Memorable Manitobans: Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame was initiated in 1986 by the Winnipeg Real Estate Board (known since January 2007 as the WinnipegREALTORS® Association). Busts of the inductees are displayed in the city’s Assiniboine Park. They are honoured for their achievements in any of the following fields of endeavour:

• Arts - for endeavours which enhance and support artistic/cultural life and well-being
• Business - for entrepreneurial activity, including the establishment and successful operation of a business
• Community Service - for voluntary activities and dedication that benefit the immediate and global community
• Professional - for pursuit of a specific profession and advancement of that profession
• Public Affairs - for public service in areas such as social advocacy, environmental protection, international affairs, political action or organized labour

Year	Inductee	Sculptor
2024	Lotfollah Shafai OC	Madeleine Vrignon
2023	Kathleen Margaret Richardson (1928-2019)	Madeleine Vrignon
2022	Calvin Murray Sinclair (1951-2024)	Madeleine Vrignon
2020	Margret Jónsdóttir Benedictsson (1866-1956)	Erin Brown
2019	Herbert Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980)	Madeleine Vrignon
2018	Dr. Garry Krepart	Erin Brown
2017	Eleanor Mae “Lee” Newton (1952-2014)	Madeleine Vrignon
2016	Daniel J. McIntyre (1852-1946)	Erin Senko
2015	Dr. Allan Ronald	Madeleine Vrignon
2014	Augustus Meredith Nanton (1860-1925)	Erin Brown
2013	Ronald A. “Sam” Fabro (1920-2018)	Madeleine Vrignon
2012	William Stephenson (1897-1989)	Erin Brown
2011	Harold Buchwald (1928-2008)	Madeleine Vrignon
2010	Terrance Stanley “Terry” Fox (1958-1981)	Erin Brown
2009	Sol Kanee (1909-2007)	Madeleine Vrignon
2008	William H. “Bill” Loewen	Eva Stubbs
2007	Robert Megill “Bob” Chipman (1926-2013)	Madeleine Vrignon
2006	Henry G. Friesen	Eva Stubbs
	James Henry Ashdown (1844-1924)	Miguel Joyal
2005	Gabrielle Roy (1909-1983)	Madeleine Vrignon
	Edward Lancaster Drewry (1851-1940)	Helen Lillian Granger Young
2004	John Carl Ridd (1929-2003)	Josef Randa
	Lionel Lemoine Fitzgerald (1890-1956)	Eva Stubbs
2003	Arnold Naimark	Eva Stubbs
	Ella Cora Hind (1861-1942)	Miguel Joyal
2002	Donald Ian MacDonald (1913-2001)	Helen Lillian Granger Young
	John Wesley Dafoe (1866-1944)	Madeleine Vrignon
2001	Carol Ann Shields (1935-2003)	Eva Stubbs
	William Gomez Fonseca (1823-1905)	Josef Randa
2000	Naranjan S. Dhalla	Eva Stubbs
1999	Israel Asper (1932-2003)	Helen Lillian Granger Young
1998	Nellie McClung (1873-1951)	Helen Lillian Granger Young
1997	Sister Geraldine MacNamara (1938-1984)	Helen Lillian Granger Young
1996	Sybil Francis Shack (1911-2004)	Eva Stubbs
1995	William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)	Leo Mol
1994	George Johnson (1920-1995)	Josef Randa
	Vince Leah (1913-1993)	Josef Randa
1993	Isabel George Hutcheson Auld (1917-2016)	Leo Mol
	John Steven Hirsch (1930-1989)	Eva Stubbs
1992	Dufferin Roblin (1917-2010)	Helen Lillian Granger Young
	Ben Hatskin (1917-1990)	Josef Randa
1991	Arnold Theodore Spohr (1923-2010)	Josef Randa
	Mary Johnson (1922-1990)	Leo Mol
1990	Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson (1895-1989)	Leo Mol
	Leo Mol (1915-2009)	Madeleine Vrignon
1989	George Campbell MacLean (1921-2008)	Josef Randa
1988	Bruce Chown (1893-1986)	Helen Lillian Granger Young
	William John Antliff Bulman (c1929-2023)	Eva Stubbs
1987	Samuel Freedman (1908-1993)	Eva Stubbs
1986	Steve Juba (1914-1993)	Leo Mol

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame (Assiniboine Park)

Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame

Sources:

“Leo Mol's legacy to Winnipeg,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 July 2009, page 11.

“Builder, patriot relished role,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 September 2014, page B9.

“Daniel McIntyre inducted into Hall of Fame,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 September 2016.

We thank David McDonald for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 November 2024

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