The St. Vital School Division was created on 1 April 1959 by an order of the Manitoba Minister of Education, acting on a recommendation of the MacFarlane Commission on Education and the School Divisions Boundaries Commission. It became responsible for all secondary education, grades 9 to 12, within the area of the following school districts:
School Districts
Glenlawn School District No. 1499
Lavallee School District No. 1538
Mountbatten School District No. 2308
Campeau School District No. 971
St. Germain School District No. 969
Period
Superintendent
1957-1972
Victor Henry Llewellyn Wyatt (1913-1993)
1972-?
Gordon Newton
See also:
Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions (1959)
Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba’s Rural School Consolidation (1905-1967)
Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions Boundaries Commission (1958-1959)
Events in Manitoba History: MacFarlane Royal Commission on Education (1957-1959)
Report of the School Divisions Boundaries Commission, 13 January 1959, Manitoba Legislative Library, SpR 1958 Education.
“St. Vital legend remembered for ‘profound dedication,’” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 December 1993, page A10.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 July 2015
