Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Scientific and Historical Society / Manitoba Historical Society

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Founding Members (1879-1880)

John Farquhar Bain (1849-1905)

Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne (1829-1889)

Samuel Lawrence Bedson (1842-1891)

Alexander Begg (1839-1897)

Charles Napier Bell (1854-1936)

Samuel Clarke Biggs (1851-1911)

Robert Bourne

Walter Robert Bown (1828-1903)

George Bryce (1844-1931)

D. M. Campbell

Felix Chenier (1843-1910)

A. Christie

Francis Ignatino Clarke (1849-1916)

Donald Codd (c1845-1896)

William Coldwell (1834-1907)

William Cowan (1818-1902)

Abraham Cowley (1816-1887)

Hugh S. Donaldson (1829-1904)

Joseph Doupe (1837-1910)

Henry Mowat Drummond (1848-1917)

Arthur F. Eden (c1852-?)

Loftus Morton Fortier (1858-1933)

Octave Fortin (1842-1927)

R. E. W. Goodridge

John Grisdale (1845-1922)

George Henry Ham (1847-1926)

Joseph James Hargrave (1841-1891)

Thomas Hart (1835-1912)

Rice Meredith Howard (c1849-1887)

Hector Mansfield Howell (1842-1918)

Capt. Owen E. Hughes

R. H. Hunter

Colin Inkster (1843-1934)

Edward Worrell Jarvis (?-1894)

R. H. Kenning

Albert Clements Killam (1849-1908)

Alphonse Alfred Clement LaRivière (1842-1925)

James Spencer Lynch (1841-1894)

Duncan MacArthur (1840-1907)

Samuel Pritchard Matheson (1852-1942)

Alexander McArthur (1843-1887)

Allan McDonald

Gilbert McMicken (1813-1891)

Rev. Edward Morrow (deceased c1881)

John Norquay (1841-1889)

Walter Reginald Nursey (1846-1927)

J. Outram

James Dallas O’Meara (1849-1901)

Silas Richard Parsons (1854-1932)

William Pearce (1848-1930)

William Cyprian Pinkham (1844-1928)

Robert Dennis Richardson (1854-1946)

James Robertson (1839-1902)

Arthur Wellington Ross (1846-1901)

W. H. Ross

James Hamilton Rowan (c1831-?)

George Roy

Joseph Royal (1837-1902)

William Osborne Smith (1831-1887)

Thomas Spence (1832-1900)

James Stewart (1826-1911)

Peter R. Sutherland

C. Sweeney

James Wickes Taylor (1820-1893)

Arthur Henry Whitcher (1840-1931)

Edmund Burke Wood (1820-1882)

Presidents / Chairs

The presiding position in the Manitoba Historical Society was the President until 2024, when it was renamed Chair.

Edmund Burke Wood
Edmund Burke Wood

(1879-1881)

William Cowan
William Cowan

(1881-1882)

Alexander McArthur
Alexander McArthur

(1882-1884)

George Bryce
George Bryce

(1884-1887)

Thomas Hart
Thomas Hart

(1887-1888)

William Davis Ardagh
William Davis Ardagh

(1888-1889)

Charles Napier Bell
Charles Napier Bell

(1889-1891)

John McBeth
John McBeth

(1891-1893)

Andrew Browning Baird
Andrew Browning Baird

(1893-1895)

George Jackson Laird
George Jackson Laird

(1895-1897)

William Clark
William Clark

(1897-1899)

William Alfred Burman
William Alfred Burman

(1899-1901)

John Robert Grant
John Robert Grant

(1901-1903)

David Laird
David Laird

(1903-1905)

George Bryce
George Bryce

(1905-1913)

Charles Napier Bell
Charles Napier Bell

(1913-1929)

David Alexander Stewart
David Alexander Stewart

(1929-1934)

Ronald Oliver MacFarlane
Ronald Oliver MacFarlane

(1934-1935)

Alexander Shirriff Morrison
Alexander Shirriff Morrison

(1935-1938)

