Provincial Association History

Provincial
Association
History

The following historical information was compiled by Hedi Trescher of Brisco Charolais, Brisco, BC from Charolais Banners and the White Gold history book.

*The British Columbia Charolais Assoc. is now combined with the Alberta Charolais Association

Bill Peacock	Pres. 1970, 1971
Scotie Peacock	Sec. 1970
Hedi Trescher	Sec. 1971,1972,1973,1974.1975,1976,1977
Graeme Turner	Pres. 1972
Philip Vandekerkhove	Pres. 1973, 1974
Brian Ratcliffe	Pres. 1975
Don Wolfenden	Pres. 1976, 1977
Rob Willis	Pres. 1978, 1979
Doug Baker	Sec. 1978
Sheila Davies	Sec. 1979
Doug Baker	Pres. 1980, 1981
Marg Mahan	Sec. 1980, 1981, 1982
Verna Dennis	Sec. 1982, 1983, 1984
Sandy Russel	Pres. 1983
Dan Petersen	Pres. 1984, 1985
Shirley Floritto	Sec. 1985, 1986, 1987
Don Wolfenden	Pres. 1986, 1987
Sandy Russel	Pres. 1988
Rob Willis	Sec. 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
Vern Dennis	Pres. 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Cheryl Altwasser	Sec. 1992, 1993
Joan Buchanan	Sec. 1994, 1995
Keith Altwasser	Pres. 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Cheryl Altwasser	Sec. 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Robert Miles	Pres. 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Margaret McKenzie	Sec. 2000
Hedi Trescher	Sec. 2001, 2002, 2003
Brenda McLeod	Sec. 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

The Alberta Charolais Association really started out as the North Central Alberta Charolais Club. A small group met in a motel in Camrose, AB in 1961. In 1965 the NCACC was converted to the ACA.

Jim V. Rawe	Pres.1961, 1962
Ron Rouse	Sec. 1961, 1962
Jim Golley	Pres. 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
Don Pochylko	Sec. 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
Dennis Cluley-	Pres. 1967, 1968
Frances Borgal	Sec. 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
Wilf Sieger	Pres. 1969, 1970, 1971
Shirley Cripps	Sec. 1971, 1972
Frances Borgal	Pres. 1973, 1974
Tom Eggertson	Sec. 1973, 1974, 1975
Don Pochylko	Pres. 1975, 1976, 1977
Kathleen Wiese	Sec. 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Vern Weise	Pres. 1978, 1979
Gerry Roe	Pres. 1980, 1981
Reuben Ehret	Pres. 1982, 1983
Hazel Roe	Sec. 1982, 1983, 1984
Bill Bullick	Pres. 1984, 1985
Faye Anderson	Sec. 1985, 1986, 1987
Ralph Thornton	Pres. 1986
Doug Moore	Pres. 1987, 1988
Kevin Boon	Sec. 1988
Tim Bullick	Pres. 1989, 1990
Colleen Stewart	Sec. 1989, 1990, 1991
Jack Rairdan	Pres. 1991
Leroy Martin	Pres. 1992, 1993
Hazel George	Sec. 1992, 1993,1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Allan Marshall	Pres. 1994, 1995, 1996
Frank Cholak	Pres. 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Randy Kaiser	Pres. 2001
Lisa Schnuelle	Sec. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Lyle Pederson	Pres. 2002, 2003
Ben Strutheit	Pres. 2004, 2005
Dwane Stauffer	Pres. 2006, 2007
Kristina Produka	Sec. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
David Produka	Pres. 2008, 2009
Dory Gerrard	Pres. 2010
Rebecca Zonruiter	Sec. 2010
Darren Paget	Pres. 2011
Jeralyn Rasmussen	Sec. 2011
Lyle Bignell	Pres. 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Lisa Paget	Sec. 2012
Don Grant	Sec. 2013
Kristina Prokuda	Sec. 2014, 2015
Stephen Cholak	Pres. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Jocelyn O’Neill	Sec. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Deb Cholak	Sec. 2021, 2022, 2023
Jamie Ehret	Pres. 2024 Sec. 2025
Justin Vaage	Sec. 2024
Mike Panasiuk	Pres. 2025

