Educator.
Born in Winnipeg on 13 February 1887, son of Thomas Jasper Lamont and Mary Weightman (1863-1947), he attended the Central Normal School then taught school for a time in Saskatchewan before returning to Manitoba.
He served as Principal of Elm Creek School (1917-1919), Winnipegosis School (1919-1920), Margaret Scott School (1920-1921), Wellington School (1926-1931), and Ralph Brown School (1935-1937). He also taught at Daniel McIntyre Collegiate (1923-1925) and Gordon Bell High School (1931-1935).
On 10 August 1908, he married Stella Belle Milligan (1887-1978) in the RM of North Norfolk. They had two daughters: Vera Irene Winnifred Lamont (1912-?, wife of James Edward Morris) and Lorna Margaret Lamont (1916-?, wife of Jules Heitmeir).
He died at Winnipeg on 7 November 1937 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Birth registration [Artur Victor Lamonte], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Arthur Victor Lamont, Stella Ball Milligan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1916 Canada census, Ancestry.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Marriage registration [Vera Irene Winnifred Lamont, James Edward Morris], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Lorna Margaret Lamont, George Edward Mason], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Arthur Victor Balam Lamont], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Mrs. A. V. B. Lamont], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 October 1978, page 42.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 September 2023
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