Mount Stephen Club

This article is about the gentlemen's club. For the mansion which it occupied, see George Stephen House. For the hotel, see Le Mount Stephen.
Mount Stephen Club
FoundedDecember 12, 1927 (1927-12-12)
Defunct23 December 2011 (2011-12-23)
TypePrivate members' club
Location

The Mount Stephen Club was a private members' club located in the former George Stephen House at 1430-1440 Drummond Street in Montreal (Quebec), Canada.

The club was founded in 1926 as a gentlemen's club for businessmen by mining magnate Noah Timmins, J.H. Maher and J.S. Dohan. It took its name from the mansion's first owner, Lord Mount Stephen, who built the house in 1883 as a family home. The club officially opened to members on December 12, 1927, after adapting the house for its needs. It was then considered to be an exclusive meeting place for wealthy Anglophone Montrealers. Starting in 1964, women visiting the club were allowed to come in by the same entrance as men, but only on Thursdays. During the mid-1970s, women became equal members of the club, which continued until it closed on December 23, 2011.

Various well-known people visited the club over the years, including Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, John Diefenbaker, Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, Percival Molson, Lucien Bouchard, Louise Harel and Edgar Bronfman.

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