April 18, 1964 First Annual Meeting – at the Holiday House Hotel, Saskatoon

John Rudinger	Pres. 1964, 1965
Roy Biensch	Pres. 1966, 1967, 1968
John Rudiger	Sec. 1966
Archie Lambert	Sec. 1967, 1968, 1969,1970,1971,1972
Ted Pritchett	Pres.1969, 1970
Wayne Clews	Pres. 1971, 1972, 1973
Harvey Woods	Sec. 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
Merle Sparrow-	Pres. 1974, 1975, 1976
Marcel DeRoo	Pres. 1977, 1978, 1979
Emil Cales	Pres. 1980, 1981
Betty Crawford	Sec. 1980
Rod Kerr	Sec. 1981, 1982, 1983
Ed Pelletier	Pres. 1982, 1983
Audrey Horkoff	Pres. 1984, 1985
Ron Martin	Sec. 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
Mark Oram	Sec. 1986, 1987
Roy Kenny	Pres. 1988, 1989
Shirley Rosso	Sec. 1988
Richard Carlson	Sec. 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Garner Deobald	Pres. 1990, 1991, 1992
David Delahey	Pres. 1993
Cam Stanek	Pres. 1994, 1995
Mark Oram	Sec. 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Bob Jackson	Pres. 1996, 1997, 1998
Brock Evans	Pres. 1999, 2000, 2001
Cam Sparrow	Sec. 1999, 2000
Kerrie Sparrow	Sec. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Dennis Serhienko	Pres. 2002, 2003
John Wilgenbush	Pres. 2004, 2005
Wade Beck	Pres. 2006, 2007
Kerrie Sparrow	Sec. 2006, 2007
Orland Walker	Pres. 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Dave Blechinger	Sec. 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Donna Ross	Pres. 2013
Greg Gilliland	Pres. 2014, 2015
Carey Weinbender	Pres. 2016
Kelly Howe	Pres. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Jordan Moore	Pres. 2021, 2022, 2023
Dale Weinbender	Pres. 2024, 2025
Sarah Hordos	Sec. 2024, 2025

June 8, 1968 – Manitoba Charolais Assn. formed

Clare Geddes	Pres.. 1968, 1969, 1970
Gertrude Dodge	Sec. 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
Wilf McKay	Pres. 1971, 1972
Jim Bund	Pres. 1973
Don McKay	Sec. 1974.
Jim Bund	Sec. 1974
George Krahn	Pres. 1975, 1976
Don McKay	Sec. 1975, 1976
Gerald Shanks	Pres 1977
Ken Rempel	Sec. 1977, 1978, 1979,1980
Wilf McKay	Pres. 1978, 1979
Grant Moffat	Pres. 1980
Stan Jackson	Pres. 1981, 1982
Grant Moffat	Sec. 1981, 1982
Jim Bund	Pres. 1983, 1984
Marylyn Nykoliation	Sec. 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
Ken Rempel	Pres. 1985
Ian Milliken	Pres. 1986
Tom Rookes	Pres. 1987
Ian Milliken	Sec. 1987, 1988
Grant Moffat	Pres. 1988
Lloyd Cavers	Pres. 1989
Rose-Marie Ewbank	Sec. 1989, 1990, 1991
Ken Rempel	Pres. 1990, 1991, 1992
Darlene Jackson	Sec. 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
Bert McDonald	Pres. 1993
Carman Jackson	Pres. 1994
Bob Munroe	Pres. 1995, 1996
Judy Hart	Sec. 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Dan Anderson	Pres. 1997, 1998
Doug Love	Pres. 1999, 2000
Doug Hunter	Sec. 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Wayne Ramsey	Pres. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Ian Milliken	Pres. 2007, 2008
Carman Jackson	Pres. 2009, 2010
Harry Airey	Pres. 2011, 2012
Rae Trimble	Sec. 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Shawn Airey	Pres. 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Hans Myhre	Pres. 2017, 2018, 2019
Jeff Cavers	Pres. 2020, 2021
Michael Hunter	Pres. 2022, 2023
Owen Sellman	Pres. 2024, 2025
Lana Kraus	Sec. 2025

May 28, 1967 – Eastern Charolais Assn. formed Name changed in 1972 to Ontario Charolais Association

