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Members of the Order of Manitoba
The Order of Manitoba, established by special legislation in 1999, is the highest honour of the Province of Manitoba. It recognizes people “who have demonstrated excellence and achievement in any field of endeavour benefitting in an outstanding manner the social, cultural or economic well-being of Manitoba and its residents.”
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Recipient
Year
Location
Rachel Alao
2015
Paul Albrechtsen (1930-2019)
2016
Elaine Ali
2003
Chad Allan
2015
David Angus
2017
Gail Asper
2007
Israel Harold “Izzy” Asper (1932-2003)
2000
Lloyd Axworthy
2001
B
Randy Bachman
2005
Norma E. Bailey
2010
David T. Barnard
2018
Leonard Arthur “Len” Bateman (1919-2019)
2003
Clarence Lyle Barber (1917-2004)
2003
Neil Ofeigur Bardal (1940-2010)
2006
Marileen Bartlet
2016
?
Robert Earl Beamish (1916-2001)
2003
Karen Beaudin
2015
Michael Patrick Barry Belhumeur
2018
Steve Bell
2021
Marlene Bertrand
2017
Franklin “Lynn” Bishop
2021
Heather Bishop
2001
Marjorie Blankstein
2010
Jacqueline Blay
2018
John Bock
2008
Stephen Borys
2020
Jennifer Lori Botterill
2006
Mitch Bourbonniere
2020
William H. M. “Bill” Brace (1924-2007)
2002
Lorraine E. Brandson
2014
Robert Bryan “Bob” Brennan
2014
Doreen Brownstone
2017
Barbara Bruce
2018
?
Vivian Bruce
2019
James William “Jim” Burns (1929-2019)
2003
Selwyn “Sel” Burrows
2017
C
Leonard Joseph “Len” Cariou
2004
Jim Carr
2011
Albert U. Cerilli
2006
Thérèse Champagne (1928-2007)
2004
David Chartrand
2013
Saul Mark Cherniack (1917-2018)
2002
Mark Chipman
2012
Harvey Max Chochinov
2004
Patrick Choy
2011
Ruth Christie
2021
Pauline Clarke
2012
Tom Cochrane
2015
?
Dian Nusgart Cohen
2015
?
Eileen Charlotte Landerkin Collins (1923-2018)
2006
Hyacinth Colomb
2001
Gladys Evelyn Taylor Cook (1929-2009)
2005
?
James Arthur Coulter (1916-2005)
2002
Mary Courchene
2020
?
James Elliott Coyne (1910-2012)
2012
Burton Cummings
2005
Charles E. Curtis
2003
D
Krishnamurti “Dak” Dakshinamurti
2020
James Morgan Cuthbert “Jim” Daly (1927-2019)
2000
Adrian Darveau (1916-2003)
2002
Art DeFehr
2011
Rayleen De Luca
2011
Catherine Myrtle DeMeulles
2008
Maria De Nardi
2016
Thomas Ralston “Tom” Denton
2014
Ajit Kaur Deol
2002
Wilma L. Derksen
2015
Marcel Desautels
2019
Dhali Dhaliwal
2016
Naranjan S. Dhalla
2002
2010
Francis Patrick “Pat” Doyle (1922-2015)
2013
Joseph N. H. “Joe” Du (1933-2017)
2003
Donald “Don” Duguid
2014
2001
Darlene Dziewit
2012
E
Clifford Henry Coad Edwards (1924-2008)
2002
James Ehnes
2019
Florida
Bill Elliott
2020
Abdo “Albert” El Tassi
2009
Philipp R. Ens
2017
Michael Eskin
2021
Ivan Kenneth Eyre
2007
F
Ronald A. “Sam” Fabro (1920-2018)
2014
2001
2007
Leonard George “Len” Flett (1942-2020)
2012
2003
Reginald Elmer “Reg” Forbes (1924-2015)
2000
Norman Waldron “Wally” Fox-Decent (1937-2019)
2003
Arnold Frieman (1928-2019)
2006
Albert D. Friesen
2005
David Glenn Friesen
2008
Henry C. Friesen
2004
Richard Frost
2020
Olga Fuga
2013
G
2012
Raymonde Gagné
2014
David Gislason
2008
Helen Preston Glass (1917-2015)
2008
Yhetta Miriam Gold
2009
2021
Allan Gotlieb
2014
?
