Lawyer, judge.
Born at Hamilton, Ontario on 23 November 1867, brother of Edward Gordon Barrett and Leonard Richard Barrett, he came to Winnipeg with his family in 1882 and finished his education in private schools of the city. He studied law in the firm of Campbell and Crawford and was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1888. He opened a law practice at Carberry. He also served as a director of the Arabian Medicine Company of Carberry and the Carberry Turf Club, and he owned a 320-acre farm near town.
In 1916, he was appointed a County Court Judge for the Central Judicial District, based at Portage la Prairie, in which position he served until 1943. In 1935, he was elevated to a judgeship on the Court of King’s Bench.
In 1892, he married Margaret Helen Bloomfield (1865-1900) and they had two children: Francis Gregory Barrett (1894-1945) and Dorothy Isabel Barrett (1896-1985, wife of Edward George Waller). He was a member of the Manitoba Club and Carleton Club. He served on the Carberry town council (1908-1911) and was Mayor of Carberry (1911-1914).
He died at his Carberry home on 25 September 1952 and was buried in the Carberry Cemetery.
Birth registrations [Francis Gregory Barrett, Dorothy Isabell Barrett], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Margaret Helen Barrett], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.
“Gregory Barrett to succeed Ryan,” Manitoba Free Press, 22 December 1916, page 8.
Marriage registration [Dorothy Isobel Barrett, Edward George Waller], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“New King’s Bench Court Judges named,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 December 1935, page 1.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 26 September 1952, page 28.
“Judge Barrett, ex-Carberry Mayor dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 September 1952, page 12.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 May 2024
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