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The Women’s Institutes movement arrived in Manitoba in 1910 when a group at Morris formed an organization to provide an educational and lobbying forum for rural women.
Period
President
Community
1911-1912
Mrs. A. H. Chisholm
1912-1913
Mrs. R. W. McCharles
1913-1918
Mrs. J. W. Dayton
1918-1923
Mrs. David Watt
1923-1926
Mrs. T. A. Cohoe
1926-1929
Helen May Peake (1876-1969, wife of William H. T. Peake)
1929-1931
Mrs. George Simmie
1931-1933
Mrs. T. A. Bulloch
1933-1935
Miss Mabel Childerhose
1935-1937
Margaret Ethel McTavish Armstrong (1879-1955, wife of George Thomas Armstrong)
1937-1939
Mrs. John L. Rose
1939-1941
Mrs. W. H. Hicks
1941-1943
Mrs. T. L. Townsend
1943-1945
Mrs. R. J. Burgess
1945-1946
Mrs. George Langdon
1946-1948
Mrs. R. Palmer
1948-1950
Annabelle Muriel MacKenzie Cameron (c1891-1983, wife of Duncan Lloyd Cameron)
1950-1952
Mrs. G. C. Catley
1952-1953
Mrs. A. E. Underhill
1953-1955
Mrs. W. J. Johnston
1955-1957
Edna Ida McFadden Forrester (1888-1971, wife of Walter Ross Forrester)
1957-1959
Mrs. William Thomson
1959-1961
Mrs. R. J. Moss
1961-1963
Mrs. George Black
1963-1965
Mrs. Don Burton
1965-1967
Mrs. E. V. Fulton
1967-1969
Mrs. E. R. James
1969-1970
Mrs. S. D. Price
1970-1972
Edith Alma Gauld Poole (1906-2000)
1972-1974
Mrs. E. Weight
1974-1976
Mrs. W. D. Warren
1976-1978
Mrs. W. E. Brake
1978-1980
Kathleen Alice “Kay” Hamblin (1923-2004)
1980-1982
Lois Edie
1982-1984
Marion McNabb
1984-1986
Edna Hammond
1986-1988
Audrey Turbett
Lilyfield
1988-1990
Alice McLaren
1990-1992
Joyce Johnson
1992-1994
Lois Neabel
1994-1996
Audrey Grier
1996-1998
Barbara Stienwandt
1998-2000
Helen Rigby
Oak Ridge
Community
Organized
Charter No.
Charter Year
Altona
1936
172
1936
Amaranth
?
143
1932
Arborg
1961
305
1965
Arden
1939
187
1947
Arizona
1916
65
1922
276
1957
Arnaud
1915
25
1922
Arrow River
1922
119
1922
Arwood
1915
304
1968
Ashern
1910
5
1922
Austin
1915
26
1922
Avonlea
1922
117
1922
Baldur
1937
178
1940
Balmoral
1917
73
1922
Bardal
1940
239
1956
Basswood
1918
76
1922
Beausejour
1932
144
1932
289
1959
Belmont
1915
23
1922
Benito
1912
15
1922
Berton
1922
124
1922
Beulah
1916
52
1922
195
1950
Bield
1916
53
1922
Big Woody
1945
196
1950
Binscarth
1928
136
1931
177
1939
Birch River
1933
156
1934
Birchwood
1934
160
1935
Birds Hill
1916
54
1922
Birdtail
1923
132
1924
Birtle
1910
11
1922
Boissevain
1915
27
1922
Bowsman
1921
113
1922
282
1957
Brandon
1917
71
1922
307
1965
Broomhill
1951
240
1956
Brunkild
1931
140
1931
Camper
1939
179
1940
Cardale
1949
241
1956
Carman
1922
126
1922
Carroll
1933
157
1933
Cartwright
?
145
1932
Charleswood
1916
81
1922
Chatfield
1934
162
1935
291
1959
Clanwilliam
1946
197
1950
Clearwater
1918
88
1922
Cold Springs
1921
106
1922
Cordova
1961
301
1963
Coulter
1918
103
1922
Crandall
1915
28
1922
281
1957
Crestview
1952
242
1956
Crocus
1946
198
1950
Cromarty
?
