Manitoba Business: Canadian Consolidated Grain Company

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The Canadian Consolidated Grain Company was established in 1928 through the merger of eight smaller companies: Canadian Elevator Company, Dominion Elevator Company, Victoria Elevator Company, Crescent Elevator Company, McCabe Elevator Company, Empire Elevator Company, Thunder Bay Elevator Company, and McCabe Brothers Elevator Company. Collectively, the new firm owned 275 country elevators across prairie Canada with a capacity of 8,500,000 bushels, and terminal elevators at Fort William and Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay, Ontario). By 1953, the company had 136 country elevators. Its assets were sold to United Grain Growers in April 1959.

Chairmen

Period	Chairman
?-?	Alvin Keyes Godfrey (1871-1956)
1953-1959	Kenneth A. Powell (1898-1982)

Presidents

Period	President
1928-?	William Henry McWilliams (1860-1942)
?-1942	?
1942-1952	Charles Edward “Charlie” Hayles (c1885-1952)
1952-1959	John Roderick “Jack” Lindsay (1901-1998)

Vice-Presidents

Period	Vice-President
1928-1942	Charles Edward “Charlie” Hayles (c1885-1952)
1942-?	?
?-?	Alexander “Alex” Christie (1878-1947)
?-1953	?
1953-?	Charles H. Forsythe
?-1959	?

General Managers

Period	General Manager
1928-1952	Charles Edward “Charlie” Hayles (c1885-1952)
1952-1959	?

Treasurers

Period	Treasurer
1928-1931	Alexander “Alex” Christie (1878-1947)
1931-1953	?
1953-?	Edgar B. Sager
?-1959	?

Secretaries

Period	Secretary
1928-1953	?
1953-?	Alexander Burns
?-1959	?

Country Elevators (Manitoba)

Location	Rail	Opened	Closed	Capacity (bushels)
Arnaud	CPR	1928	1959	60,000
Baldur	CNR	1928	1959	35,000
Basswood	CPR	1928	1928	30,000
Beausejour 1	CPR	1928	1959	55,000	Acquired from Dominion Elevator (1928), sold to UGG (1959)
Beausejour 2	CPR	1954	1959	45,000	Sold to UGG (1959)
Belmont 1	CNR	1928	1959	35,000
Belmont 2	CNR	1928	1936	20,000
Binscarth	CPR	1928	1931	25,000
Broomhill	CPR	1928	1956	30,000
Brumlie	CNR	1928	1959	32,000	Acquired from Canadian Elevator (1928), sold to UGG (1959)
Cardale	CNR	1928	1952	40,000
Clanwilliam	CNR	1928	1959	82,000
Culross	CPR	1927	1959	60,000
Dand	CPR	1928	1950	30,000
Deerwood	CNR	1928	1959	32,000	Acquired from Canadian Elevator (1928), sold to UGG (1959)
Elgin	CNR	1928	1959	57,000
Elie	CNR	1928	1959	30,000
Elma	CNR	1950	1959	40,000	Sold to UGG (1959)
Fairfax	CNR	1928	1934	35,000
Fannystelle	CPR	1927	1959	105,000	Sold to UGG (1959), demolished (1981)
Harding	CPR	1928	1928	24,000
Harrowby	CPR	1928	1945	30,000
Homewood	CNR	1928	1951	25,000
Kane	CNR	1928	1959	105,000
Kirkella	CPR	1929	1959	30,000
Lac du Bonnet	CPR	1935	1959	32,000	Sold to UGG (1959)
Lowe Farm	CNR	1928	1959	110,000
Miami	CNR	1940	1959	61,000	New elevator (1923), bought from Miami Farmers Elevator (1940), sold to UGG (1959)
Oak River 1	CPR	1928	1959	80,000	Sold to UGG (1959)
Oak River 2	CPR	1958	1959	50,000	New elevator (1958), sold to UGG (1959)
Pierson	CPR	1928	1954	18,000
Purves	CPR	1928	1932	28,000
Rackham	CNR	1928	1958	68,000
Rosebank	CNR	1928	1959	57,000	Acquired from Canadian Elevator (1928), sold to UGG (1959)
Rossburn	CNR	1928	1946	35,000
St. Jean Baptiste	CNR	1928	1951	30,000	Sold to Paterson Grain (July 1952)
Solsgirth	CPR	1928	1933	30,000
Sperling	CNR	1928	1958	35,000
Strathclair	CPR	1928	1928	30,000
Wassewa	CNR	1928	1958	25,000	Sold to Paterson Grain (?)
Whitemouth	CPR	1935	1958	30,000

Sources:

“Eight local elevator companies are involved in large grain amalgamation,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 July 1928, page 16.

“Powell elected Board Chairman of grain firm,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 November 1953, page 37.

United Grain Growers Limited Fonds, MSS 76, Box 59, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 October 2022