Businessman.
Born at Hamilton, Ontario on 6 October 1865, brother of Gregory Barrett and Leonard Richard Barrett, he came to Winnipeg with his family in 1882. He became employed at the Vulcan Iron Works, rising through the rank from office boy to the Presidency in 1918, succeeding founder John McKechnie. He was a member of the Granite Curling Club, Winnipeg Jockey Club, Manitoba Jockey Club, Winnipeg Automobile Club, Manitoba Club, Carleton Club, and St. Charles Country Club. He died unmarried at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 26 January 1935 and was buried in the St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“E. G. Barrett, head of Vulcan foundry, dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 January 1935, page 13.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 May 2024
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