Farmer, school official.
Born at Norwood, Ontario on 30 July 1861, he taught school in Ontario before coming to Manitoba in 1881 and settling at the town of Millford where he farmed.
On 1 November 1893, he married Emma E. McLachlan (1870-?) and they had a daughter, Mona Dewart (1895-1984, wife of Robert Emerson). He was a member of the Masons (Stockton Lodge No. 33) and Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of Manitoba for 35 years and Grand Master (1912-1913), Grand Representative (1914-1915), and Grand Treasurer (1925-1926).
He served five years as a councillor of the Rural Municipality of South Cypress, and 25 years as Secretary-Treasurer and Trustee of the Millford School District. He was President of the South Brandon Liberal Association for eight years, and ran for a seat in the provincial legislature in 1910, being defeated by incumbent Alfred Henry Carroll. From 1911 he was in charge of the school attendance section of the Manitoba Department of Education, for which he travelled extensively throughout the province.
He died at his Winnipeg home, 368 Banning Street, on 8 October 1926.
Marriage and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Oddfellows hold annual election,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 March 1912, page 2.
“E. H. Dewart, pioneer and prominent liberal, dies,” newspaper clipping dated 8 October 1926 [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B8]
“E. H. Dewart, 64, a pioneer of Manitoba, dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 October 1926, page 9.
Obituary [Mona E. Emerson], Winnipeg Free Press, 25 July 1983, page 39.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 February 2025
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