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Ivan James Rochester Deacon
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Lawyer.
Born at Mattawa, Ontario in 1900, he moved to Winnipeg in 1918. He was a partner in the law firm of Swift McLeod Deacon and Smethurst (later D’Arcy and Deacon), President of the Manitoba Bar Association (1952-1953), President of the Law Society of Manitoba (1961-1962), and Vice-President of the Canadian Bar Association. In 1950, he was made a King’s Counsel.
On 1 August 1940, he married Phyllis Elizabeth Elkin (1902-1993, daughter of Samuel James Elkin) at Winnipeg and they had two children: John Deacon and Jill Deacon (wife of Fred Futros). He was a member of the Masons (Scottish Rite) and Shriners, YWCA Association for Retarded Children, and Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association.
He died at his Winnipeg home, 121 Yale Avenue, on 17 June 1974 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
See also:
Manitoba Business: D’Arcy and Deacon
Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Eight Manitobans receive King’s Counsel honors,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1949, page 1.
“King’s Counsel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 January 1950, page 1.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 19 June 1974.
Obituary [Phyllis Elizabeth Deacon], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 January 1993, page 43.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank John Deacon for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 August 2024
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