Businessman.
Born at the Red River Settlement on 26 August 1855, son of Thomas Bunn and Isabella Clouston, he was educated at St. John’s College then worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company until 1884 when he went into the general mercantile business. He resumed his connection with the HBC in 1890, remaining there until 1901 when he again went into business for himself. In April 1912 he was appointed inspector of Indian agencies for the Lake Winnipeg Inspectorate.
He and wife Vashti E. Gunne (1862-1931) had five children: Charles R. R. Bunn, Victor William Bunn, Thomas Drake Bunn, Marguerite Isabella Bunn, and John Reginald Bunn. He was the Returning Officer for the Kildonan and St. Andrews constituency in the 1907 provincial general election.
He died at his Winnipeg home, 1045 McMillan Avenue, on 21 April 1932 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Death registration [John Robert Bunn], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“John Robt. Bunn, inspector Indian Affairs, expires,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 April 1932, page 3.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 October 2023
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