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John Alfred Munn
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Veterinarian, municipal official, MLA (1927-1932), MLA (1932-1936), MLA (1936-1941), MLA (1941-1942).
Born at Minnedosa on 13 April 1882, son of John Munn (1848-1909) and Catherine Patterson (1849-1927), he was educated at the Souris High School then received a veterinary degree from the Ontario Veterinary College (VS, 1907) and McKillop Veterinary College (Chicago, MDV, 1908).
On 20 December 1911, he married Hazel Smith (1888-1942, daughter of D. N. Smith of Toronto, Ontario) and they had a daughter, Kathleen Hazel Munn (1918-?). He was a member of the IOOF and United Church of Canada. He served on the Carman town council from 1916 and was Carman Mayor (1919-1921). In 1927, he was elected to the Manitoba Legislature for Dufferin, and was re-elected or acclaimed in 1932, 1936, and 1941. In 1939, he elected President of the Manitoba Federation of Agriculture.
He died at his Carman home on 25 January 1942, after a lengthy illness, and was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery.
Birth registration [Kathleen Hazel Munn], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1929.
“Dr. J. A. Munn is farm body head,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 June 1939, page 3.
Death registrations [John Alfred Munn, Hazel Munn], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Western Municipal News, February 1942, page 26.
“Dr. J. A. Munn, M.L.A., dies at Carman,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 January 1942.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 September 2024
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