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The Mount Stephen Club was a gentlemen's club in Montreal, located inside the 
Various well-known people have visited Mount Stephen Club over the years, including
George Stephen House
George Stephen House (also known as the Mount Stephen Club Building) is a historic mansion located in what was the Golden Square Mile in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The building is situated on Drummond Street in Downtown Montreal, between De Maiso ...
, built in 1880-1883. Considered a lair of the wealthy community of Anglophone Montrealers, It was founded in 1926 as a private business club for men by mining magnate Noah Timmins Noah Anthony Timmins (March 31, 1867 – January 22, 1936) was a Canadian mining financier and developer who is now counted among the founding fathers of Canada's mining industry.
Early life and family
Timmins was born Noé-Antoine, in Mattawa, On ...
, J.H. Maher and J.S. Dohan, and named after the house's first owner, Lord George Stephen. Starting in 1964, women were allowed to come in by the same entrance as men, on Thursdays only, and in the-mid 1970s, women became equal members to men in the club until it closed in 2011.Various well-known people have visited Mount Stephen Club over the years, including Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the younger sister and only sibling of Queen Elizabeth ...
, Prince Andrew of Southend, Princess Benedikte of Denmark
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, John Diefenbaker
John George Diefenbaker ( ; September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative party leader between 1930 and 1979 to lead the party to an electio ...
, Pierre Trudeau
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The prime mini ...
, Brian Mulroney
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Born in the eastern Quebec city of Baie-Comeau, Mulroney studied political sci ...
, Percival Molson
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, Lucien Bouchard
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Minister for two years in the Mulroney cabinet, Bouchard then led the emerging Bloc Québécois and became Leader of the Opposition in the House ...
, Louise Harel
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, Edgar Bronfman.
See also
*List of gentlemen's clubs in Canada
The following list is of gentlemen's clubs that operated in Canada. A gentlemen's club is a private social club that serves as places for men to dine, drink, read, and socialize. They originated in the 18th century as a type of British social in ...
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