Born at Winnipeg on 18 September 1923, son of Alfred Rupert Johnston (1887-1974) and L. Blanche Elford (c1889-1965), he received a degree in Architecture from the University of Manitoba in 1947. He began practicing as an architect in 1956, from an office in St. James, designing buildings around Winnipeg. On 7 October 1950, he married Shirley Blanch Carter (1929-1994) at the St. James United Church and they had three children. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion and Rotary Club. He moved to Sooke, British Columbia in 1984 and died there on 1 January 2017.
Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
St. James Police Station
2000 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1958
1400 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg
1959
A&W Drive-In Restaurant
1526 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1959
Demolished (?)
Union Centre
310 Young Street, Winnipeg
1959-1960
881 Autumnwood Drive, Winnipeg
1960
472 Kirkfield Street, Winnipeg
1963
1493 Magnus Avenue, Winnipeg
1963-1964
House of Teak Building
1365 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg
1967
See also:
Dwight Rupert Johnston, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.
Birth registration [Alfred Rupert Johnson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Johnston-Carter bridal vows said,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 October 1950, page 13.
“Dwight R. Johnston,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 March 1956, page 40.
“Tender call for new police station, City of St. James, Manitoba,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 January 1958, page 28.
“Grand opening, greater Winnipeg's 4th A&W Drive-In,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 June 1959, page 28.
[illustration of Union Centre], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 September 1959, page 46.
Obituary [Blanche Johnston], Winnipeg Tribune, 2 March 1965, page 20.
“House of Teak Ltd.,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 August 1967, page 9.
Obituary [Alfred Rupert Johnston], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 August 1974, page 31.
Obituary [Elsie Johnston], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 August 1978, page 66.
Obituary [Shirley Blanche Johnston], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 August 1994, page 41.
Obituary, Sooke News Mirror, 1 January 2017.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 May 2023
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