Manitoba Organization: Winnipeg School Division

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The Winnipeg School Division, established in 1877, is the largest public school division in Winnipeg.

Board Chairs

Term	Chair
1871-1874	Archibald Francis Wright (1842-1912)
1875	Robert Atkinson Davis (1841-1903)
1875	Thomas Lusted (1841-1904)
1876	Col. John Kennedy
1877	Thomas Lusted (1841-1904)
1878	Duncan Sinclair (1849-1914)
1879-1880	Alexander James Belch (1829-1906)
1881-1884	Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)
1885-1887	William Fisher Luxton (1844-1907)
1888-1892	Peter Campbell McIntyre (1854-1920)
1893-1895	Edward Benson (1843-1904)
1896-1897	James Stuart (1853-1925)
1898	Joseph Carman (1847-1923)
1899-1901	David Wesley Bole (1856-1933)
1902	J. F. Fowler
1903-1904	Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)
1905-1906	Angus Browne (1844-1922)
1907-1908	John A. McKerchar (1862-?)
1909-1910	George Allan Lister (1873-1943)
1911	Arthur Congdon (1863-1939)
1912-1913	Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (1873-1935)
1914-1915	John Thomas Haig (1877-1962)
1916-1917	Richard R. Knox (1863-1947)
1918-1919	Richard W. Craig (1877-1966)
1920-1921	William John Bulman (1870-1938)
1922-1923	Arthur Congdon (1863-1939)
1924-1925	Frederick Stevenson Harstone (1865-1947)
1926-1927	Dr. H. A. McFarlen
1928-1929	Albert Edwin Bowles (1873-1949)
1930-1931	Garnet Coulter (1882-1975)
1932-1933	William Ryde Milton (1871-1959)
1934-1935	Edward McGrath (1876-1963)
1936-1937	Frederick Edgar Warriner (1884-1966)
1937-1938	Jessie Mackenzie Macrae Maclennan (1873-1942)
1938-1939	William Alexander Cuddy (1890-1945)
1940-1941	Adam Beck
1941-1942	Roy Bayne MacInnes (1889-1963)
1943-1945	Frederick Edgar Warriner (1884-1966)
1946-1947	Peter Stanley Taraska (1907-1984)
1948-1949	George Peterkin MacLeod (1893-1961)
1949-1950	James Campbell Haig (1909-1980)
1950-1951	?
1952	S. B. Laing
1952-1953	Andrew N. Robertson
1954	Peter Duncan Curry (1912-1996)
1955-1956	Anne Ethel “Nan” Murphy (1902-1990)
1957-1958	H. B. Parker
1959-1961	Catherine Stewart “Cath” Milner (c1925-2015)
1961	Roy Joseph Matas (1920-1986)
1962-1963	Andrew N. Robertson
1964-1965	James Edward “Jimmy” Wilson (c1915-1989)
1965	J. J. Wilder
1966	Walter Paschuk
1967-1968	William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)
1969-1971	Olga Fuga (1929-2024)
1972-1973	Leslie G. Slingsby
1974	Don M. Reed
1975	Leslie G. Slingsby
1976-1977	Michael John Baragar (1931-2012)
1978-1981	Mira Spivak
1981	Elizabeth Willcock
1982	?
1983-1984	Brian G. Dixon
1984-1985	Mario J. Santos
1986	?
1987-1988	Anita Schwartz Neville
1989-1990	Mario J. Santos
1990-1991	Ed Kowalchuk
1992-1993	Mary Anne Mihychuk
1994	?
1995-1996	Anita Schwartz Neville
1997-1998	Mario J. Santos
1998-1999	Lori Johnson
2000-2001	Liz Ambrose
2002-2003	Lori Johnson
2004-2006	Joyce Bateman
2006-2007	Kristine Barr
2008-2009	John Orlikow
2009-2010	Eleanor Jacqueline “Jackie” Sneesby (1943-2023)
2010-2011	Suzanne Hrynyk
2011-2013	Rita Hildahl
2013-2014	Suzanne Hrynyk
2014-2016	Mark Wasyliw
2016-2018	Sherri Rollins
2018-2020	Chris Broughton
2020-2021	Betty Edel

