Lawyer.
Born at Winnipeg on 26 July 1892, son of Dawson Kerr Elliott and Mary Alice McCreary (1857-1945), he was educated at Winnipeg public schools, Bishop’s College (Lennoxville, Quebec), and the University of Manitoba (Governor General’s Medal). He articled in law with the firm of Coyne, Hamilton and Company.
In 1915, he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a member of the 61st Battalion, transferring to the 200th Battalion and later to the Canadian Forestry Corps with which he served in France from 1917 to 1919. He returned to Canada and resumed the study of law and was admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1919. He practiced law for several years then, as of 1929, was associated with City Hydro.
On 29 November 1916, he married Norma Kathleen Preston (1891-1969, daughter of Nassau Robertson Preston) at Holy Trinity Anglican Church. They had no children and resided in Suite “D” of the Cornwall Apartments, 265 River Avenue. He was a member of the Winnipeg Golf Club and United church. He served on the Winnipeg School Board (1926-1929).
He died at the Winnipeg home of his parents, 588 River Avenue, on 3 April 1931 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
Birth registrations [Norma Kathleen Preston, Raymond Kerr Elliott], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Miss Preston to wed Lieut. Elliott,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 November 1916, page 8.
Marriage registration [Raymond Kerr Elliott, Norma Kathleen Preston], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
“Raymond K. Elliott victim of pneumonia,” Manitoba Free Press, 4 April 1931, page 5.
“R. K. Elliott, local lawyer, dies, aged 39,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 April 1931, page 4.
Obituary [Norma Kathleen Elliott], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 March 1969, page 32.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 July 2025
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