Honourary Members
The prestigious 4-H Canada Honourary Membership recognizes individuals who have embodied 4-H Canada values through their life and have delivered outstanding services to one or more levels of the organization.
The recognition was created in 1950 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to 4-H in Canada. Honourary Members are nominated by Members of 4-H Canada and approved by the Board of Directors.
4-H Canada Honourary Members
2025
David Hovell
2023
Kim Beilby
Mary-Ann Carson
2022
Shirley Barnable
2021
Dawn Krinke
2020
Duane Bristow
Nancy Orr
2019
Carm Hamilton
Kim McConnell
2018
Kevin Charlebois
2017
Lyndon Carlson
Linda Porter
2016
Rob Black
2015
E. Ward Jones (awarded posthumously)
2014
Morley Handford
2013
Dori Gingera-Beauchemin
Marguerite Stark
Bertram Stewart
2011
Elizabeth Crouse
Marie Logan
2010
Lois James
2009
Gordon Bryant
John J. MacDonald
Gary Skogberg
2006
Bob Boulton
2005
Ruth Thoen
Ted Youck
2004
Shaunda Rossington
Brian Little
2003
Cathy Wilson Pinkney
Jack Gilliland
2002
John Flintoft
2001
Dick Huggard
David M. Adams
2000
William Fulton
George Arnold
Lucy Duke
1998
Joy Palmer
Alice McKay
1997
Clint Whetter
Melva Hornbrook
1995
Donald C. Matthews
C. Les Usher
1990
Jack Redden
1988
Gordon Muirhead
1987
Stanley Wood
1986
Dr. Florence O’Neill Hutchison
Dr. Echo Lidster
1985
Don Wales
1982
Henri Caron
1979
Isabel Percival
1977
David Barrie
Miriam Barrie
Jean Scott
1975
Frank Binnie
1974
Gordon Nixon
1973
Thomas P. Devlin
1971
Thomas McBeath
1968
John E. McArthur
Raymond P. Frey
1964
Charles A. Douglas
1959
Frank E. Wolff
1958
R. Gordon Bennett
1955
Alex MacLaurin
1950
R.S. Duncan, N.C. MacKay, R.S. Hamer, Dr. W. V. Longley, W.J.W. Lennox, S.E. Todd, John Tucker, D.M. Johnson, G.H. Clark, F.W. Walsh, S.J. Changnon, F.M. Morton, Dr. J.B. Munro, W.A. Brown