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Edward Daniel Martin
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Wholesale druggist.
Born at Milton, Ontario on 30 September 1856, son of Edward and Mary Ann Martin, he was educated at the Milton public school. He commenced business as a druggist at Ottawa, Ontario in 1887, coming to Winnipeg in 1890 and founding the firm of Martin Rosser and Company in partnership with H. Rosser. On Rosser’s retirement, he carried on business as E. D. Martin and Company which later amalgamated with Bole Wynne and Company to form the wholesale pharmacy firm of Martin Bole and Wynne Company in partnership with David Wesley Bole. He was also President of the Western Manufacturing Company and the Winnipeg Lodging and Coffee House Association, and a director of the Great West Permanent Loan Company, Canada National Fire Insurance Company, and Imperial Canadian Trust Company. He served as President of the Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association (1904-1906).
In 1879, he married Agnes Jane Perry (?-?) at Ottawa, Ontario. They had eight children, six of whom survived into the 20th century: Bessie Martin (1882-?, wife of A. C. Gillespie), Edward Watson Martin (1883-?), Jean Agnes Martin (1886-?), Margory M. Martin (1890-?), Mary F. Martin (1894-?), Irma M. Martin (1896-?), and John F. Martin (1898-?). He served on the Winnipeg City Council (1898-1899). He was a candidate in a 1900 federal by-election and the 1900 federal general election but was defeated each time by Arthur W. Puttee. He was President of the YMCA for six years, and President of the Winnipeg Board of Trade (1908-1909) and, during his tenure, represented the Board at Congress of Chambers of Commerce of Empire at Sydney, Australia. He was noted for his philanthropic work and the Selkirk centennial project. In 1911, he lived at 223 Colony Street.
He died at Toronto, Ontario on 14 May 1938 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Martin Bole and Wynne Warehouse (576 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg)
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
“Puttee elected,” Manitoba Free Press, 6 February 1900, page 6.
The Leading Financial, Business & Professional Men of Winnipeg, published by Edwin McCormick, Photographs by T. J. Leatherdale, Compiled and printed by Stone Limited, c1913. [copy available at the Archives of Manitoba]
“E. D. Martin leaves estate of $214,558,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 June 1938, page 1.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 July 2024
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