Notary, insurance and loans.
Born at Boissevain on 26 October 1889, son of James Duncan Baine and Florence May Emmons, he was educated at Boissevain School. He worked in the law office of Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe before coming to Roblin in 1913 and taking charge of the law office of Simpson and McGirr. He completed the purchase in 1918. He was also the Administrator of the Municipality of Hillsburg and official trustee of all schools in the municipality.
On 1 January 1912, he married Gladys Gertrude Mabel McGiffen (1889-1964) at Winnipeg and they had two sons: James Aubrey Baine (1914-?) and Campbell Woodrow Baine (1917-?). He served as Mayor of Roblin (1917-1920). He was a member of the Masons (Worshipful Master of Roblin Lodge #122), Chairman of the Union Church Board, and Secretary of the Roblin Board of Trade. In 1940, he moved to British Columbia and, in 1942, settled at Vancouver.
He died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 31 January 1972.
Birth registrations [James Baine, James Aubrey Baine, Campbell Woodrow Baine], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [James Rumons Baine, Gladys McGeffin], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Death registrations [James Emmons Baine, Gladys Gertrude Mabel Baine], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Vancouver Sun, 1 February 1972, page 29.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 October 2009
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