History of the Knights in Manitoba
Past State Deputies
Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Territorial District
1906 – 1909 Thomas D. Deegan (Winnipeg)
Manitoba Saskatchewan Territorial District
1909 – 1913 Thomas D. Deegan (Winnipeg)
1913 – 1915 J. J. Smith (Regina)
1915 – 1916 P.A. Kennedy (Brandon)
1916 – 1918 J. J. Callahan (Winnipeg)
1918 – 1920 J. J. Leddy (Saskatoon)
(Supreme Director 1919 – 1922)
1920 – 1921 J. P. Foley, K.C. (Winnipeg)
1921 – 1922 J. H. O’Connor (Winnipeg)
1922 – 1923 Emmet F. Collins (Moose Jaw)
Manitoba State Jurisdiction
1923 – 1925 J. I. Morkin, Q.C. (Winnipeg)
1925 – 1927 Jean E. Arpin (Provencher)
1927 – 1931 H. A. McNeill (Brandon)
1931 – 1934 J. J. Trudell, M.D. (Provencher)
1934 – 1935 F. X. Jobin (Winnipeg)
1935 – 1936 H. E. Lee (Winnipeg)
1936 – 1937 C. E. Champagne (Langevin)
1937 – 1939 Edward S. Barker (Charlebois)
1939 – 1940 Peter F. McSheffrey (Flin Flon)
1940 – 1941 Urban S. Hughes (Brandon)
1941 – 1942 J. Ernest Dumas (Norwood)
1942 – 1943 J. D. Donoghue (Winnipeg)
1943 – 1944 J. Edgar Bessett (Langevin)
1944 – 1945 Norman J. Cyr (Flin Flon)
1945 – 1947 Henri Lacerte, Q.C. (Provencher)
1947 – 1948 Oswald Bicknell (Brandon)
1948 – 1949 Herbert Gillis (Winnipeg)
1949 (July & August) Paul Baccaert (Provencher)
1950 – 1952 J. A. Keenan (Brandon)
1952 – 1955 Senator Joseph P. Guay, PC, CP, KSG (Provencher)
1955 – 1957 Joseph C. Stangl, KSG, CM (Norwood)
1957 – 1958 Alex Cunningham (Winnipeg)
1958 – 1962 Leo Soenen (Norwood)
(Supreme Director 1962-1963)
1962 – 1965 François A. Muller (St. Boniface)
1965 – 1968 James G. Karr (East Kildonan)
1968 – 1969 Reginald Omichinski (East Kildonan)
1969 – 1971 Simon Duguay (St-Boniface)
1971 – 1973 Michael Bakuska (St. Josaphat)
1973 – 1977 S.P. (Bert) Berthelette, C.D. (Pine Falls)
(Vice Supreme Master 1979 – 1985)
1977 – 1981 Stanley J. Chrobak (St. John)
1981 – 1983 Peter Van de Mosselaer (South Winnipeg)
1983 – 1985 Eugene L. Cherwick, K.S.G. (St. Josaphat)
(Supreme Director 1986-1989)
1985 – 1987 Dr. Bennet P. West (Transcona)
1987 – 1989 Gérard Desrosiers (Richer)
1989 – 1991 Frank L. Cvitkovitch, Q.C. (South Winnipeg)
1991 – 1993 Frank W. Wellink (Cook’s Creek)
1993 – 1995 J.E. Roger DeGagné (St. Timothy)
1995 – 1997 Kenneth R. Price (Charleswood)
1997 – 1999 Norman Collette (Goulet)
1999 – 2001 J. Bernie Gill (Our Lady of the Prairie)
2001 – 2003 Marcel Wozny (St. Anne)
(Vice Supreme Master 2004 – 2009)
2003 – 2005 John L. Talaga (St. Emile)
2005 – 2007 Eugène Prieur (Sts-Martyrs)
2007 – 2009 Larry Kustra (St. Emile)
(Supreme Director 2014 –
2009 – 2011 Guy Precourt (Stonewall)
2011 – 2013 Merlyn Onyschuk (Father Filipow)
2013 – 2015 Paul Dupré (Sts-Martyrs)
2015 – 2017 Karl Brosch (Bishop Ladyka)
2017 – Dan Shepherd (St. John Brebeuf)