146
1932
Crystal City
1920
107
1922
Culross
1922
125
1922
Cypress River
1916
105
1922
Dand
1949
243
1956
Darlingford
1922
110
1922
Davidson
1939
183
1944
Decker
1920
111
1922
Deepdale
1945
199
1950
Deloraine
1910
12
1922
Domain
1947
200
1950
Dominion City
1915
24
1922
Douglas
1948
210
1950
Dry River
1946
211
1950
Duck Mountain
1947
238
1950
Dufresne
1958
286
1959
Dugald
1915
30
1922
302
1965
Dumfries
1939
188
1947
Durban
1915
22
1922
Ebor
1927
203
1928
Eden
1950
245
1956
Edrans
1918
32
1922
Edwin
1915
33
1922
Egilson
1946
212
1950
Egremont
1932
151
1932
Elgin
1952
244
1956
Elkhorn
1915
35
1922
Ellenville
1919
36
1922
Elm Creek
1920
34
1922
Elphinstone
1921
37
1922
Elva
1918
38
1922
295
1960
Emerson
1910
7
1922
299
1962
Erickson
1937
190
1950
Ethelbert
1916
118
1922
Ewart
?
147
1932
Fairdale
1947
213
1950
Fairford
1947
246
1956
Fannystelle
1949
247
1956
Fisher Branch
1948
214
1950
Fisherton
1948
215
1950
Flee Island
1917
40
1922
Flin Flon
1935
168
1935
Fork River
1916
41
1922
Foxwarren
1916
42
1922
270
1956
Gilbert Plains
1914
16
1922
Gimli
1917
44
1922
288
1959
Gladstone
1915
21
1922
Glenora
1955
248
1956
Grand Narrows
1953
249
1956
Grandview
1915
46
1922
Graysville
1918
47
1922
Great Falls
1958
285
1959
Green Ridge
1935
164
1935
Gretna
1947
216
1950
Grosse Isle
1946
217
1950
Grunthal
1960
293
1960
Gunton
?
148
1932
Gypsumville
1921
48
1922
Hadashville
1958
284
1959
Hamiota
1910
14
1922
Hamiota Girl’s
1921
50
1922
Harding
1965
?
Harlington
1936
176
1937
Harmony - Fork River
1946
250
1956
Hartney
1915
31
1922
Hullett, Glendenning, Tisdale
1928
208
1928
Inglis
?
149
1932
Inwood
1919
85
1922
287
1959
Iroquois
1928
206
1928
272
1956
Isabella
1920
100
1922
Jaques
1956
274
1956
Justice
1951
251
1956
Kaleida
1936
173
1937
Kelwood
1947
218
1950
Kemnay
1960
294
1960
Kenton
1917
101
1922
Keyes
1930
138
1931
Killarney
1915
55
1922
309
1967
Kirkhams Bridge
1950
252
1956
Lake Francis
1922
114
1922
Langruth
1917
56
1922
LaRiviere
1915
57
1922
Lauder
1938
191
1950
Lavinia
1946
219
1950
Lenore
1915
58
1922
283
1957
Lenswood
1935
169
1936
Lidstone
1918
59
1922
264
1956
Linwood
1928
205
1928
Livingstone
1921
60
1922
Lowe Farm
1947
220
1950
Lundar
1916
61
1922
Lyleton
1918
62
1922
275
1957
MacGregor
1918
63
1922
278
1957
Magnet
1935
166
1935
Makaroff
1922
123
1922
Makinak
1921
64
1922
Manitou
1910
13
1922
Manson
1945
221
1950
Marchand
1938
180
1940
Marquette
1922
122
1922
Mayfield
1916
66
1922
McAuley
1919
67
1922
189
1949
McConnell
1946
223
1950
McCreary
1922
128
1922
277
1957
Medora
1919
68
1922
Melita
1915
69
1922
Melton
1916
79
1922
Miniota
1915
72
1922
266
1956
Minitonas
1914
17
1922
Minnedosa
1910
8
1922
Moline
1916
74
1922
Moore Park
1918
75
1922
Morris
1910
1
1922
Mountain Gap
1946
222
1950
Mountain Valley
1930
142
1931
Mt. Lildon
1946
224
1950
Mt. Vallent
1948
253
1956
Myrtle
1920
77
225
1950
306
1965
Napinka
1921
78
1922
Narcisse
1923
201
1925
310
1969
Neepawa
1910
2
1922
Newdale - Ravens Glen
1955
256
1956
300
1962
Niverville
1949
254
1956
