Civil servant
Born at Kingston, Ontario in 1911, he received a BA Honours degree in Mathematics and Physics from McMaster University (1936). He worked for several years with the Civil Service Commission of Canada at Ottawa and with Canadian Pacific Airlines at Edmonton, Alberta. He then joined the Royal Canadian Navy where he continued in personnel administration. In 1946 he was appointed to the Manitoba Civil Service Commission and was a classification officer in the provincial secretary's department, in which capacity he was appointed Chair of the Manitoba Film Censor Board (1948).
He served as Deputy Minister of Finance (1950-1959, 1966-1976). In the interim he worked for the International Nickel Company in New York and the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg. He rejoined the Manitoba government as Deputy Minister of Mines and Natural Resources in 1962. He was a founding member of the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature.
In recognition of his community service, he was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Manitoba (1978) and was inducted into the Order of Canada (1980).
He died on 15 October 1994.
“Anderson heads board of censors,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 February 1948, page 9.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 21 October 1994.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 May 2024
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