Irene Elizabeth Church Grant (1914-2009)
2005
David Alexander Ian Grewar (1921-2015)
2010
Virginia Guiang
2004
Chander K. Gupta
2005
H
2003
Beverly Hills, California
Gregg Hanson
2021
Elijah Harper (1949-2013)
2010
Ottawa, Ontario
Evelyn Anne Hart
2007
John Harvard (1938-2016)
2004
Kerry Lloyd Hawkins (1940-2017)
2010
Edward Head (1931-2009)
2005
George Nicholos Heshka (1933-2021)
2013
Benjamin Hewak (1935-2017)
2004
Vern Hildahl (1917-2005)
2005
Elmer Hildebrand
2007
Kathy Hildebrand
2019
Terrance John “Terry” Hind 1920-2007)
2005
Betty Hopkins
2010
?
Clara Anne Hughes
2006
I
Henry Idonije
2011
Israel Imoukhuede Idonije
2014
?
Bob Irving
2014
Kyle Irving
2021
Sara J. Israels
2018
J
John Albert Jack
2007
June Marion James
2004
Edwin Jebb
2000
Daniel George “Dan” Johnson
2015
?
Martin James Johnson
2005
2007
Jennifer Judith Jones
2014
Tina Jones
2020
K
Sol Kanee (1909-2007)
2007
Samuel M. “Sam” Katz
2004
Kevin Patrick Kavanagh (1932-2020)
2009
Tina Keeper
2002
?
Mary Kelekis (c1925-2019)
2000
Betsy V. Kennedy
2016
?
Sheldon Kennedy
2015
?
2007
Cynthia N. “Cindy” Klassen
2006
Kathryn Knowles
2010
?
Gary P. Kobinger
2016
Ava Kobrinsky
2021
Crystal Marie Kolt
2012
Wanda Koop
2016
Eugene Michael Kostyra (1947-2020)
2011
Robert T. Kristjanson
2018
Sylvia Kuzyk
2009
L
Sue Lambert
2000
Raymond Lavallee
2011
Reggie Leach
2016
?
Claudette Leclerc
2021
Hermann Kar-Sang Lee
2014
2009
Marion Lewis
2020
Susan Lewis
2011
Peter M. Liba (1940-2007)
1999
Anne Lindsey
2017
Arvid Loewen
2019
?
C. Wilbert “Bert” Loewen
2010
?
William “Bill” Loewen
2018
Wesley Crawford Lorimer (1913-2010)
2003
Tse Li Luk
2013
Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)
2002
M
Donald R. J. Mackey
2015
?
Guy Maddin
2009
Romulo F. Magsino, Sr.
2008
Roland Mahe
2009
Kathy Mallett
2011
Bernice Ethel Marmel (1927-2021)
2018
Richard Allan “Dick” Martin (1944-2001)
2001
2004
2000
Frederick George McGuinness (1921-2011)
2003
William John McKeag (1928-2007)
2003
Loreena McKennitt
2003
Robert Ronald McLean
2008
?
Joseph Isidore Stanley “Joe” Meconse (1941-2019)
2009
Lisa Meeches
2017
Susanna June Menzies (1925-2020)
2007
Ovide William Mercredi
2005
Art Miki
2012
Randy Moffat
2012
Leo Mol (1915-2009)
2000
Alfred Maurice Monnin (1920-2013)
2000
Margaret Chown McDonald Morse (1925-2021)
2020
Stuart Murray
2020
N
Arnold Naimark
2003
Robb Nash
2018
?
Barbara Nepinak
2019
?
Clarence Nepinak
2019
?
William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)
2000
David Northcott
2000
O
Scott Oake
2020
Carmel Olson
2010
Ken Opaleke
2018
Sylvia Ostry
2009
Doris Mae Oulton
2021
?