Inspectors / Superintendents

Term	Inspector / Superintendent
1876-1877	George Bryce (1844-1931)
1878-1879	Rev. J. F. Germain
1880-1881	Samuel Clarke Biggs (1851-1911)
1882	J. H. Stewart
1882	John Beaufort Somerset (1843-1901)
1883-1884	John Fawcett
1885-1929	Daniel J. McIntyre (1852-1946)
1929-1935	David Merritt Duncan (1870-1951)
1935-1950	James Clayton Pincock (1885-1976)
1950-1953	Herbert McIntosh (1888-1953)
1953-1966	Wesley Crawford Lorimer (1913-2010)
1966-?	?
?-1975	Carmen Moir
1975-1976	Howard J. Loewen (1927-2023)
1976-1983	Harold Pollock (1928-2008)
1983-2001	John C. “Jack” Smyth (1936-2007)

Assistant Superintendents

Term	Assistant Superintendent
1912-1921	David Merritt Duncan (1870-1951)
1921-1944	John Braithwaite Wallis (1876-1962)
1944-1947	Arthur Victor Pigott (1900-1987)
1947-1953	Ewart Horace Morgan (1896-1983)
1953-1972	Gordon Thomas MacDonell (1908-2004)
1972-1983	?
1983-?	Raymond John Longfield (1923-2003)
1990-?	Irvin Sera (1927-2015)
?-?	?
?-1997	James Keith Cooper (1931-2000)

Assistant Superintendents of Schools

Term	Assistant Superintendent of Schools
1950-1968	Arthur David Thomson (1903-1983)

Secretary-Treasurers (1881-1926):

Term	Secretary-Treasurer
1881	J. H. Stewart
1882	John Emslie (1846-1907)
1882	A. J. Dingman
1883	George Pirie
1885-1907	Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)
1907-1926	Robert Huston Smith (1875-1926)
1926-?	F. A. Allden

Trustees (1871-1935)

