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The first Presbyterian service was held in Treherne in the early 1880s, in the home of W. T. Smith. A modest wooden church built in 1887 was replaced in 1908 with this building, designed by Winnipeg architect John Hamilton Gordon Russell and built by contractrors Fairfax and Abbot of Holland, to be called Chalmers Presbyterian.
In 1925, when the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregational churches merged, it became Treherne United. In 1958, the congregation of Olive United Church joined the church. The building is a municipally designated historic site as of 1988.
Period
Cleric
1907
Rev. D. M. Kennedy
1907-1908
Rev. W. G. Wilson
1908-1913
Rev. W. R. Hughes
1913-1916
Rev. W. C. Morrow
1916-1920
Rev. J. S. Lousley
1920-1924
Rev. T. B. Wilson
1924-1927
Rev. Riley Smalley
1927-1931
Samuel Wilkinson (1865-1941)
1931-1937
Rev. W. T. Brady
1937-1942
Rev. P. N. Murray
1942-1945
Charles Robert Newcombe (1914-1986)
1945-1948
Rev. William Bill
1948-1956
Adam Grant Smith (1916-2000)
1948-1956
Rev. Donald Keating
?-?
Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)
Postcard view of Chalmers Presbyterian Church (circa 1909)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2014-0346
Treherne United Church (June 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Treherne United Church (August 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Aerial view of Treherne United Church (September 2025)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.62992, W98.69560
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Hamilton Gordon Russell (1863-1946)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Olive Presbyterian Church / Olive United Church (Municipality of Norfolk Treherne)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Tiger Hills to the Assiniboine: A History of Treherne and Surrounding District by Treherne Area History Committee, 1976, page 58.
Treherne United Church, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.
We thank Rose Kuzina and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 September 2025
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