Community activist.
Born at Winnipeg on 21 September 1931, son of Frederick Drury Baragar and Edith Anne Robertson (1895-1988), he graduated from Kelvin High School, United College, and University of Manitoba (1955), receiving from the latter a BSc degree in Chemistry, Microbiology, and Mathematics. He worked in the chemical industry. He was married twice, first on 29 November 1954 to Mary-Lou Denise McLean (?-1985) and they had four children. On 18 July 1990, he married Joan Baragar. He served as Chair of the Winnipeg School Board (1976-1977) during which he helped to introduce French immersion instruction. He died at Winnipeg on 2 November 2012.
“Mary-Lou McLean becomes bride of M. J. Baragar,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 November 1954, page 13.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 7 November 2012.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 May 2024
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