Trustee	Term(s)
M. Abrahamson	1914-1915
Niven Agnew (1828-1905)	1882
Mrs. Rose Alcin	1920-1921
Arni Anderson	1921-1924
James Henry Ashdown (1844-1924)	1876
M. Averbach	1933-1935
C. E. Beeken	1921-1922
A. J. Belch	1877-1880
H. T. Bell	1887-1888
Edward Benson (1843-1904)	1888-1900
Samuel Clarke Biggs (1851-1911)	1879-1880
Andrew Bileski [Bilecki] (1903-1992)	1934-1935
Elgin Adams Blakely (1854-?)	1889-1890
David Wesley Bole (1856-1933)	1895-1902
Albert Edwin Bowles (1873-1949)	1922-1933
A. H. Brown	1908-1914
Alexander Brown	1881-1882
Mrs. E. K. Brown	1915-1916
Angus Browne (1844-1922)	1894-1907
R. A. Bruce	1926-1929
George Bryce (1844-1931)	1876-1878
William John Bulman (1870-1938)	1913-1926
Henry Byrnes (1839-1931)	1898-1902
Joshua Calloway (1830-1921)	1883-1890
A. P. Cameron	1884-1885
Duncan Cameron	1918-1921
D. U. Campbell	1879-1880
G. H. Campbell	1888
Joseph Carman (1847-1923)	1892-1893
J. Cathcart	1877
James Chisholm (1841-1920)	1886-1888
Arthur Congdon (1863-1939)	1903-1927
Garnet Coulter (1882-1975)	1921-1923, 1925-1934
Richard W. Craig (1877-1966)	1911-1921
William Alexander Cuddy (1890-1945)	1934-1935
Robert Atkinson Davis (1841-1903)	1873-1874
E. W. Day	1896
O. H. Day	1909
James Haynes Dobson (1850-1897)	1893-1897
E. Doidge	1878-1879
G. W. Donald	1904-1907
Johnson Douglass (1863-1944)	1911-1920
J. H. Dulmadge	1897-1906
Robert Durward (1885-1970)	1922-1925
Mary Sawchak Dyma (1899-1998)	1932-1935
Lorne J. Elliott (1879-1941)	1924-1925
Raymond Kerr Elliott (1892-1931)	1926-1929
John Emslie (1846-1907)	1881-1884
C. C. Falconer	1932-1932
William Gomez da Fonseca (1823-1905)	1871-1872
Mark Fortune (1847-1912)	1878
Thomas Foulds	1888-1891
J. F. Fowler	1894, 1896-1902
Donald Fraser	1889-1892
William Gordon	1907-1908
Colwell Esson “Charlie” Graham (1886-1959)	1932-1933
Morris A. Gray (1887-1966)	1927-1930
George H. Greig	1911-1917
George Grisdale	1910-1915
George Hugh Hadskis (1838-1915)	1883-1887
Alexander Haggart (1848-1927)	1903-1908
Ernest W. J. Hague (1866-?)	1933-1935
John Thomas Haig (1877-1962)	1908-1921
George Henry Ham (1847-1926)	1885-1887
Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (1873-1935)	1906-1915
Martha Jane Richards Hample (1859-1927)	1916-1920
John Hargrave	1876-1877, 1882-1886
Frederick Stevenson Harstone (1865-1947)	1914-1930
Mrs. A. Hart Green	1931-1932
D. M. Horne	1899-1900
J. H. Housser	1887-1888
G. R. Howard	1890-1891, 1893
Frederick Charles Hubbard (1872-?)	1903-1912
Richard Thompson Huggard (1834-1920)	1879-1883
Marcus Hyman (1883-1938)	1924-1929
Robert Jacob (1879-1944)	1916-1923
Thomas Herman Johnson (1870-1927)	1904-1907
Col. John Kennedy	1876-1878
R. H. Kenning	1876-1877
R. R. Keith	1881-1882
Richard R. Knox (1863-1947)	1909-1926, 1929-1930
