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This award for a book of humour published in the previous calendar year, written by a Canadian is presented by The Stephen Leacock Association and the T.D. Financial Group. It remains as a memorial to Stephen Leacock and his humour and as an encouragement to Canadian writers to produce and publish works of humour..
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Year
Title
Author
2009 Never Shoot a Stampede Queen: a Rookie Reporter in the Cariboo Leiren-Young, Mark
2008 The Best Laid Plans Terry Fallis
2007 Secrets From the Vinyl Café Stuart McLean
2006 Pitch Black Arthur Black
2005 Beauty Tips From Moose Jaw Will Ferguson

2004

Village of the Small Houses Ian Ferguson

2003   

With Axe and Flask Dan Needles

2002   

Generica Will Ferguson

2001

Vinyl Cafe Unplugged Stuart McLean

2000

Black Tie and Tales Arthur Black

1999

Home From the Vinyl Cafe Stuart McLean

1998

Barney's Version Mordecai Richler

1997

Black in the Saddle Again Arthur Black

1996

Letters from the Country Marsha Boulton

1995

Fear of Frying and Other Fax of Life Josh Freed

1994

Bachelor Brothers Bed & Breakfast Bill Richardson

1993

Waiting for Aquarius John Levesque

1992

Prayers of a Very Wise Child Roch Carrier

1991

Writing In the Rain Howard White

1990

According to Jake and the Kid W. O. Mitchell

1989

Winter Tulips Joseph Kertes

1988

King Leary Paul Quarrington

1987

The Fencepost Chronicles W. P. Kinsella

1986

No Axe Too Small to Grind Joey Slinger

1985

Love is a Longshot Ted Allen

1984

No Sex Please... We're Married Gary Lautens

1983

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick Morley Torgov

1982

Gophers Don't Pay Taxes Mervyn J. Huston

1981

Take My Family... Please! Gary Lautens

1980

Me Bandy, You Cissie Donald Jack

1979

True Confessions Sondra Gotlieb

1978

Whirligig: Selected Prose and Verse Ernest Buckler
1977 That Far Greater Bay Ray Guy

1976

The Luck of the Irish Harry J. Boyle

1975

A Good Place to Come From Morley Torgov
1974 That's Me in the Middle Donald Jack

1973

Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory Donald Bell

1972

The Night They Stole the Mounties' Car Max Braithwaite

1971

Wives, Children & Other Wild Life Robert Thomas Allen

1970

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float Farley Mowat

1969

You're Only as Old as You Act Stuart Trueman

1968

And Now... Here's Max Max Ferguson

1967

Needham's Inferno Richard J. Needham

1966

Nursery Rhymes to be Read Aloud by Young Parents with Old Children George Bain

1965

War Stories Gregory Clark

1964

Homebrew and Patches Harry J. Boyle

1963

Three Cheers for Me Donald Jack

1962

Jake and the Kid W. O. Mitchell

1961

Mice in the Beer Norman Ward

1960

Just Add Water and Stir Pierre Berton

1959

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1958

Girdle Me A Globe Eric Nicol

1957

The Grass Is Never Greener Robert Thomas Allen

1956

Shall We Join The Ladies? Eric Nicol

1955

Leaven of Malice Robertson Davies

1954

Pardon My Parka Joan Walker

1953

The Battle Of Baltinglass Lawrence Earl

1952

The Salt Box Jan Hilliard

1951

The Roving I Eric Nicol

1950

Turvey Earle Birney

1949

Truthfully Yours Angeline Hango

1948

Sarah Binks Paul Hiebert

1947

Ojibway Melody Harry L. Symons

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