Dwight MacAulay, CVO

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Dwight MacAulay is currently a government and media relations consultant, as well as a protocol adviser. He was the Chief of Protocol for the Government of Manitoba for close to 20 years and served as the Chief of Protocol for the Government of South Australia from 2006-08.

A native of Killarney, Manitoba, he attended Brandon University (Science) followed by a career in radio and television news broadcasting before joining the Manitoba Government in 1980.

As Chief of Protocol, Dwight organized and worked on several Royal visits – including those of Her Majesty The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall (Charles & Camilla). He also served as Secretary to the Order of Manitoba Advisory Council (Manitoba’s highest honour) and was a key advisor to the Premier with respect to The Order of the Buffalo Hunt.

In 2002, he was honoured with the Governor General’s Golden Jubilee Medal in honour of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. Later that same year, he was invested as a Lieutenant in the Royal Victorian Order (L VO) by Her Majesty The Queen when She visited Manitoba as part of the Golden Jubilee Visit to Canada. Dwight is one of only two Manitobans in the history of the province to ever receive this honour.

In 2010, The Queen elevated Dwight to the position of Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)—and is the only Manitoban to ever receive such an honour. The CVO is the highest possible rank attainable in Canada in the Royal Victorian Order. In 2012 he was awarded The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Canadian Private Secretary to The Queen.

In 2013 he received the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Award and in 2014 was honoured as Citizen of the Year by the Manitoba Chapter of the St. Andrew’s Society.

Dwight is actively working to develop a music hall of fame for the province of Manitoba which will hopefully open in 2022. He is also involved in a movement to establish a statue on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building to recognize the contributions of the First Nations to the founding of Manitoba and the development of Western Canada.

Currently, Dwight is a member of the Order of Manitoba Advisory Council, Vice-President of the Manitoba Chapter of the Royal Commonwealth Society and serves on the boards of the St. Andrew’s Society, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, St. John’s Ambulance, the Manitoba Museum, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural Centre, and the Manitoba Historical Society. He also serves on the Senate of the Fort Garry Horse Regiment; the CN Community Board and is President of the Intrepid Society. In 2019 he was selected to serve as a member of the federal Judicial Advisory Committee for the Province of Manitoba. He is also past president of the Winnipeg Press Club, the oldest press club in Canada and third oldest in the world