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Arthur Thomas Hainsworth
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Municipal official.
Born near Deloraine on 2 May 1901, son of Arthur Thomas Hainsworth (1872-1934) and Annie Jane Richard (1875-1969), he served as a Councillor (17 years) and Reeve (1915-1921, 1948-1971) of the Rural Municipality of Winchester for several years and President of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities (1966-1967). He also served as President of the the Deloraine Agricultural Society and Deloraine Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Deloraine Hospital Board, Trustee of the Deloraine School Board, President of the Manitoba School Trustees Association (1931-1933), Vice-Chairman of Bren-Del-Win Lodge, and a member of the local United Grain Growers (Secretary), Manitoba Good Roads Association, PFAA Board of Review, Turtle Mountain Resource Conservation Board, and Westman Advisory Board.
He received a Manitoba Good Citizenship Award in 1973. Known for his “ready wit, happy smile, and hand-shake,” he died at Deloraine in November 1977. He was inducted posthumously into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Long-time resident of Deloraine dies,” Brandon Sun, 4 November 1977, page 16.
Citation, Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 November 2024
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