The Manitoba Grain Growers' Association was a farmer's association that was active in Manitoba, Canada, in the first two decades of the 20th century. It provided a voice for farmers in their struggle
William Richard Motherwell, founder of the TGGA
James William Scallion (1847–1926) Founder and first President of the Manitoba Grain Growers’ Association
Richard Coe Henders (1853–1932), long-time president
Edward Alexander Partridge
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Edward Alexander Partridge was a Canadian teacher, farmer, agrarian radical, businessman and author. Known in political circles as "Partridge of Sintaluta, " he was active in the Territorial Grain Gro
Manitoba Grain Growers' Association
…27 January 1906 the Grain Growers' Grain Company (GGGC) was founded as a cooperative company to handle marketing of the grain, under the leadership of Edward Alexander Partridge. The GGGC found itself engaged in a lengthy struggle with the existing grain companies over its seats on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. It was expelled…
Partridge as a younger man
Early GGGC booth