winnipegrobertburns.org - Club Executive

2024-2026 Executive Board

President	Janet Thompson
Vice President	Vacant
Treasurer	Darlene Cameron
Recoording Secretary	Colin T Harris HLM
Membership Secretary	Linda Kane
Immediate Past President	Charles H Cameron CD
Directors:	Jim Carrigan
	Ed Bethune
	Ian Wood

Club Piper - Kirby McRae
Club Chaplain - Joyce Allen

Representatives to Scottish Heritage Council:
Janet Thompson
Colin T Harris HLM

Associates:
Joyce Allen
Barry Raeside

Honorary Members

Over the past 23 years, the Executive have voted to confer honorary membership on a number of individuals. In two cases these honours have been made posthumously. Those so honoured are:

Leslie & Isabel Archibald. - The now late Les Archibald is a past president of the club and held a number of Executive positions helping to keep the club alive during some lean years. His now also late wife and mainstay support Isabel was at his side throughout.
James* & Ishbel Turnbull - Both Past Presidents of the club. James, Honoured Posthumously, was Club Chaplain at the time of his passing.
Sir (Robert) Andrew Burns KCMG - The former British High Commisionner to Canada proposed the Toast to the Immortal Memory at the 2003 Burns Supper.
John Paterson, Major (ret'd) - The former President of the Robert Burns World Federation proposed the Toast to the Immortal Memory at the 2008 Burns Supper. He is the second former Federation President to be conferred with Honorary Membership (the first being the late Dr James Connor, the first Canadian to become Federation President) John passed away in July of 2018.
Roy A McLeod - Past President of the club, was the longest serving member of the board with over 15 years of continual service until his passing in October 2016.
Colin Harris - Past President of the club, current Recording Secretary, and also Past President of RBANA.
Dr Tony Grogan - Past President of RBANA and a club board member. Passed June 5, 2020
R. Lawrence Cormack CD* - Honoured posthumously, was the serving President of the club at the time of his passing.
Leonard G Murray BL SSC KCHS KCSJ - Dean of the Robert Burns Guild of Speakers, addressed the club at its regular luncheon meeting, November 29, 2014 Passed December 22, 2023
Myrna McRae - Past President of the club.
Bobby Kane - The now former President of the Robert Burns World Federation attended the Regular Luncheon Meeting of the club April 15, 2017, the first serving President to do so. Addressed the 2020 Burns Supper.
William W. Cocks - The President of the Medicine Hat Burns Club proposed the Toast to the Immortal Memory at the club's 2018 Burns Supper.
Donald Rennicks - Past President of the club.
Jean Lindsay - Long time member and volunteer
Margaret McCurdy - Long time Board Member

Past Presidents 1907-2024

Dr William Alexander Dunbar	Colin Howell Campbell MLA	Lt Col John Young Reid	William Anderson Weir	Alexander (Sandy) Jamieson
Arthur Long Dysart QC	Robert Lennox	John J Colvin	G J McBeth	J M Brown
R Logan	C W Brock	E R McConachie	W W Cameron	A N Robertson
R Collier	A C B Stewart	W A Martin	Dr D S Woods	T Wooler
G Binnie	J McGowan	J B Haddow	A Phimister	Mrs W N (Charlotte) Cameron
W A Welsh	J B Graham	W J L Watson	W M Shaw	Walter A Olson
Mrs H Estabrook	Lt Col A Cairns	Alexander Cross	J D Barbour	Rev A R McIver
William James Conway	Leslie Galbraith Archibald	Mrs J J (Ishbel) Turnbull	Jack King	James Jack Turnbull
Roderick J McRae	J J Jackson	Mrs R J (Myrna) McRae HLM	J Craig Oliphant	Colin T Harris HLM
James Carrigan	Roy A McLeod	R Lawrence Cormack CD	Donald Rennicks HLM	Charles H Cameron CD
Christopher Halliday	Joyce Allan	Charles H Cameron CD*

Those listed in black are deceased