Manitoba Organization: Transcona School District No. 39

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Known originally as the South Springfield School District when it was established in September 1876, it became the Transcona School District when the Town of Transcona grew up around it. The District was succeeded by the Transcona-Springfield School Division No. 12.

Board Chairs (1879-1960)

Term	Chair
1879	Angus E. McLeod
1880	William H. Colbert
1881	Alex Gibson
1882	Angus E. McLeod
1883-1885	James Munroe
1886-1887	John Matheson
1888	J. Gunn
1889	John Matheson
1890	John Matheson John P. Campbell
1891	?
1892	T. H. Corregan
1893	John Matheson
1894-1904	?
1905	John Matheson
1906-1911	?
1912	John William Gunn (1865-1946)
1913	J. W. Vincent Matt Hall
1914	John McLean
1915	C. G. Fieldhouse
1916	John McLean
1917	George Verner
1918-1920	John William Gunn (1865-1946)
1921	James Mitchell
1922-1924	William J. Iball
1925	L. H. Head
1926-1934	William Jones
1935	H. Hosfield
1936-1939	W. Haigh
1940-1944	A. T. Bate
1945	Mrs. S. F. Haskett
1946	J. S. Johnston
1947	Melvin Justus Given McMullen “Len Vintus” (1903-1999)
1948-1950	J. S. Johnston
1950-1951	S. Ronald Buxton
1952-1962	Arthur Henry Day (1916-1962)
1963-1967	Harold Coveney Hatcher (1903-1972)

Schools

The following are schools that have operated in the School District.

John W. Gunn School (351 Harold Avenue West)

Radisson School (1105 Winona Street)

Regent Park School (411 Moroz Street)

Transcona Central School (Oxford Street)

Transcona Collegiate Institute (1305 Winona Street)

Wayoata School (605 Wayoata Street)

Westview School (600 Hoka Street)

See Also

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Transcona School District Centennial Plaque (760 Kildare Avenue East, Winnipeg)

Sources:

Transcona, On the Horizon of a Great Future, Golden Jubilee, 1911-1961. Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.T73 Tra.

From Slate to Computer in the Transcona-Springfield Area 1873-1983 by Nan Shipley, 1983, pages 335-338.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 February 2019