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Presidents | Vice-Presidents | Secretary-Treasurers | Sources
Established in March 1931, the Winnipeg Horticultural Society produced an Annual Report that evolved into the annual publication The Prairie Garden.
Presidents
Period |
President |
1931 |
Henry Downing (1866-1936) |
1932 |
William Stubbs (1877-1935) |
1933 |
Richard Wellington Kenny (1878-1951) |
1934 |
Percy George Bell (1884-1952) |
1935 |
John Walker |
1936 |
Ralph Roy Nichol (1885-1942) |
1937 |
R. W. Brown |
1938 |
Dr. W. J. Riley |
1939 |
J. A. McPhail |
1940-1941 |
Thomas Oastler Graham |
1942 |
Theodore E. Howard |
1943 |
Mrs. Roy Hunt |
1944 |
Dr. S. W. Edgecombe |
1945 |
Eric Sochting |
1946 |
J. C. Williams |
1947 |
J. H. Nichol |
1948 |
William James Tanner (1898-1975) |
1949 |
Q. C. Moffat |
1950-1951 |
A. M. Oswald |
1952 |
T. M. Yager |
1953-1954 |
Gladwyn Switzer “Glad” Reycraft (1905-1986) |
1955 |
Hector Macdonald |
1956 |
D. Campbell |
1957 |
Jacobus Petrus “Pete” de Wet (1883-1978) |
1958-1959 |
Fred Clarke Wallace Rice (1896-1973) |
?-? |
John Robert “Bob” Almey (1895-1988) |
Vice-Presidents
Secretary-Treasurers
Period |
Secretary-Treasurer |
1931-1936 |
? |
1937 |
John Walker |
1938-1942 |
William Archibald “Bill” Cumming (1911-1999) |
1943-1944 |
? |
1945-1955 |
R. W. Brown |
1956-1957 |
William James Tanner (1898-1975) |
See also:
MHS Resources: The Prairie Garden
Sources:
“Horticulturists to meet on Thursday,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1931, page 5.
“R. R. Nichol, C.N.R. official, dies suddenly,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 September 1942, page 18.
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This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 April 2021
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