Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Heavy Construction Association

This Winnipeg-based organization, representing the heavy construction industry in the province, was founded in 1943.

Presidents / Chairs

Period

President / Chair

1945-1946

Frank Scott Fowler (1888-1955)

1947-1948

Noel Jean “Neil” Vadeboncoeur (1892-1963)

1949-1950

Nev R. Williams

1951-1952

Dudley H. Stratton

1953

Jim S. Quinn

1954

Pat Kelly

1955

Gurth E. Claydon (1911-1969)

1956

Dr. M. Oretski

1957

Arthur Erven

1958

John Belows

1959

Don Brown

1960-1963

Frank McCalman Fowler (1921-1996)

1964

Len Tasker

1965

Cliff Bradley

1966-1967

Alan Andrew “Al” Borger (1933-2000)

1968

Jack Smith

1969-1970

Marcel Taillieu

1971-1973

David R. Penner (1924-2009)

1974-1976

Ralph James Borger (1930-2011)

1977-1978

Neil Stuart Wither (1935-2014)

1979-1980

Chuck Lee

1981-1982

Don Eppler

1983-1984

David Melville “Dave” Brown (1946-2016)

1985-1986

Don Whitmore

1987-1988

Dirk Gilbert “Dick” Mulder (1923-2019)

1989-1990

Wilfred Remi “Wilf” Taillieu (1948-2016)

1991-1992

Barry Brown

1993-1994

Ron Watson

1995-1996

Colleen Munro

1997-1998

Ken L. Rowan

1999-2000

Cal Edie

2001-2002

Barry Allan Mulder (1960-2008)

2003-2004

Cal Moon

2004-2005

Boris Gavrailoff

2007-2008

Gord Lee

2009-2010

Barry Arnason

2011-2012

Robert Reidy

2013-2014

Henry Borger

2015-2016

Derek Walker

2017-2018

Greg Orbanski

2019-2020

Jack Meseyton

2021-2022

Nicole Chabot

2023-2024

Dennis Cruise

Sources:

Past Chairs, Manitoba Heavy Construction Association.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 January 2025