Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Horticultural and Forestry Association / Manitoba Horticultural Association

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Presidents | Secretary-Treasurers | Stevenson Award Recipients | Local Horticultural Societies | Sources

In 1911, the Manitoba Legislature passed an Act to incorporate the Manitoba Horticultural and Forestry Association. Forestry was dropped from its name in 1927.

Presidents

Period	President
1911-1916	Henry Martindale Speechly (1866-1951)
1917-1919	?
1920	Hugh William Watson (1872-?)
1921-1924	Frederick William Brodrick (1879-1958)
1925	Charles Clark Milne (1868-1944)
1926	Charles Alexander Midwinter (1888-1974)
1927-1928	William Russel “Russ” Leslie (1891-1985)
1929-1930	Frank Leith Skinner (1882-1967)
1931-1932	Frank Campbell Cave (1885-1965)
1933-1934	William Stubbs (1877-1935)
1935-1936	Charles Alexander Midwinter (1888-1974)
1937-1938	John Robert “Bob” Almey (1895-1988)
1939-1940	Ralph Roy Nichol (1885-1942)
1941	David Andrew Brown (1895-1990)
1942	Peter Daman (1896-1953)
1943	Mrs. A. M. Tobias
1944-1946	Theodore Edward Howard (1880-1960)
1947	W. B. Bain
1948	C. J. Edwards
1949	E. T. Andersen
1950-1952	William Archibald Cumming (1911-1999)
1953-1955	J. H. Nichol
1956-1957	J. Wall
1958-1959	Mrs. F. W. McIntosh
1960-1961	Grant Manson Churcher (1914-1990)
1962-1963	Herbert Frederick “Bert” Harp (1904-1990)
1964-1965	Jeanette “Jay” Slipetz (1914-2007)
1966-1967	H. R. Lamont
1968-1970	Eva Margaret Shafer (1902-1984)
1970-1972	Stan Gugin
1972-1973	William H. “Bill” Gray (1919-?)
1974-1975	Phyllis Pierrepont
1976-1977	Steve Foord-Kelcey
1978-1979	Lorry Gans
1980-1981	Mrs. G. Jasper
1982	Allan Brock
?-?	Muriel Elizabeth Meadows (1922-2006)

Secretary-Treasurers

Period	Secretary-Treasurer
1911-1920	Frederick William Brodrick (1879-1958)
1921-1922	Hugh William Watson (1872-?)
1923-1928	John Robert “Bob” Almey (1895-1988)
1929-1930	C. J. Edwards
1931-1939	John Walker
1940-1943	C. R. Ure
1944	E. C. Martin
1945-1947	M. R. Bevan
1948	E. C. Martin
1949-1965	F. J. Weir
1966-1978	Peter Jacob “Potato Pete” Peters (1914-2012)
1979-1982	Reg Curle

Recipients of the Stevenson Memorial Gold Medal / Stevenson Commemorative Award

This award is named for horticulturist A. P. Stevenson.

Recipient	Place	Year
William H. Alderman (1885-1985)	University of Minnesota	1944
Bob Bors	University of Saskatchewan	2019
George Fisher Chipman (1882-1935)	Charleswood	1938
Lynn M. Collicutt	Morden Experimental Farm	2015
William Archibald Cumming (1911-1999)	Morden	1974
Malcolm Bancroft Davis (1890-?)	Ottawa, ON	1951
William Godfrey (1878-1953)	Morden	1947
Niels Ebbesen Hansen (1866-1950)	Brookings, SD	1935
Herbert Frederick “Bert” Harp (1904-1990)	Morden Experimental Farm	1980
Dale Herman	North Dakota State University	2007
William Leslie “Les” Kerr (1902-1983)	Saskatoon, SK	1970
Louis M. Lenz	University of Manitoba	2010
William Russel “Russ” Leslie (1891-1985)	Morden Experimental Farm	1958
Henry Heard Marshall (1916-1994)	Morden	1989
Albert John “Bert” Porter (1901-2000)	Parkside, SK	1963
Wilbert G. Ronald	Morden Experimental Farm and Portage la Prairie	2002
Norman M. Ross (1877-1964)	Indian Head, SK	1941
Rick Sawatzky	University of Saskatchewan	2019
Robert Simonet (1903-1989)	Edmonton, AB	1960
Frank Leith Skinner (1882-1967)	Dropmore	1932
John Walker (1893-1991)	Winnipeg	1978
Charles F. Walkof (1910-1984)	Morden	1967
John Alexander Wallace (1899-1986)	University of Manitoba	1984
Alfred F. Yeager (1890-1961)	North Dakota Agricultural College & University of New Hampshire	1954

