Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Club

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The first of its kind in western Canada, the Manitoba Club was founded on 16 July 1874 at a meeting held at the St. James restaurant in Winnipeg. Attending the meeting were several prominent Manitoba businessman: A. G. B. Bannatyne, Henry T. Champion, W. Gouin, Gilbert McMicken, J. A. N. Provencher, C. W. Radiger, Joseph Royal, W. Osborne Smith, Major Taschereau, and W. B. Taylor.

The Club admitted its first Jewish members in 1972 and its first female members in 1991.

Presidents

Period	President
1874-1875	William Osborne Smith (1831-1887)
1875-1879	Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne (1829-1889)
1879-1880	J. R. Rowan
1880-1881	John Farquhar Bain (1849-1905)
1881-1884	Charles John Brydges (1827-1889)
1885	G. B. Spencer
1886-1887	C. R. Hoare
1888-1890	John Farquhar Bain (1849-1905)
1891-1895	William Bain Scarth (1837-1902)
1896-1899	Hugh John Macdonald (1850-1929)
1900-1902	Albert Clements Killam (1849-1908)
1903	Frederick William Stobart (1859-1935)
1904-1909	Duncan Wendell McDermid (1858-1909)
1909-1912	Montague Aldous (1850-1946)
1913-1915	W. O. Nares
1916-1922	George William Allan (1860-1940)
1923-1924	William J. Christie (1858-1942)
1925-1928	Edward Hamilton Macklin (1863-1946)
1929-1930	Stephen Elswood Richards (1878-1950)
1931-1932	George William Northwood (1877-1959)
1933-1934	K. L. Patton
1935-1936	Humphry Ringler Drummond-Hay (1886-1965)
1937-1938	Edwin Godfrey Phipps Baker (1885-1963)
1939-1940	Hugh James Hickey (1868-1947)
1941-1942	Cecil S. Gunn
1943-1944	J. Herbert Riley
1945-1946	John Alexander Gunn (1878-?)
1947	A. C. Reid
1948-1950	Fred James Manning (1885-1966)
1951-1952	John Douglas Ruttan (1889-1973)
1953-1954	John Draper Perrin (1890-1967)
1955-1957	Charles A. Campbell (?-1972)
1958-1959	Hubert Daniel Kitchen (1895-1966)
1960	James Douglas Bulgin (1901-1980)
1961-1962	H. B. McLeod
1963-1964	Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody (1903-1991)
1965-1966	C. E. Atchison
1967	W. S. Sparrow
1968	Norman James Alexander (1914-2004)
1969	Thomas Bruce Ross (1904-2001)
1970-1971	Francis Alexander Lavens “Frank” Mathewson (1905-1994)
1972	Henry Benning Monk (1909-1996)
1973-1974	William John Antliff Bulman
1975-1976	Gerald S. Swindell (c1915-2003)
1977	Alan Edmund Tarr (1913-1995)
1978-1979	J. T. Ellis
1980-1981	D. P. Leaney
1982-1983	D. A. Dever
1984	R. M. Chipman
1985	J. R. F. Taylor QC
1986	William M. “Bill” Young (1927-2013)
1987	Ronald A. “Sam” Fabro (1920-2018)
1988	Delmore C. W. “Del” Crewson (1942-2017)
1989	C. W. Miller
1990	W. Brown
1991	Michael David “Mike” Rattray (1931-2022)
1992	William Bruce “Bill” Parrish
1993	Lawrence Oliver “Lawrie” Pollard (1928-2019)
1994	L. R. McGinnis
1995	F. T. Gould
1996	R. H. Vandewater
1997	G. B. Webster
1998	H. R. Scrivener
1999	B. A. Robinson
2000	Theodore Ivan “Ted” Bartman (1940-2019)
2001	G. A. Horne
2002-2003	R. H. May
2004	Donald H. Comack
2005	R. W. Cunningham
2006	Doneta A. Porteous Brotchie
2007	Dr. J. L. Gray
2008	A. R. Robinson
2009	R. W. Low
2010	B. D. Norrie
2011	R. G. Darling
2012	R. J. Kennedy

Honorary Life Members

Year of Membership	Life Members
1897	Charles Napier Bell (1854-1936) William Martin (1856-1932)
1900	Francis White “Frank” Peters (1860-1933) George Montegu Black (1875-1959) Isaac Pitblado (1867-1964)
1903	Hugh Phillipps (1875-1963)
1904	E. C. Ryan
1905	Albert Livingstone Crossin (1868-1956) F. W. S. Crispo Conrad Stephenson Riley (1875-1960)
1908	Frederick Maxwell Burbidge (1881-1967)
1909	Edward Anderson (1867-1955) James Bowes Coyne (1878-1965)
1910	Edwin Henry Bennest (1875-1971) George William Northwood (1877-1959) Charles Frederick Pentland (1880-1963)
1912	William Donald Love (1877-1956) John Percival “Price” Montague (1882-1966)
1913	Henry Platt Grundy (1874-1956)
1914	John Alexander Gunn (1878-1960) Humphry Ringler Drummond-Hay (1886-1965) J. MacGregor
1915	William Arthur Murphy (1884-1968)
1916	Robert John Gourley (1878-1976)
1917	Thomas Alexander Crerar (1876-1975) Norman McLeod Paterson (1883-1983)
1918	Harry Crowson Ashdown (1885-1971)
1919	Samuel Lawrence Cork (1877-1971) Harold James Riley (1887-1975)
1920	Allan Bremner Kelly (1885-1976)
1921	H. E. W. Phair
1922	Harold Stuart Hanson (1891-1984)
1923	Gordon Samuel Fahrni (1887-1995)
1924	N. C. Carmichael MD Richard Lippincott Denison (1889-1980) S. Gamble T. C. Greenman John Alexander MacAulay (1892-1978) H. A. V. Green C. I. Hall F. P. Heffelfinger Stewart Augustus Searle (1897-1977)
1926	P. A. Chester
1927	H. Ford
1928	J. H. Crang
1930	Malcolm Rutherford MacCharles (1894-1991) Paul Clark Nanton (1904-1992)
1932	S. Thornton
1933	J. S. McMahon Roy Wilfred Milner (1892-1986)
1935	George Eric Tritschler (1901-1993)
1936	Ernest Hutchison Moncrieff (1909-2000) Paul Henric Thorbjorn Thorlakson (1895-1989)
1937	Ralph S. Misener (?-?)
1940	F. J. Caine
1941	A. W. Klieforth
1943	P. S. Bower Peter Duncan Curry (1912-1996) William Donald Hurst (1908-2000) Augustus Searle Leach (1909-1993) D. Sprague
1944	Robert E. “Bob” Moore (1909-1995)
1945	Henry Benning Monk (1909-1996)
1946	Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody (1903-1991)
1947	Francis Alexander Lavens “Frank” Mathewson (1905-1994) Thomas Bruce Ross (1904-2001)
1949	H. B. McLeod
1956	Alan Edmund Tarr (1913-1995) N. J. Alexander C. E. Atchison J. T. Ellis Gerald S. Swindell (c1915-2003)

See Also

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Club (194 Broadway, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: McDermot’s Corners / Bodega Hotel / O’Connor Hotel / Farmer Building / Victory Building (333 Main Street, Winnipeg)

The Manitoba Club, 100 Years: 1874-1974 by Mary Lile Benham

Sources:

“Welcome to the club,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 February 1992, page 13.

120 Years at the Manitoba Club: 1874-1994, Winnipeg: Manitoba Club, 1994.

We thank Nathan Kramer and Dan Stone for providing additional information used here.

Page revised: 17 September 2022