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Established in 1890 from the formerManitoba Sun, theWinnipeg Tribune merged with theWinnipeg Telegram in 1920. Its final edition was published on 27 August 1980.
Period
Vice-President
1920-1935
Mark Edgar Nichols (1873-1961)
1936-?
Wesley McCurdy (1881-1961)
Period
Publisher
1890-1920
Robert Lorne Richardson (1860-1921)
1950s
F. S. Auger
1960s-1970s
A. R. Williams
Period
Editor-in-Chief
1920-1923
Mark Edgar Nichols (1873-1961)
1923-1938
Wilfrid Lawrence MacTavish (1891-1951)
1938-1951
?
1951-1958
Gerald Carlisle Allison (1907-1972)
1958-?
?
?-1966
Eric Joseph Hampson Wells (1917-1993)
1966-1976
Thomas Patrick “Tom” Green (1911-2001)
1976-1980
?
Period
Managing Editor
1903-1920
John James Moncrieff (1866-1939)
1920-1944
?
1944-1951
Gerald Carlisle Allison (1907-1972)
?-?
G. Richard “Dick” Goodwin (1923-1981)
?-?
John Milloy Gordon (1910-1992)
Editor
Period
Position
Arthur Carlyon “Tony” Allan (1907-1979)
20 years
City Editor, Sports Editor, Columnist
Gerald Carlyle Allison (1907-1972)
?-1928, 1935-1951
Suburban Editor, Radio Editor, Night Editor, News Editor (1939),
William Talbot Allison (1874-1941)
?
Literary Editor
Henry Bruce Boreham (1891-1987)
1920s
Sports Editor
Barbara Mae Halls Cannell (1929-2015)
?-?
Fashion Editor
Charles Victor Combe (1888-1953)
1918-1953
City Editor, Night Editor, Magazine Editor, Financial Editor
David James “Dave” Cross (1930-2004)
1957-1980
Assistant Managing Editor, Ombudsman
Maurice Gilbert “Buzz” Currie (1947-2022)
1970-1980
Copy Boy, Features Editor
Edmund Samuel “Ed” Dearden (1927-2024)
1965-1980
Assistant Sports Editor
Henry Ferguson (1863-1945)
c1904
News Editor
James Simmons Freer (1855-1933)
1917-1933
Staff Editor
Marjorie McGillivray “Marj” Gillies (1923-2020)
?
Family Section Editor
G. Richard “Dick” Goodwin (1923-1981)
1964-1980
News Editor, Managing Editor, Executive Editor, Ombudsman, Editorial Page Writer
John Milloy Gordon (1910-1992)
?-?
City Editor, News Editor
Peter Michael Liba (1940-2007)
1967-?
City Editor
Colin William Evan “Bill” MacPherson (1927-1995)
1960-1961
City Editor
Herbert Charles “Herb” Manning (1913-1962)
?-?
Sports Editor, City Editor, News Editor
Harry L. Mardon (1926-2004)
?
City Editor, Editorial Page Editor, Business Editor
Robert George McCuish (1876-?)
1898-1901
Sports Editor
Jack Meek (1912-1964)
1946-1964
Provincial Editor, City Editor, Sports Editor, Promotion Manager
John James Moncrieff (1866-1939)
1920-1936
Associate Editor
Roger Newman (1935-2021)
1968-1971
Business Editor
Richard Wilfred Queen-Hughes (1908-1970)
1966-1970
Associate Editor
Vernon Lee “Jim” Shilliday (1928-2014)
?-1980
City Editor, Associate Editor
Alfred Vernon Thomas (1875-1950)
?-1944
Municipal Editor
Employee
Period
Position
Clifford Ross “Cliff” Hudson (1895-1960)
1937-c1940
Office Manager
c1940-c1943
Circulation Director
Reporter/Journalist
Period
Title(s)
Hugh Jeffery Gray Allan (1917-2004)
?-?
Photographer
Ted Allan (1936-2024)
1960s
Feature Writer
Ralph Andrew Allen (1913-1966)
?-?
Dallis “Knobby” Beck (1927-1990)
1953-1965
Sports Reporter
Madeleine Bernier (1920-2017)
15 years
Music Critic
Mary Jane Bletcher (1913-1982)
?-?
David Reginald “Dave” Bonner (1928-2006)
1979-1980
News Photographer
Bertram William “Bert” Cartwright (1890-1967)
17 years
Columnist
James Alexander “Jim” Coleman (1911-2001)
1931-?
John Donald “Don” Comstock (1927-2012)
1945-1953
Herbert H. Currie
c1904
Chief Reporter
Leonard Francis Earl (1882-1969)
1908-1920
Legislative Reporter
Marjorie Agnes Earl (1915-1999)
1974-1980
Columnist
Clarence Joseph Edwards (1905-1980)
1940s
Horticultural Editor
Patrick Thomas “Pat” Flynn (1948-2012)
1972-1980
Reporter
Trent Gardiner Frayne (1918-2012)
?-1942
Guy Auldjo Gamsby (1893-1974)
?-?
Grain Exchange Representative
Lillian Gibbons (1906-1996)
1932-1972
Paul Alan George Grescoe (1939-2023)
?-?
Clarence George Honnor (1894-1964)
1928-1935
Sports Editor, Night Editor
Margaret Laidlaw Hood (1914-1967)
1955-1956
Associate Women’s Editor
1956-1967
Women’s Editor
James Louis “Jim” Keilback (1926-2022)
?-?
Vincent “Vince” Leah (1913-1993)
1930-1980
Sportswriter
Debby Slobinsky Lexier (1928-2020)
1970s
Interior Design Columnist
Peter Michael Liba (1940-2007)
1957-1967
Legislative Reporter
John Frederick Bligh Livesay (1876-1944)
1902-1905
Telegraph Editor
Elizabeth Dundas Long (1891-1978)
1920-1922
Women's Reporter
Shane MacKay (1926-2001)
?-?
John Brewster “Jack” Matheson (1924-2011)
1947-1980
Sports Reporter, Sports Editor
Victor Vereker “Vic” Murray (1897-1985)
1928-1970
Ernest Charles “Ernie” Mutimer (1924-2014)
?-?
Columnist
Katherine Gloria Queen-Hughes (1909-1978)
1929-?
Frank Roberts (1938-1998)
?-?
Heather Margaret Robertson (1942-2014)
?-?
Frances Russell (1941-2022)
?-?
Gary Raymond Scherbain (1942-2021)
?-?
Edward U. “Ted” Schrader (c1918-1971)
1940s
Reporter, Daily Columnist
Vernon Lee “Jim” Shilliday (1928-2014)
?-1952
Ronald Herbert “Ron” Stevens (1928-2023)
?-?
Marnie Stewart
1943-1980
J. Frank Syms (c1924-1992)
c1955
Eugene Louis “Gene” Telpner (1920-2005)
13 years
Entertainment Editor
Eric Joseph Hampson Wells (1917-1993)
1946-?
Police Reporter
Valentine “Val” Werier (1917-2014)
?-1980
Charles Henry Wheeler (1838-1917)
c1904
Drama Critic
Charles James Woodsworth (1909-2005)
1932-1941
Nathan B. “Zim” Zimmerman (1898-1951)
1924-1951
Drama Critic
Historic Sites of Manitoba:Tribune Building (257 Smith Street, Winnipeg)
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories,Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
“To hell with Afghanistan” byMarjorie Earl inTorch on the Prairies: A Portrait of Journalism in Manitoba, 1859-1988,The Nor-Westers, 1988, pages 35-43.
This page was prepared byGordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 February 2025
