MEDAL WINNERS

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STUDENT WINNERS

The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour

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1947 Harry L. Symons Ojibway Melody Ambassador
1948 Paul Hiebert Sarah Binks Oxford University Press
1949 Angeline Hango Truthfully Yours Oxford University Press
1950 Earle Birney Turvey McClelland & Stewart
1951 Eric Nicol The Roving I  Ryerson Press

1952

Jan Hilliard The Salt Box McLeod (Norton)
1953 Lawrence Earl  The Battle Of Baltinglass  Clarke Irwin (Harrop)
1954 Joan Walker Pardon My Parka McClelland & Stewart
1955 Robertson Davies Leaven of Malice Clarke Irwin
1956 Eric Nicol Shall We Join The Ladies?  Ryerson Press

1957

Robert Thomas Allen The Grass Is Never Greener McClelland & Stewart
1958 Eric Nicol Girdle Me A Globe Ryerson Press
1959

*** No Award Made ***

1960 Pierre Berton  Just Add Water and Stir McClelland & Stewart
1961 Norman Ward Mice in the Beer  Longmans
1962 W. O. Mitchell Jake and the Kid Macmillan of Canada
1963 Donald Jack Three Cheers for Me Collier-Macmillan

1964

Harry J. Boyle Homebrew and Patches Clarke Irwin
1965 Gregory Clark  War Stories Ryerson Press
1966 George Bain Nursery Rhymes to be Read Aloud by Young Parents with Old Children  Clarke Irwin
1967 Richard J. Needham Needham's Inferno MacMillan of Canada
1968 Max Ferguson And Now...Here's Max  McGraw-Hill
1969 Stuart Trueman You're Only as Old as You Act  McClelland

1970

Farley Mowat The Boat Who Wouldn't Float  McClelland
1971 Robert Thomas Allen Wives, Children & Other Wild Life Paperjacks
1972 Max Braithwaite The Night They Stole the Mounties' Car  McClelland and Stewart
1973 Donald Bell Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory McClelland and Stewart
1974 Donald Jack That's Me in the Middle Doubleday

1975

Morley Torgov A Good Place to Come From Lester & Orpen
1976 Harry J. Boyle The Luck of the Irish Macmillan
1977 Ray Guy That Far Greater Bay Breakwater Books
1978 Ernest Buckler Whirligig  McClelland & Stewart
1979 Sondra Gotlieb True Confections Musson
1980 Donald Jack Me Bandy, You Cissie Doubleday
1981 Gary Lautens Take My Family...Please! John - Wiley & Sons

1982

Mervyn J. Huston  Gophers Don't Pay Taxes Tree - Frog Press
1983 Morley Torgov The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick Lester & Orpen Dennys
1984 Gary Lautens No Sex Please...We're Married McClelland & Stewart

1985

Ted Allen Love is a Longshot McClelland & Stewart
1986 Joey Slinger No Axe Too Small to Grind McClelland & Stewart
1987 W. P. Kinsella The Fencepost Chronicles Totem Press/Collins

1988

Paul Quarrington King Leary Doubleday
1989 Joseph Kertes Winter Tulips Doubleday
1990 W. O. Mitchell According to Jake and the Kid McClelland & Stewart
1991 Howard White Writing In The Rain Harbour

1992

Roch Carrier  Prayers of a Very Wise Child Penguin
1993 John Levesque  Waiting for Aquarius  Mosaic Press
1994 Bill Richardson Batchelor Brother's Bed & Breakfast Douglas & McIntyre

1995

Josh Freed Fear of Frying and Other Fax of Life Véhicule Press
1996 Marsha Boulton Letters from the Country Little, Brown
1997 Arthur Black Black in the Saddle Again Stoddart Press

1998

Mordecai Richler Barney's Version Alfred A.Knopf Canada
1999 Stuart McLean Home From the Vinyl Cafe Penguin Books of Canada
2000 Arthur Black  Black Tie and Tales Stoddart Press
2001 Stuart McLean Vinyl Cafe Unplugged Penguin Books of Canada
2002 Will Ferguson Generica Penguin
2003 Dan Needles With Axe and Flask - A History of Persephone Township McFarlane Walter & Ross, (affiliate of McClelland & Stewart)
2004 Ian Ferguson  Village of Small Houses Douglas & McIntyre Ltd.
2005 Will Ferguson   Beauty tips from Moose Jaw Alfred A. Knopf, Canada
2006 Arthur Black Pitch Black Harbour Publishing
2007 McLean,  Stuart Secrets  from  the  Vinyl  Café Viking
2008 Fallis,  Terry The  Best  Laid  Plans iUniverse,  Inc.
2009 Leiren-Young, Mark Never Shoot a Stampede Queen  Heritage House Publishing
 

 

The Stephen Leacock Association gratefully acknowledges the assistance of TD Bank Financial Group, Lakehead University,  the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Thor Motors of Orillia and Osprey Media Group.

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