Local Horticultural Societies

Society	Communities	Established
Agassiz Horticultural Society	Lac du Bonnet, Pinawa	1969
Antler River Horticultural Society	Melita	1928
Arden Horticultural Society	Arden	1928
Beautiful Plains Horticultural Society	Neepawa	1914
Benito and District Horticultural Society	Benito	1962
Birtle Horticultural Society	Birtle	1929
Boissevain Horticultural Society	Boissevain	1971
Bowsman Horticultural Society	Bowsman	1955
Brandon Horticultural Society	Brandon	1897
Carberry and District Horticultural Society	Carberry	1968
Carman Horticultural Society	Carman	1929
Cartwright-Mather Horticultural Society	Cartwright, Mather	1963
Central Manitoba Horticultural Society	Cypress River, Holland, Mariapolis, St. Alphonse, Somerset, Swan Lake, Treherne	1960
Charleswood Horticultural Society	Charleswood	1919
Dauphin Horticultural Society	Dauphin	1947
Deloraine Horticultural Society	Deloraine	1927
Dominion City Horticultural Society	Dominion City	1958
East Kildonan Horticultural Society	East Kildonan	1967
Flin Flon Horticultural Society	Flin Flon	1936
Fort Garry Horticultural Society	Fort Garry	1922
Gladstone Horticultural Society	Gladstone	1924
Grunthal Horticultural Society	Grunthal	1956
Hamiota Horticultural Society	Hamiota	1924
Hartney Horticultural Society	Hartney	1937
Interlake Horticultural Society	Argyle, Balmoral, Grosse Isle, Gunton, Meadows, Rosser, Stonewall, Stony Mountain, Teulon	1960
Killarney Horticultural Society	Killarney	1953
La Salle River Horticultural Society	Oak Bluff, Sanford, Springstein, Starbuck	1969
Lenore Horticultural Society	Lenore	1928
Manitou Horticultural Society	Manitou	1935
Miami Horticultural Society	Miami	1907
Miniota Horticultural Society	Miniota	1927
Minnedosa Horticultural Society	Minnedosa	1956
Morden Horticultural Society	Morden	1923
Morris Horticultural Society	Morris	1959
Morse Place Horticultural Society	Transcona	1917
Newdale Horticultural Society	Newdale	1927
Niverville Horticultural Society	Niverville	1975
Oakville and District Horticultural Society	Oakville	1956
Pilot Mound Horticultural Society	Pilot Mound	1957
Pine Falls Horticultural Society	Pine Falls, Powerview	1947
Poplar Point Horticultural Society	Poplar Point	1944
Portage and District Horticultural Society	Portage la Prairie	1930
Reston Horticultural Society	Reston	1964
Roblin Horticultural Society	Roblin	1959
Russell Horticultural Society	Russell	1926
St. Boniface and Norwood Horticultural Society	Norwood, St. Boniface	1922
St. James Horticultural Society	St. James	1929
St. Pierre Horticultural Society	St. Pierre	1953
Selkirk and District Horticultural Society	Selkirk	1922
Souris and Glenwood Horticultural Society	Souris	1913
Steinbach Horticultural Society	Steinbach	1950
Thompson Horticultural Society	Thompson	1970
The Pas Horticultural Society	The Pas	1952
Transcona Horticultural Society	Transcona	1967
Virden Horticultural Society	Virden	1965
West Kildonan Horticultural Society	West Kildonan	1951
Winnipeg Horticultural Society	Winnipeg	1931

Sources:

“Brandon Horticultural Society,” Brandon Sun, 8 April 1897, page 2.

“Horticulture and forestry,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 February 1912, page 5.

“Horticulturists meet,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 February 1915, page 36.

“Farmers’ convention week,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 February 1916, page 51.

“Officers of Horticultural Assn. elected,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 February 1931, page 3.

“R. R. Nichol, C.N.R. official, dies suddenly,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 September 1942, page 18.

“William Godfrey,” The Prairie Garden (1954), page 128.

“D. C. Horticultural Society reorganized,” Steinbach Carillon News, 7 February 1958, page 11.

“Holland organizes horticultural society,” Glenboro Gazette, 19 May 1960, page 4.

Obituary [Eva Margaret Shafer], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 April 1984, page 46.

“John Walker,” The Prairie Garden (1985), page 8.

“John A. Wallace,” The Prairie Garden (1987), page 6.

A Century of Horticulture in Manitoba: 1880-1980 by Peter J. Peters, 1988, pages 167-230, 249.

Essays on the Early History of Plant Pathology and Mycology in Canada by Ralph H. Estey, Montreal/Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 1994, page 37.

Saskatchewan Agriculture: Lives Past and Present by Brian Mlazgar, Regina, 2006, page 156.

In a Cold Land: Saskatchewan's Horticultural Pioneers by Sara Williams, Saskatoon, 2006, page 47ff.

Obituary [Jeanette Slipetz], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 August 2007.

The Rosemakers by Harry McGee, London (Ontario), 2010, page 76.

“The “Plant Wizard of the North”: Albert E. Yeager at North Dakota Agricultural College” by Barbara Handy-Marchello, North Dakota History, Volume 76, Numbers 1 & 2, pages 34-45.

“A. P. Stevenson Memorial Award” by Hugh Skinner and Sara Williams, Manitoba Horticultural Association newsletter, February 2019.

“Profile: A. F. Yeager,” North Dakota Agriculture Today.

“Niels Ebbesen Hansen,” Wikipedia.

We thank Linda Dietrick for providing additional information used here.

Page revised: 12 January 2022