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Organized in 1881, this club in Portage la Prairie was one of the seven founding clubs of the Manitoba Curling Association in 1888.
Period
President
1881-1882
Smith Thompson
1882-1883
George Tidsbury
1883-1884
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1884-1885
?
1885-1886
John Watson
1886-1887
?
1887-1888
?
1888-1889
?
1889-1890
William James Cooper (1860-1913)
1890-1891
William Henry Sparling (1860-1922)
1891-1892
Walter Millar (1854-1945)
1892-1893
?
1893-1894
?
1894-1895
?
1895-1896
Arthur Locke Ashdown (1858-1938)
1896-1897
Daniel McLean [MacLean] (1854-1908)
1897-1898
Ambrose Haggerston Dickins (1859-1940)
1898-1899
Albert George “Bert” Halstead (1876-1945)
1899-1900
Samuel Reid Marlatt (1853-1932)
1900-1901
Frank Stanley Keele (1859-1918)
1901-1902
Dougald McKillop (1864-1935)
1902-1903
Daniel Alexander MacDonald (1858-1937)
1903-1904
Dr. Robert Homer Robertson (1859-1947)
1904-1905
George Wellington Sparling (1875-1957)
1905-1906
A. L. Hamilton
1906-1907
Thomas Tunbridge Bailey (1856-1930)
1907-1908
?
1908-1909
?
1909-1910
D. M. Randall
1910-1911
Malcolm McCaig (1872-1928)
1911-1912
?
1912-1913
?
1913-1914
Selkirk MacKay MacDonald (1872-1955)
1914-1915
Norman Stanley Smith (1881-1946)
1915-1916
James A. Woods (1877-1923)
1916-1917
George Randolph Porter (1871-1931)
1917-1918
W. P. Ritchie
1918-1919
H. J. J. Smith
1919-1920
Charles “Chas” Heath (1868-1946)
1920-1921
Walter Dalzell (1883-1972)
1921-1922
Walter Edward Garland (1878-1951)
1922
Thomas James Hall (1868-1946)
1922-1923
T. E. Scott
1923-1924
?
1924-1925
Malcolm McCaig (1872-1928)
1925-1926
John A. Cavers (1881-1958)
1926-1927
Malcolm McCaig (1872-1928)
1927-1929
William Wallace McDonald (1877-1929)
1929-1930
Edgar Lloyd Burns (1868-1943)
1930-1932
Clarence Coates Sparling (1900-1984)
1932-1934
William “Howard” Ralph Savage (1892-1952)
1934-1935
Charles Alfred Smith (1891-1958)
1935-1937
Edward Thomas “Stewart” Brown (1886-1960)
1937-1939
Guy Smith Cochlan (1890-1966)
1939-1940
Colon Settle (1896-1960)
1940-1942
William James “Billy” McCuaig (1885-1975)
1942
David Wilkie “Scotty” Moir (1898-1983)
1942-1944
Harvey Dennis Sparling (1896-1976)
1944-1945
Thomas Wishart (1883-1959)
1945-1946
James Edward Clark (1893-1967)
1946-1947
Harvey Hunter Owens (1903-1973)
1947-1948
James Wilfred “Jim” Wishart (1911-1978)
1948-1949
Harold William “Bill” Kitson (1917-2002)
1949-1950
George Kelly Hill (1904-1980)
1950-1951
George “Gillis” Gladstone Tidsbury (1896-1959)
1951
William Herbert Keith “Bill” Wilton (1919-1992)
1951-1952
William Wesley Judd (1901-1994)
1952-1953
Israel Hyner “Izzy” Greenberg (1915-1972)
1953
Roy Benson Shortridge (1907-1965)
1953-1954
Jack Metcalfe (?-1969)
1954-1955
Clarence Alexander Yuill (1905-1983)
1955-1956
Donald David Elgert (1901-1980)
1956-1957
Donald Francis Clark (1917-1975)
1957-1958
Harvey Leroy Young (1908-1960)
1958-1959
Frederick “Ted” Ramsey
1959-1960
Maxwell Wilton (1915-1977)
1960-1961
William Malcolm “Bill” McMillan (1914-2004)
1961-1962
Roderick Angus McLeod (1893-1982)
1962-1963
John Clifford “Cliff” Bagrie (1928-2000)
1963-1964
Gerald Richard Joseph Cobbe (1927-2004)
1964-1965
William Williston “Bill” Gray (?-1965)
1965-1966
Harold William “Bill” Kitson (1917-2002)
1966-1967
James Wilfred “Jim” Wishart (1911-1978)
1967-1968
Harold Ernest Painter (?-2005)
1968-1969
Garry Bolton Cobbe (1933-1998)
1969-1970
Dave Moffat
1970-1971
Clarence Troop (1926-2005)
1971-1972
Jim Collett
1972-1973
William R. McCowan (1911-1994)
1973-1974
Toby Trimble
1974-1975
Henry Riendeau
1975-1976
Kenneth Leslie “Ken” Holland (1934-2025)
1976-1977
Reginald Frank “Reg” Tomalin (1931-2019)
1977-1978
Orille Arthur Hogue (1922-2013)
1978-1979
Charles “Dwight” Moxham (1931-1995)
1979-1980
Richard Dixon “Red” Hughes
1980-1981
Charles Edward “Bud” Rheaume (1927-1989)
1981-1982
Harold Mayor
1982-1983
Brian McGowan
1983-1984
Barry L. Sadler
1984-1985
Jack Low
1985-1986
Rodney Harvey “Rod” Demoline (1938-2003)
1986-1987
Brian Miller
1987-1988
Tom McCartney
1988-1989
Earl Edmondson
1989-1990
Bob McCallister
1990-1991
Ken McCulley
1991-1992
Herb Sulkers
1992-1993
Kelly Collett
1993-1994
Wade Linden
1994-1995
Murray Hope
1995-1996
Lauree Cumming Clifford (1938-2000)
1996-1997
Dale Michie
1997-1998
Wendell William Irvine Keeler (1950-2025)
1998-1999
Dave Kaminsky
1999-2000
Neil Jordan
2000-2001
Bruce Belton
2001-2002
Michele Tully
2002-2003
Geoff Trimble
2003-2004
Henry Verhoeven
2004-2006
Ray Askin
2006-2008
Ron Weir
2008-2010
Tom Hyde
2010-2012
Trevor Found
2012-2014
Dean Moxham
2014-2016
Jared Munro
2016-2018
Hartley Vanstone
2018-2025
Rob Gemmell
2025-2026
Keaton Bachalo
“Portage paragraps,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 December 1881, page 8.
