Educator.
Born on a farm in the RM of Gilbert Plains on 14 December 1905, son of Robert Dwyer and Martha Convery, he was the Principal of Inglis School (1934-1941), Makaroff School (1941-1948), Elm Creek School (1948-1952), Sperling School (1952-1955), Edmund Partridge School (1959-1964), and West Kildonan Collegiate (1964-1971). On 3 September 1932, he married Bernice Alexandra Holden at Dauphin. He died in August 1996 and was buried in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Henry Royal Dwyer, Find-A-Grave.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 June 2022
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