Lawyer.
Born at Carberry on 26 December 1891, son of Duncan B. McEwen and Amy Ross, he was educated at Carberry School, Wesley College, and the University of Saskatchewan. He graduated from the University of Manitoba Law School in 1918 and articled with Price Montague in the Winnipeg firm of Pitblado & Hoskin. He served on the Winnipeg School Board for six years. He was a Mason, and a member of the Executive of the Law Society of Manitoba and the Manitoba Bar Association (President, 1941-1942). He was made a King’s Counsel in 1944.
On 6 June 1931, he married Jeanette “Nettie” Campbell (?-?) of Neepawa and they had a son, Scott P. McEwen. He was a member of the Masons (Northern Lights Lodge), St. Andrews Society, Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, Carleton Club, Greenwood United Church, and the Liberal Association.
He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 23 December 1961 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
See also:
MHS Centennial Business: Pitblado
Birth registration [Wilfred Stanley McEwen], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Wilfred Stanley McEwen, Jeanette Campbell], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Nine new K.C.’s appointed,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 January 1944, page 13.
Learned Friends, Reiminiscences - Pitblado & Hoskin 1882-1974 by Anna Tillenius.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 October 2023
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