“The Portage Club,” Manitoba Free Press, 1 December 1882, page 3.
“Curling preparations,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 October 1884, page 1.
“Portage Curling Club,” Manitoba Free Press, 2 June 1890, page 4.
“Curling Club meetings,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 May 1891, page 1.
“The Portage,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 November 1895, page 2.
“Annual meeting of curling club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 October 1896, page 1.
“Portage la Prairie officers,” Manitoba Free Press, 25 October 1898, page 5.
“Portage la Prairie officers,” Manitoba Free Press, 8 April 1899, page 5.
“Portagers want big rings,” Manitoba Free Press, 11 April 1904, page 5.
“Twenty years ago today,” Manitoba Free Press, 27 September 1905, page 1.
“Curling,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 November 1906, page 12.
“Portage curlers meet,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 April 1910, page 6.
“Suggest only one bonspiel,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 April 1914, page 13.
“Prairie city curlers meet,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 April 1916, page 30.
“Curlers arrange opening,” Portage Daily Graphic, 1 November 1917.
“Portage curlers hold their annual meeting,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 April 1918, page 7.
“Portage Curling Club elects new executive,” Manitoba Free Press, 11 September 1921, page 23.
“T. E. Scott is new leader of Portage Curling Club,” Manitoba Free Press, 17 November 1922, page 18.
“Curling club elect officers,” Portage Daily Graphic, 13 November 1924, page 1.
“Portage Curling Club elects its officers,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 April 1925, page 13.
“Cavers Curling Club President,” Portage Daily Graphic, 15 April 1926, page 1.
“W. W. McDonald heads Portage Curling Club,” Manitoba Free Press, 15 April 1927, page 8.
“E. L. Burns President Portage Curling Club,” Manitoba Free Press, 6 April 1929 page 25.
“Portage Curling Club prepares for season,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 Novembr1932, page 17.
“Stuart Brown elected Portage Curling Prexy,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 April 1935, page 18.
“Portage curlers name Stewart Brown Prexy,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 November 1936, page 16.
“Portage curlers elect Settle,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 November 1939, page 15.
“Portage curlers headed by W. J. McCuaig,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 November 1940, page 15.
“Portage curlers elect McCuaig,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 November 1941, page 16.
“Scotty Muir is Portage Prexy,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 November 1942, page 14.
“Portage curlers re-elect Sparling,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 November 1943, page 17.
“Curlers hold annual meeting,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 March 1945, page 32.
“Portage curlers honor Wishart,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 March 1946, page 15.
“Portage curlers elect officers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 April 1947, page 7.
“Portage Curling Club seeks $125,000.00 to replace their 68 year old club,” Manitoba Leader, 1 April 1948, page 1.
“Work starts on curling club new 7 sheet rink,” Manitoba Leader, 30 September 1948, page 1.
“Tidsbury heads Portage curlers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 April 1950, page 16.
“Wilton to lead Portage curlers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 April 1951, page 12.
“Greenberg heads Portage curlers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 April 1952, page 34.
“Roy Shortridge elected to head Portage curlers,” Portage la Prairie Leader, 9 April 1953, page 1.
“Curling club semi-annual meeting Nov 2,” Portage la Prairie Leader, 29 October 1953, page 1.
“Yuill heads Portage Curling Club,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 April 1954, page 28.
“D. D. Don Elgert elected President of curling club,” Portage la Prairie Leader, 14 April 1955, page 4.
“Don Clark elected head of Portage Curling Club,” Portage la Prairie Leader, 12 April 1956, page 6.
“Ted Ramsay heads curlers, artificial ice possibility,” Portage la Prairie Leader, 10 April 1958, page 14.
“McMillan heads Portage curlers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 April 1960, page 44.
“Portage Club elects slate,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 May 1972, page 20.
“Henry Riendeau to head curlers,” MacGregor Herald, 26 June 1974, page 25.
“Ken Holland elected head of curling club,” MacGregor Herald, 18 June 1975, page 19.
“Reg Tomalin elected to head curling club,” MacGregor Herald, 30 June 1976, page 11.
“New club a dream come true,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 November 1977, page 147.
This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 February 2026
