This organization was founded in 1886 when the Manitoba government passed The Manitoba Dairy Act. In 1941, it merged with the Manitoba Dairy Manufacturers Association to represent both producers and processors.
Presidents
Period |
President |
1886-1889 |
William Wagner (1820-1901) |
1890-1891 |
Charles Arkoll Boulton (1841-1899) |
1892-1893 |
S. M. Barre |
1894-1897 |
John Hettle (1842-1897) |
1898 |
W. M. Champion (Reaburn) |
1899 |
Daniel William McCuaig (1855-1928) |
1900 |
William Grassick (Pilot Mound) |
1901 |
W. M. Champion (Reaburn) |
1902 |
William Ryan (Ninga) |
1903 |
W. M. Champion (Reaburn) |
1904-1905 |
W. B. Gilroy (Austin) |
1906-1907 |
D. Munroe (St. Charles) |
1908-1909 |
W. B. Gilroy (Austin) |
1910-1911 |
J. P. O. Allaire (St. Boniface) |
1912-1913 |
Ira Stratton (1865-1943) |
1914 |
W. H. Smith (Bergen) |
1915-1916 |
L. A. Rose (Brandon) |
1917-1920 |
Alex McKay (Winnipeg) |
1921 |
Robert Arthur Rogers (1862-1929) |
1922 |
Edmund “Ed” Fotheringham (1879-1960) |
1923-1924 |
T. H. Rumball (Miami) |
1925 |
J. H. Farthing (Millwood) |
1926-1927 |
G. W. Tovell (Winnipeg) |
1928-1929 |
Alfred King (Clarkleigh) |
1930-1932 |
William Braid (Oak River) |
1933-1934 |
F. O. Sargent (Petersfield) |
1935 |
William Hollingworth (Kirkfield Park) |
1936-1937 |
? |
1938 |
J. J. Castell (Belmont) |
? |
James Wasson Speirs (1888-1980) |
? |
Robert Charles Smellie (1898-1975) |
? |
Omer Van Walleghem (1917-2013) |
Sources:
“Dairy Association of Manitoba gains unique reputation,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 March 1938, page 52.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 October 2019
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