P
Reynaldo D. “Rey” Pagtakhan
2017
Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)
2000
Phillip James “Jim” Peebles
2017
Princeton, New Jersey
Frederick “Fred” Penner
2011
Roland Penner (1924-2018)
2014
Robert “Bob” Picken (1932-2019)
2017
Grant N. Pierce
2018
Kenneth A. Ploen
2007
Francis Allan “Frank” Plummer (1952-2020)
2009
Mitchell “Mitch” Podolak (1947-2019)
2015
Raymond Poirier
2011
Brian D. Postl
2012
Donald Russell Pratt (1911-2007)
2006
?
Neilla Premachuk (1911-2007)
2009
Q
R
Sophia O. Rabliauskas
2008
Ernest Rady
2020
Pamela Blanche Rebello
2000
Strini Reddy
2000
?
Diane Redsky
2013
Mary Margaret Richard (1940-2010)
2000
George Taylor Richardson (1924-2014)
2000
2008
Kathleen Margaret Richardson (1928-2019)
2005
Sanford Riley
2013
Donald Alexander “Don” Robertson (1935-2019)
2004
Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)
2000
Paul Robson
2017
Cheryl Rockman-Greenberg
2018
Allan Ronald
2013
S
Ray St. Germain
2013
?
Leonore Marion Saunders (1925-2019)
2002
2008
Steven Schipper
2019
?
2008
?
Trudy Schroeder
2019
Corrine J. Scott
2009
Richard J. Scott
2013
Harvey Secter
2019
2021
Evelyn Shapiro (1926-2010)
2009
Carol Ann Warner Shields (1935-2003)
2001
Robert I. Silver
2012
Albert William “Al” Simmons
2012
Khhem Kamarie “Monica” Singh
2015
?
Glenora Slimmon
2005
Bernadette Smith
2016
?
Joy Smith
2019
Leonard D. Smith
2006
Muriel Smith
2008
Murray Rhodes Smith (1930-2002)
2002
Robert “Bob” Smith
2010
?
Roger Marshall Smith (?-2007)
2000
Leslie Spillett
2012
Arnold Theodore Spohr (1923-2010)
2000
Baldur Rosmund Stefansson (1917-2002)
2000
Maurice Frederick Strong (1929-2015)
2005
Beverly Suek
2017
Emoke J. E. Szathmary
2009
T
2007
Susan A. Thompson
2016
Deborah Thorlakson
2012
Arni Thorsteinson
2021
Clarence I. Tillenius (1913-2012)
2003
Jonathan Toews
2015
Chicago, Illinois
Miriam Toews
2011
Bramwell Branard Tovey
2000
U
E. Jane Ursel
2002
Keith Ursel
2010
?
V
Carole A. Vivier
2014
W
Wanbdi Wakita
2016
?
Valentine “Val” Werier (1917-2014)
2004
Michael West
2019
Gwendolyn E. Wishart
2001
Eleanor Woitowicz
2013
Etienne “Ed” Wood (1935-2019)
2007
Josephine Wright
2009
X
Y
Doris Sarah Young
2014
?
Helen Granger Young
2013
?
Neil Young
2006
Z
See also:
Manitoba Recipients of the King George V Jubilee Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Manitoba Inductees to the Order of the British Empire
Manitoba Inductees to the Order of St. Gregory the Great
Manitoba Recipients of Knighthoods
Manitoba Recipients of the Canadian Centennial Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation Medal
Manitoba Members of the Order of Canada
Manitoba Members of the Order of Military Merit
Members of the Order of Manitoba
Members of the Order of the Metis Nation
Members of the Manitoba Order of the Buffalo Hunt
Recipients of the Manitoba Centennial Medal
Members of the Manitoba Order of the Crocus
Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Historical Preservation and Promotion
Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame
Recipients of Manitoba 150 Honours
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Order of Manitoba Monument (Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg)
Sources:
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Paul Armstrong.
Page revised: 29 October 2021
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