Lawyer, judge.
Born in the Rural Municipality of Louise on 25 December 1896, son of Charles Edward Bastin (1861-1950) and Mary Dorothea Flanagan (1866-1931), brother-in-law of John Salmon Lamont, he was educated in Winnipeg public schools. After service in the Cavalry Cadet Corps, he enlisted in the Canadian Army and served in the infantry during the First World War. He was seriously wounded, reported missing and presumed dead, in 1918. After recuperating in England, he returned to Winnipeg where he entered the Manitoba Law School, graduating in 1921. He practiced law with John Salmon Lamont and later joined Traders Finance at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
During the Second World War, he went overseas as General Manager of the Canadian Legion War Services in London, returning to Winnipeg in 1945 to practice law with the firm of Andrews, Andrews, Thorvaldson and Eggertson until 1959, when he was appointed a judge in the Court of Queen’s Bench. In 1971, he began serving as a Supernumery Judge in the trial and appellate divisions of the Federal Court of Canada.
He was married three times. On 20 June 1925, he married Marjorie Elizabeth Dawson Stephens (1898-1973, daughter of Frank W. Stephens) at St. Luke's Anglican Church. They had no children before divorcing. His second marriage was to Kate Alice “Kitty” Quartermaine (1894-1976) with whom he had three children: Margaret Ann “Margot” Bastin (wife of Ronald R. Clayton), Helen Elizabeth “Beth” Bastin (wife of John H. Morgan), and Richard Quartermaine Bastin (husband of Charlyn Anne Cribbs). In 1977, he married music teacher Grace Annie Rich (1900-1998). He was an active member of the Conservative Party, Masons, Anglican church, Winnipeg Winter Club, and St. Charles Country Club.
He died at Winnipeg on 15 October 1986 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
Birth registrations [Francis Martin Bastin, Elisabeth Marjorie Dawson Stephens], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Frank Martin Bostin, Marjorie Elizabeth Dawson Stephens], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Bastin - Stephens,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 June 1925, page 9.
“Kitchen shower held for Margaret Bastin,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 October 1957, page 15.
“Morgan - Bastin,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 January 1961, page 16.
“Engagements [Bastin - Cribbs],” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 April 1963, page 16.
“Family tree goes back 900 years,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 October 1966.
Obituary [Marjorie Elizabeth Bastin], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 January 1973, page 26.
Obituary [Kate Alice Bastin], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 October 1976, page 25.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 17 October 1986, page 24.
Obituary [Grace Annie Bastin], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 January 1998, page 22.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Gordon Mitchell and Cathie Cleveland for providinig additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 September 2025
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