Updated: January 2020
Dr David Young,
Medical
Superintendent in
1900. David was a
graduate from
Queens University
in Torornto.
Miss Euphemia
McBride, 1900, the
Matron, was believed
to have been trained in
Scotland as a Royal
Medico-Psychological
Attendant at the Royal
Edinburgh.
Dr Charles
Barnes organized
the first nurse
training program
in 1921. First
class to graduate
was in 1924.
Manitoba Asylum opened in
1886. The building was
demolished in 1978.
Miss Alberta
Hornibrook, RN was
the last Matron at
SMHC in 1962.
Alberta trained at
the Montreal
General Hospital.
Robert Burns, RN, RPN
appointed SHMC first
Director of Nursing in 1963.
Bob trained as a RN at
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham and
psychiatric at Selly Oaks,
UK.
Mr William Baty was the
last Chief Male Nurse,
1963 before retiring
after 41 years of service.
He trained at SMHC in
the early 1930s’.
Maraget Solar, RPN,
Class of 1947.
Maragaret became the
first full time nursing
instructor at the school
of nursing in 1951.
A Rich History of Development