Ronald Oliver MacFarlane
Ronald Oliver MacFarlane

(1934-1935)

Margaret Stovel McWilliams
Margaret Stovel McWilliams

(1944-1948)

William Douglas
William Douglas

(1948-1951)

Ross Brough Mitchell
Ross Brough Mitchell

(1951-1953)

William Lewis Morton
William Lewis Morton

(1953-1955)

Anne Matheson Henderson
Anne Matheson Henderson

(1955-1957)

Murray Hogg Campbell
Murray Hogg Campbell

(1957-1959)

Herbert Douglas Kemp
Herbert Douglas Kemp

(1959-1961)

Paul Yuzyk
Paul Yuzyk

(1961-1963)

Harry Clare Pentland
Harry Clare Pentland

(1963-1965)

Alice Evelyn Brown
Alice Evelyn Brown

(1965-1967)

Joseph E. Martin
Joseph E. Martin

(1967-1968)

William Steward Martin
William Steward Martin

(1968-1971)

Arthur Gordon Pruden
Arthur Gordon Pruden

(1971-1973)

Edward Charles Shaw
Edward Charles Shaw

(1973-1976)

David John McDowell
David John McDowell

(1976-1978)

Alan Livingstone Crossin
Alan Livingstone Crossin

(1978-1980)

William Paul Thompson
William Paul Thompson

(1980-1982)

Shirlee Anne Smith
Shirlee Anne Smith

(1982-1984)

Margaret Aileen Hunt Carter
Margaret Aileen Hunt Carter

(1984-1986)

Greg Thomas
Greg Thomas

(1986-1988)

Rosemary Malaher
Rosemary Malaher

(1988-1990)

William J. Fraser
William J. Fraser

(1990-1992)

Douglas Taylor
Douglas Taylor

(1992-1994)

Lily Stearns
Lily Stearns

(1994-1996)

Celine Marie Power Kear
Céline Marie Power Kear

(1996-1998)

John Campbell Lehr
John Campbell Lehr

(1998-2000)

Jim Blanchard
Jim Blanchard

(2000-2002)

Steven A. Place
Steven A. Place

(2002-2004)

Gordon Goldsborough
Gordon Goldsborough

(2004-2006)

John Michael Bumsted
John Michael Bumsted

(2006-2008)

Harry W. Duckworth
Harry W. Duckworth

(2008-2011)

Annabelle Mays
Annabelle Mays

(2011-2013)

James Kostuchuk
James Kostuchuk

(2013-2014)

Harry W. Duckworth
Harry W. Duckworth

(2014-2015)

Gary McEwen
Gary McEwen

(2015-2017)

Alan Mason
Alan Mason

(2017-2019)

Gordon Goldsborough
Gordon Goldsborough

(2019-2022)

Dan Furlan
Dan Furlan
(2022-2024)

Dan Furlan
Lawrence Prout
(2024-?)

 

Office Locations

Period

Address (Winnipeg)

1969

147 James Street

1970-1986

M211 - 190 Rupert Avenue

1987-1992

314 - 63 Albert Street

1993-2004

470 - 167 Lombard Avenue

2004-2007

304 - 250 McDermot Avenue

2007-2015

61 Carlton Street

2015-present

710 - 1 Lombard Place

See also:

The Manitoba Historical Society: A Centennial History by Gerald Friesen
This article was originally published in Manitoba History in 1982 to mark the centennial of the Society’s founding, in 1879.

The First Half Century: A Sketch of the Early Years of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba by David A. Stewart, MD
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 24, Number 3, Spring 1979

Presidents of the Manitoba Historical Society
This list contains all the people who have served as President of the Society since its founding in 1879.

The Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society Act (1879)
The “Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba” came into being when an Act was assented in the provincial legislature in June 1879.

Annual Reports
The Society publishes an Annual Report on its activities. Copies are available here.

Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Record Society

Manitoba Organization: Natural History Society of Manitoba / Manitoba Naturalists Society / Nature Manitoba

Sources:

Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Historical Society Fond, MG10 F2, Membership Book 1879-1895.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 October 2024