Jan Verdun	Pres. 1967,1968, 1969
John Nykamp	Sec.1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
John Devins	Pres. 1970, 1971
Laurence Lalonde	Sec. 1971, 1972,1973, 1974
John Nykamp	Pres. 1972, 1973
Ron Lipset	Pres. 1974, 1975, 1976
Donna Cooper	Sec. 1975, 1976,1977
Henry Bowers	Pres. 1977, 1978, 1979
Doug Thomson	Sec. 1978, 1979
Darwood Shepherdson	Pres. 1980
June Barnes	Sec. 1980
Don Burgomaster	Pres. 1981
Neil Dolmage	Sec. 1981, 1982, 1983
Don Weir	Pres. 1982, 1983
June Barnes	Pres. 1984, 1985
Jane McDowell	Sec. 1984, 1985
Bob Jackson	Pres. 1986, 1987
Robert Bateman	Sec. 1986, 1987
Ray Barker	Pres. 1988
Elaine Bertrand	Sec. 1988, 1989
Keith Black	Pres. 1989, 1990
Betty Ann MacDonald	Sec. 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Bob Bateman	Pres. 1991
Dr. R. Bryan Hicks	Pres. 1992, 1993
Charlie Barker	Pres. 1994
Bob Bateman	Sec. 1994
Russ Laycock	Pres. 1995, 1996
Jane Herron	Sec. 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Brian Dudgeon	Pres. 1997
Robert Emmerson	Pres. 1998, 1999, 2000
Wanda Snobelen	Sec. 2000
Steve Burgomaster	Pres. 2001, 2002
Doris Aitken	Sec. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Brent Saunders	Pres. 2003, 2004
Chester Tuppling	Pres. 2005, 2006
Pete Neal	Pres. 2007, 2008
Brian Coughlin	Pres. 2009, 2010, 2011
Gord Tomlinson	Pres. 2012
Brad Buchanan	Pres. 2013, 2014
Jim Baker	Pres. 2015, 2016, 2023, 2024
Ryan Nesbitt	Pres. 2017, 2018, 2019
Josh Taylor	Pres. 2020, 2021, 2022
Ashley Baker	Sec. 2024, 2025

1972 – Quebec Charolais Assn. formed

Guy Gauvin	Pres. 1972,1973,1974
Henri Grutman	Sec. 1972
Gilles Maille	Sec. 1973,1974
Jean Chabot	Pres.1975
James H. Stein	Sec. 1975, 1976, 1977,1978
Gille Maille	Pres. 1976, 1977, 1978
Henry Grutman	Pres. 1979, 1980
Pierre Tetreault	Sec. 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
Roger Blais	Pres. 1981, 1982
Jean Guy Lemay	Pres. 1983, 1984, 1985
Bernard Dore	Sec. 1983, 1984
Martine Gauthier	Sec. 1985, 1986
Jean Claude Baudinet	Pres. 1986, 1987, 1988
Brigitte Gagne	Sec. 1988
Yves St. Vincent	Pres. 1989
Christian Bernier	Sec. 1989
Fancois Couture	Pres. 1990, 1991
Brigitte St. Vincent	Sec. 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Richard Sylvain	Pres. 1992
Jean-Charles Cloutier	Pres. 1993
Phil Hardy	Pres. 1994, 1995
Anne-Marie Christen	Sec. 1995, 1996
Andre Lemire	Pres. 1996, 1997
Brigitte Bergeron	Sec. 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Aime Jacob	Pres. 1998, 1999
Pierre Ostiguy	Pres. 2000, 2001, 2002
Chantal Raymond	Pres. 2003, 2004, 2005
Melanie Gilbert	Sec. 2005, 2006, 2007
Eric Trepanier	Pres. 2006
Steeve Poulin	Pres. 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Laurent Jourdain	Sec. 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Francois Couture	Pres. 2011, 2012, 2013
Mathieu Palerme	Pres. 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Chantal Raymond	Sec. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Mark Frost	Pres. 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

1971 Maritime Charolais Association formed

Dr. Alex George	Pres.1971,1972, 1973
Polly Oulton	Sec.1971,1972, 1973
Shirley Borden	Sec. 1974, 1975
Robert Oulton	Pres. 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
Wayne E. Guptill	Sec. 1976
Colin Halfwassen	Sec. 1977
Bill MacDonald	Pres. 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
Wayne Guptill	Sec. 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
Dianne Oulton	Sec. 1983
Dave Oulton	Pres. 1984, 1985
Vernon Murray	Sec. 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
Boyd Crouse	Pres. 1986, 1987
Jennifer Bowers	Pres. 1988, 1989
Boyd Crouse	Sec. 1988, 1989 Pres. 1990
Donna Ward	Sec. 1990, 1991
Vernon Murray	Pres. 1991
Jennifer Bowers	Pres. 1992, 1993
Diane Eastwood	Sec. 1992, 1993, 1994
Bob Eastwood	Pres. 1994, 1995
Jennifer MacDonald	Sec. 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Vernon Murray	Pres. 1996, 1997
Joyce MacDonald	Pres. 1998, 1999
Benoit LeBlanc	Pres. 2000, 2001
Joyce MacDonald	Pres. 2002, 2003
Luc Cormier	Pres. 2004, 2005
David Francis	Pres. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Ricky Milton	Pres. 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Jason Ringuette	Pres. 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Nancy Milton	Sec. 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Brett Francis	Pres. 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

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