Physician and surgeon, civil servant.
Born at Calf Mountain on 31 October 1883, son of Ferris Bolton and Elizabeth Jane “Jennie” Stewart (1862-1939), he was educated at Darlingford Public School, Wesley College, and the University of Manitoba. He graduated in 1909 and first practised medicine at Medicine Hat (Alberta) and at Irvine (Alberta) before coming to Brandon in 1915. He served as Medical Health Officer for the City of Brandon from 1910 to 1932 when he received a diploma of public health from the University of Toronto. He then became director of the health unit at Brandon, a position he held until 1950.
On 23 July 1910, he married Lois Annetta Williams (1886-1982) at Winnipeg. They had three children: Fred S. Bolton (1911-1960), Mary Elizabeth Bolton (1915-1988, wife of James Gordon West), and Wilbert William “Bert” Bolton (1918-2002). He was a member of the Alberta Medical Association, Manitoba Medical Association, Canadian Medical Association, and American Public Health Association. While in Irvine, he served as a member of the local School Board. He was President of the Brandon Male Voice Choir and a member of the Kiwanis Club, Masons, IOOF, and First United Church.
He died at Brandon on 19 September 1960 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery.
Birth registrations [Earle Bolton, Wilbert Williams Bolton], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Carl Stewart Bolton, Lois Annetta Williams], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Mary Elizabeth Bolton], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Mary Elizabeth Bolton, James Gordon West], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Obituary [Fred S. Bolton], Winnipeg Tribune, 10 June 1960, page 18.
“Dr. E. S. Bolton, ex-health officer at Brandon, dead,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 September 1960.
Obituary [Mary Elizabeth West], Brandon Sun, 3 February 1988, page 23.
Obituary [Wilbert William Bolton], Kingston Whig-Standard, 26 October 2002, page 51.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 July 2022
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