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Established in March 1931, the Winnipeg Horticultural Society produced an Annual Report that evolved into the annual publication The Prairie Garden.
Period
President
1931
Henry Downing (1866-1936)
1932
William Stubbs (1877-1935)
1933
Richard Wellington Kenny (1878-1951)
1934
Percy George Bell (1884-1952)
1935
John Walker
1936
Ralph Roy Nichol (1885-1942)
1937
R. W. Brown
1938
Dr. W. J. Riley
1939
J. A. McPhail
1940-1941
Thomas Oastler Graham
1942
Theodore E. Howard
1943
Mrs. Roy Hunt
1944
Dr. S. W. Edgecombe
1945
Eric Sochting
1946
J. C. Williams
1947
J. H. Nichol
1948
William James Tanner (1898-1975)
1949
Q. C. Moffat
1950-1951
A. M. Oswald
1952
T. M. Yager
1953-1954
Gladwyn Switzer “Glad” Reycraft (1905-1986)
1955
Hector Macdonald
1956
D. Campbell
1957
Jacobus Petrus “Pete” de Wet (1883-1978)
1958-1959
Fred Clarke Wallace Rice (1896-1973)
?-?
John Robert “Bob” Almey (1895-1988)
Period
Vice-President
1931-1936
?
1937
Dr. W. J. Riley
1938
J. A. McPhail
1939
W. J. Shepherd
1940
Thomas Oastler Graham
1941
Theodore E. Howard
1942
J. H. Nichol
1943
?
1944
Eric Sochting
1945
William Archibald “Bill” Cumming (1911-1999)
1946
J. H. Nichol
1947
A. M. Oswald
1948
E. T. Andersen
1949
Hector Macdonald
1950-1951
T. M. Yager
1952
Gladwyn Switzer “Glad” Reycraft (1905-1986)
1953-1954
Hector MacDonald
1955
D. Campbell
1956
Jacobus Petrus “Pete” de Wet (1883-1978)
1957
Fred Clarke Wallace Rice (1896-1973)
Period
Secretary-Treasurer
1931-1936
?
1937
John Walker
1938-1942
William Archibald “Bill” Cumming (1911-1999)
1943-1944
?
1945-1955
R. W. Brown
1956-1957
William James Tanner (1898-1975)
See also:
MHS Resources: The Prairie Garden
“Horticulturists to meet on Thursday,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1931, page 5.
“R. R. Nichol, C.N.R. official, dies suddenly,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 September 1942, page 18.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 April 2021
