Western Canadian Debating Championships

By Ranjan Agarwal (CUSID President, 2000-2001 season)

First called the Intervarsity Debates, the Western Canadian Debating Championships became known as the McGoun Cup in 1924 when A.F. McGoun, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Alberta, donated a sterling silver trophy to the victorious Alberta team. At the time, only three Universities, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, competed for the title, with British Columbia joining competition in 1928. Until the 1960's, the McGoun Cup was run in a round-robin style tournament, with each University fielding home and away teams and each squad debating one match per season. With the creation of CUSID in 1981, the McGoun Cup became the prize for the winning team at the annual Western Canadian Debating Championship. Unfortunately, the original McGoun Cup was lost in the early 1990's and has since been replaced by a new trophy which resides permanently at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

Year and Host	School	Debators
1998-99 University of Regina	University of Alberta	TJ (Tajesh) Adhihetty Kirsten Odynski
1997-98 University of Saskatchewan	University of British Columbia	Mike Taylor Mike Curry
1996-97 University of Calgary	University of Calgary	Paul Galbraith Ranjan Agarwal
1995-96 University of Alberta	University of British Columbia	M.C. Moreno David Miles
1994-95 University of Saskachewan	University of Alberta	Mike Curry Barb Milme
1957-58	University of Alberta	Len Leigh Dick Dunlop Roy Stuart Morton Brown
1947-48	University of British Columbia	Rod Young
1946-47	University of Manitoba
1945-46	University of Manitoba
1944-45	University of Alberta	Garth Eggenberger Art Boorman Joe Schoctor Hu Harries
1943-44	Banned	Banned
1942-43	Banned	Banned
1941-42	University of British Columbia
1940-41	University of Saskatchewan
1939-40	University of Saskatchewan
1938-39	University of Saskatchewan
1937-38	University of British Columbia
1936-37	University of Manitoba
1935-36	University of Saskatchewan
1934-35	Cancelled	Cancelled
1933-34	University of Alberta	Parker Kent Edward McCormick Bill Epstein Ralph Collins
1932-33	University of Alberta	Harold Riley Edward McCormick Charles A. Perkins Mark McLung
1931-32	University of Saskatchewan
1930-31	University of Manitoba
1929-30	University of Alberta	Don MacKenzie Eric Gibbs F.E.C. Priestly David Sigler
1928-29	University of Manitoba
1927-28	University of Saskatchewan
1926-27	University of Saskatchewan
1925-26	University of Alberta	Kenneth MacKenzie Edwin Brunsden Max Wershof Bruce Macdonald
1924-25	University of Manitoba
1923-24	University of Alberta	George Bryan Joe O'Brien John Cassels James Mahaffy