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Morris Kenneth Mott
Historian. Born at Creelman, Saskatchewan (near Weyburn), he played serious hockey for the Weyburn Red Wings, for the Canadian National Hockey Team which was based in Winnipeg in the late 1960s, and then in pro hockey for the California Seals of the NHL, and the Salt Lake City Golden Eagles of the Western Hockey League. While in Winnipeg with Canada’s National Team (being a member of the bronze medal-winning Olympic team at Grenoble, France), he received BA and MA degrees in History from the University of Manitoba. Later he obtained his PhD in History from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario. His first academic appointments were sessional appointments in History at the University of Manitoba. In 1986, he joined the History Department at Brandon University. He retired in September 2012 but still holds the position of Professor Emeritus at that institution. He has published two books and several articles, notably on the history of sport and on the political history of Manitoba. In a recent book on Manitoba’s Premiers published by the Canadian Plains Research Centre, he contributed an article on T. C. Norris. He served as Co-Editor of Manitoba History for many years. His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:
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