George Allan Lister (1873-1943)	1903-1916
Mrs. M. Lowe	1930-1931
Thomas Lusted (1841-1904)	1875-1877
William Fisher Luxton (1844-1907)	1879-1882, 1885-1887
John MacLean	1927-1928
Jessie Mackenzie Macrae Maclennan (1873-1942)	1926-1935
William Manahan (1870-1948)	1930-1931
William A. Matheson (1859-?)	1924-1925
Mrs. M. McCarthy	1921-1922
D. H. McColl	1906-1907
Rev. A. McDonald	1876
Stewart McDonald	1883
H. McDougall	1881
Dr. H. A. McFarlen	1916-1931
Edward McGrath (1876-1963)	1923-1928, 1930-1935
J. McIntyre	1924-1925
Peter Campbell McIntyre (1854-1920)	1884-1893
John McKechnie (1844-1918)	1896-1903, 1908-1911
P. McKenzie	1896-1897
John A. McKerchar (1862-?)	1898-1920
Hector McLean	1883-1884
Dr. R. S. McMunn	1904-1913
Archibald McNee (1845-1925)	1876-1881
Alexander Nugent McPherson (1857-1938)	1892-1895, 1898
G. E. Miles	1931-1932
William Ryde Milton (1871-1959)	1926-1933, 1935
James Bertram Mitchell (1852-1945)	1888-1893
Albert Monkman (1850-1918)	1880-1882
J. D. Morton	1923-1924
Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)	1871-1887
D. T. Murray	1917-1920
Adam Henry Stewart Murray (1878-?)	1922-1927
John O’Donohue	1893-1898
John Palk	1878-1885
R. D. Patterson	1879-1885
George Patterson (1846-1925)	1889-1894
Alexander Polson	1885-1886, 1888-1889
Edwin Samuel Popham (1856-1930)	1901-1902
James Porter	1892-1897
Mrs. G. Queen-Hughes	1934-1935
Conrad Stephenson Riley (1875-1960)	1922-1923
Robert Thomas Riley (1851-1944)	1891-1893
E. Roberts	1878-1879
J. J. Roberts	1899-1900
Alfred Beatty Rosevear (?-?)	1934-1935
Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)	1886-1895, 1898-1910
F. B. Ross	1887-1888
William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)	1938-1940
J. A. Rowe	1880-1884
W. D. Russell	1886-1887
R. A. Sara	1935
James Scott	1894-1895
Thomas Scott (1841-1915)	1876-1877
William Scraba (1907-1971)	1935
James Scroggie	1901-1905
James Simpkin (1875-1946)	1921-1923
Duncan Sinclair	1876-1878
Duncan Sinclair (?-1914)	1906-1914
James Sinclair	1877
W. R. Sinclair	1884-1887
Benjamin Billingsley Smith (1882-1975)	1929-1934
Frank Andrew Smith (1881-1940)	1932-1933
H. B. Smith	1935
Max Steinkopf (1881-1935)	1916-1919
James Stewart	1876, 1878-1880
M. W. Stobart	1925-1934
W. H. Stone	1908-1909
James Stuart	1889-1897
Herbert Swinford (1849-1932)	1878
Edgar Jordan Tarr (1881-1950)	1928-1929
Frederick George Thompson (1886-1972)	1929-1935
Charles Richard Tuttle (1848-?)	1883
F. C. Wade	1890, 1894-1897
Frederick Edgar Warriner (1884-1966)	1928-1935
John W. H. Wilson (1832-1892)	1889
R. H. Winram	1901-1902
Joseph Wolfe (1832-1900)	1887-1888, 1890-1893
Archibald Wright	1871-1875
Dr. H. Yonker	1933-1934
George H. Young	1886-1887

