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Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba

Donald Duguid

Don Duguid is a Canadian curling champion and a pioneer in curling telecasting. He has represented Manitoba at the Canadian Men’s Curling Championship on four occasions, winning on three; twice as a skip in 1970 and again in 1971. In those two years he also won the world championship, and remains the last skip to win back-to-back world titles. In addition, he has won three Manitoba Senior Championships, silver and bronze medals at the Canadian Senior Curling Championships along with winning a gold medal at the Canadian Masters Curling Championship. For three decades Mr. Duguid worked as a curling analyst for CBC TV. He was also a commentator for major Canadian and international curling events, covering the 1992 and 1998 Winter Olympic Games with CBC, the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics for NBC, and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He has been inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian and Manitoba Curling Halls of Fame. In 2013, Don Duguid was an inaugural World Curling Hall of Fame inductee. He has also been honoured with The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.