Claude Davis is 107th president of WinnipegRealtors

Claude Davis

Claude Davis is the 2010 and 107th president of the 1,500-member WinnipegRealtors. He replaces outgoing president Deborah Goodfellow.

One issue that Davis plans to address is affordability for first-time buyers. “With few exceptions, there are hardly any places in the country where first-time buyers are required to pay a land transfer tax to the province.” But first-time buyers must pay the tax in Manitoba and “This has to change,” he says. “It is unfair and sends out the wrong message if we want people to stay or come and settle down here. The province needs to give it up for first time buyers.”

Davis has 30 years of active leadership involvement in organized real estate. He has led the

Manitoba Real Estate Association, and served as a director on the Canadian Real Estate Association, a director of WinnipegRealtors in 1993 and 1994, and a director of the Real Estate Insurance Alliance. He is a current member of the Real Estate Advisory Council. He is a broker/salesperson at Royal LePage Dynamic.

Supporting the president in 2010 will be president-elect Ralph Fyfe of Century 21 Bachman & Assoc. and treasurer Shirley Przybyl of Century 21 Carrie.com. Other members of the Board of Directors are Marnie Ross, Century 21 Bachman & Assoc.; Don Cook, Don Cook Real Estate; Richard Dettman, Cornerstone Properties; Claudette Griffin, L. J. Baron Realty; Steve Hunt-Lesage, Re/Max Executives Realty; Ron Tardiff, Trinkle Realty; Don White, Colliers Pratt McGarry – Don White; and Sheldon Zamick, Sutton Group – Kilkenny Real Estate.