Schools

The following are schools that have operated in the School Division, although not all of them are currently in operation, and few are based in their original buildings.

School	Address	Year	Status
Aberdeen School	444 Flora Avenue	1893
Alexandra School	Edmonton Street	1902-1903	Demolished (1969)
Andrew Mynarski VC School	1111 Machray Avenue	1954-1955
Argyle School	Argyle Street	1881	Demolished (?)
Ashland School	170 Ashland Avenue	1951-1952
Brock Corydon School	1510 Corydon Avenue	1950-1951
Cambridge School	Cambridge Street	1906	Demolished (?)
Carlton School	Graham Avenue	1881	Demolished (1903)
Carpathia School	300 Carpathia Road	1953
Cecil Rhodes School	136 Cecil Street	1908-1909
Champlain School	275 Church Avenue	1920
Churchill High School	510 Hay Street	1955
Clifton School	1070 Clifton Street	1949
Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute	720 Alverstone Street	1921-1922
David Livingstone School	270 Flora Avenue	1922
Detention Home School	189 Evanson Street	1908
Dufferin School	545 Alexander Avenue	1881
Earl Grey School	340 Cockburn Street North	1914-1915
Ellen Douglass School	700 Elgin Avenue	1960
Ellen Street Kindergarten	294 Ellen Street	1892
Elmwood High School / David Thompson School	505 Chalmers Avenue	1958
Elmwood School / River Elm School	500 Riverton Avenue	1901
Faraday School	405 Parr Street	1922
Florence Nightingale School	31 Shaughnessy Street	1920
Fort Rouge School	River Avenue	1890-1891	Demolished (1954) and rebuilt
General Wolfe School	661 Banning Street	1920
George V School	265 Grey Street	1915
Gladstone School	Osborne Street	1883	Demolished (1962) and rebuilt
Glenelm School	96 Carmen Avenue	1929
Gordon Bell High School	3 Borrowman Place	1926
Greenway School	850 St. Matthews Avenue	1909-1910
Grosvenor School	1045 Grosvenor Avenue	1922
Harrow School	550 Harrow Street	1952-1953
Hugh John Macdonald School	567 Bannatyne Avenue	1929-1930
Inkster School	633 Inkster Boulevard	1948-1949
Isaac Brock School	1265 Barratt Avenue	1908
Isaac Newton School	730 Aberdeen Avenue	1921
Isbister School	310 Vaughan Street	1898
J. B. Mitchell School	1720 John Brebeuf Place	1955
John Dafoe School	1777 Grant Avenue	1957
John M. King School	Ellice Avenue	1905	Demolished (1968) and rebuilt
Julia Clark School	615 Academy Road	1918
Kelvin High School	55 Harrow Street	1910-1912	Demolished (1965-1966) and rebuilt
Kent Road School	361 Kent Road	1952-1953
King Edward School	Selkirk Avenue	1908-1909	Demolished (1973) and rebuilt
Lansdowne School	715 Wiginton Street	1954-1955
Laura Secord School	960 Wolseley Avenue	1912-1913
La Verendrye School	290 Lilac Street	1909
Lord Nelson School	820 McPhillips Street	1911-1912
Lord Roberts School	Daly Street South	1910	Demolished (1970) and rebuilt
Lord Selkirk School	Brazier Street	1908-1909	Demolished (1970s) and rebuilt
Luxton School	111 Polson Avenue	1907-1908
Machray School	Mountain Avenue	1886	Demolished (?) and rebuilt
Margaret Scott School	Alfred Avenue	1920	Demolished (1990)
Montcalm School	120 Tecumseh Street	1920
Montrose School	691 Montrose Street	1953-1954
Mulvey School	750 Wolseley Avenue	1884
Norquay School	Lusted Avenue	1882	Demolished (c1956) and rebuilt
Pinkham School	765 Pacific Avenue	1883	Demolished (?) and rebuilt
Prince Charles School / Prince Charles Education Resource Centre	1075 Wellington Avenue	1957-1958
Principal Sparling School	1150 Sherburn Street	1912-1913
Queenston School	245 Queenston Street	1931
Ralph Brown School	460 Andrews Street	1918	No. 1 demolished (c1939), No. 2 demolished (1989) and rebuilt
River Heights School	1350 Grosvenor Avenue	1947-1948
Riverview School	Casey Street	1908
Robert H. Smith School	315 Oak Street	1919-1920
Robertson School	550 Robertson Street	1951-1952
Rockwood School	350 Rockwood Street	1949-1950
R. B. Russell Vocational High School	364 Dufferin Avenue	1966-1967
St. James School	266 Linwood Street	1907
St. John’s High School	Machray Avenue	1910-1912	Demolished (1967) and rebuilt
St. Joseph’s Vocational School	1476 Portage Avenue	1906-1907
Sir John Franklin School	386 Beaverbrook Street	1921
Sir William Osler School	1600 Grant Avenue	1955
Sir Sam Steele School	15 Chester Street	1921	Demolished (2012)
Sisler High School	1360 Redwood Avenue	1956-1957
Sister MacNamara School	460 Sargent Avenue	1988-1989
Somerset School	775 Sherbrook Street	1901-1902	Demolished (2005)
Strathcona School	McGregor Street	1904-1905	Demolished (1963-1964)
Technical Vocational High School	1555 Wall Street	1950-1951
Tuxedo Model School	500 Shaftesbury Boulevard	1921-1922
Tyndall Park Community School	2221 King Edward	1978
Victoria-Albert School	110 Ellen Street	1877	Destroyed by fire (1930)
Wellington School	Wellington Avenue	1898	Demolished (c1972) and rebuilt
Weston School	1410 Logan Avenue	1948
William Whyte School	Manitoba Avenue	1914	Demolished (1976) and rebuilt
Winnipeg Collegiate Institute	Bannatyne Avenue	1891	Demolished (1928)
Wolseley School	511 Clifton Street	1921

See also:

Brandon School Division

Sources:

“Looking back on a great school year,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 July 1990, page 132.

Obituary [Eleanor Jacqueline Sneesby], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 February 2023.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 November 2024