1924	?
1924-1926	Fred Elder (1986-1958)
1926-1927	?
1927-1928	?
1928-1929	?
1929-1930	?
1930-1931	?
1931-1932	?
1932-1933	?
1933-1934	?
1934-1936	B. R. Beech
1936-1937	Gavin Hamilton (1895-1959)
1937-1938	?
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	?
2001-2002	?
2002-2003	?
2003-2004	?
2004-2005	?
2005-2006	?
2006-2007	?
2007-2008	?
2008-2009	?
2009-2010	?
2010-2011	?
2011-2012	?
2012-2013	?
2013-2014	John Muir

See also:

MHS Centennial Business: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Sources:

“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