Former club member becomes Premier of Manitoba.

Club History - From the Archives
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EARLY BEGINNINGS:-Establishing Rotary in Saskatoon.
The Rotary Club of Saskatoon's first meeting
1917 - Money Raised for YMCA.
1918 - Farming for Funds.
SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES:- 1920's-The Club's First Major Long-Term Project.
1922-Club Starts City-Wide Sports Leagues.
1929-Club Honoured by Paul Harris visit.
1931-Club Sponsors Social Aid Service.
1936- Club Moves to 'New' Bessborough Hotel.
1939-Wartime Fundraising
1949-Rotary Annual Corn Roast.
1950's-Rotary Supports Easter Seal Campaign.
1961-Rotary Club of Saskatoon Sponsors Second City Club!
1967- Club Initiates Long-Running Plate Dinner Fundraiser.
1970's-Club Runs Concessions for Louis Riel Days.
1985-$30,000 Raised for Polio Plus Campaign!
1990- Club Admits Its First Female Member.
1991- Exchange Students Visit.
1992-Club Celebrates its 75th Anniversary.
1993-Van Donated To Saskatoon Community Heath.
1998-Rotary Peace Plaza.
ARCHIVAL POTPOURRI:- 1918-Harry Lauder pays a call!
1921- The Chief White Elk Saga.
1922- Former Saskatoon Rotarian becomes Premier of Manitoba!
1925-Club Starts Minstrel Shows as Fundraisers.
1927-First Rotary Bridge Night!
1924-Police Chief, George M. Donald, Club President.
1928-The Great Kiwanis-Rotary Hockey Game.
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In July of 1922, John Bracken, a former member of the Rotary Club of Saskatoon, was appointed Premier of Manitoba, a position he was to hold for over twenty years

From 1910-1920, Bracken was engaged as a professor of field husbandry in the College of Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan, until he left to become President of the Manitoba Agricultural College.