The first meeting of the Robert Burns Club at Winnipeg occurred in 1907 and the club became federated (that is, affiliated with the Burns Federation) in 1911. It is the oldest such club in Manitoba.
Period
President
1907-?
William Alexander Dunbar (1841-1920)
c1911
Colin Howell Campbell (1859-1914)
?-?
John Young Reid (1872-1945)
?-?
William Anderson Weir (1859-1946)
?-?
A. Jamieson (?-?)
?-?
Arthur Long Dysart (1886-1964)
?-?
Robert Lennox (1888-1968)
?-?
John Colvin (c1876-1947)
?-?
G. J. McBeth (?-?)
?-?
J. M. Brown (?-?)
?-?
R. Logan (?-?)
?-?
C. W. Brock (?-?)
?-?
E. R. McConachie (?-?)
?-?
W. W. Cameron (?-?)
?-?
A. N. Robertson (?-?)
1950
Robert Collier (?-?)
1951
A. C. B. Stewart (?-?)
1952
William Anderson Martin (1893-1962)
1953
Dr. D. S. Woods (?-?)
?-?
T. Wooler (?-?)
?-?
G. Binnie (?-?)
?-?
J. McGowan (?-?)
?-?
J. B. Haddow (?-?)
?-?
A. Phimister (?-?)
?-?
Mrs. W. N. Cameron (?-?)
?-?
W. A. Welsh (?-?)
c1962
J. B. Graham (?-?)
c1965
W. J. L. Watson (?-?)
?-?
W. M. Shaw (?-?)
?-?
W. A. Olson (?-?)
?-?
Mrs. H. Estabrook (?-?)
1970-c1972
Lt-Col. A. Cairns (?-?)
c1972-1974
Alexander Cross (1904-1993)
1974-1978
John D. Barbour (?-?)
1979-1980
Rev. A. R. McIver (?-?)
1981-1982
William James Conway (1919-2008)
1983-1984
Leslie Galbraith Archibald (1926-2011)
1985-1987
Ishbel Turnbull
1988-1989
Jack King
1989-?
James Jack Turnbull (1929-2003)
?-?
Rod J. McRae
?-?
J. J. Jackson (?-?)
?-1999
Myrna McRae
1999-2001
J. Craig Oliphant
2001-2005
Colin T. Harris
2005-2007
Jim Carrigan
2007-2009
Roy A. McLeod
2009-2013
R. Lawrence Cormack (1928-2013)
2013-2015
Donald Rennicks
2015-2017
Charles H. Cameron CD
2017-2019
Christopher Halliday
2019-?
Joyce Allen
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Robert Burns Statue (Winnipeg)
“Winnipeg Burns Club honors Scottish Bard,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 January 1950, page 3.
[Photo caption, Robert Burns Statue], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 October 1952, page 3.
“Dr. Woods takes over as Burns Club Head,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 January 1953, page 3.
This page was prepared by Colin T. Harris, Gordon Goldsborough, and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 2 December 2019