1949
296
1961
North Durban
1944
226
1950
Northcote
1928
207
1928
Norwood
1923
134
1929
159
1929
Oak Bluff
1954
255
1956
Oak Lake
1910
4
1922
Oak Point
1927
204
1928
Oak Ridge
1936
170
1936
Oak River
1921
83
1922
Oakburn
1915
80
1922
Ochre River
1919
82
1922
Onanole
1946
227
1950
Osprey-Stoney Creek
1947
228
1950
Pelican Lake
1937
175
1937
Pembroke
1922
121
1922
Pierson
1921
84
1922
297
1961
Pilot Mound
1910
3
1922
130
1922
Piney
1939
186
1945
Pipestone
1920
86
1922
Pleasant Valley
1947
229
1950
Plum Coulee
1919
87
1922
Portage la Prairie
1915
39
1922
279
1957
Pretty Valley
1939
184
1944
Rathwell
1939
194
1950
Regent
1951
257
1956
Reston
1919
89
1922
Ridgeville
1939
193
1950
Rivers
1917
90
1922
273
1956
Riverton
1948
230
1950
Roblin
1915
91
1922
Rochedale
1925
202
1928
Roland
1915
92
1922
Rorketon
1929
209
1931
Roseisle
1922
127
1922
Rossburn
1921
94
1922
269
1956
Rosser
1915
93
1922
298
1961
Rothesay
1947
231
1950
Ruby-Durban
1938
182
1944
Russell
1915
95
1922
280
1957
Sanford
1930
139
1931
265
1956
Shell River
1940
181
1942
271
1956
Shellmouth
?
96
1922
Shoal Lake
1915
97
1922
263
1956
Shortdale
1919
108
1922
Sidney
1926
135
1931
Sifton
1916
98
1922
Silverton
1948
232
1950
Sinclair
1935
163
1935
Solsgirth
1915
29
1922
Somerset
1921
101
1922
Souris
1914
18
1922
Sperling
1915
43
1922
Sprague
1920
102
1922
Springvale
1949
258
1956
Square Plains
1935
167
1936
St. Andrews
1946
233
1950
St. Norbert
1951
259
1956
St. Vital
1929
137
1931
Steele
1935
165
1935
Steinbach
1931
141
1931
Stockton
?
104
1922
Stony Mountain
1914
19
1922
Strathclair
?
150
1932
Swan Lake
1915
45
1922
Swan River
1910
6
1922
290
1959
Swan Valley
1939
185
1944
268
1956
Sylvethe
1936
174
1937
Taras
1932
154
1932
Teulon
1949
260
1956
The Pas
1934
161
1935
Tilston
1921
109
1922
Tolstoi
1915
303
1965
Transcona
1915
49
1922
Treherne
1915
51
1922
Tummel
1921
112
1922
Two Creeks
1938
192
1950
267
1956
Union
1946
234
1950
Valender - Lady Hubble
1956
292
1959
Valley River
1965
?
Virden
1910
10
1922
Vista
1955
261
1956
Vita
1933
155
1933
Warren
1922
120
1922
Waskada
1920
115
1922
235
1950
Whitewater
1915
79
1922
Willen
1948
236
1950
Wilson River
1910
9
1922
152
1932
Winkler
1922
128
1922
Winnipeg
1914
20
1922
Winnipegosis
1916
116
1922
Woodmore
1945
237
1950
Woodville
1952
262
1956
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Women’s Institutes Plaque (Main Street, Morris)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fisher Branch Women’s Institute Monument (RM of Fisher)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ranchvale Women’s Institute Monument (RM of Rossburn)
Obituary [Helen May Peake], Winnipeg Tribune, 31 December 1969.
The Great Human Heart: A History of the Manitoba Women’s Institute, 1910-1980 by Manitoba Women’s Institute, 1980.
The Great Human Heart II: A History of the Manitoba Women’s Institute, 1980-2000 by Manitoba Women’s Institute, 2000.
We thank Angela Pickett for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 November 2022
