Memorable Manitobans: Harry Olensky (1923-2005)

Farmer, municipal official.

Born at Winnipeg on 31 August 1923, he went on to become a businessman and farmer in the Lac du Bonnet area, raising cattle and honey bees with his wife Jean Sieg (1936-2015). Having a strong interest in politics, he was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation candidate for the Lac du Bonnet constituency in the 1958 provincial general election and also served as Reeve of the Lac du Bonnet Municipality (1959-1965). He died at Lac du Bonnet on 10 December 2005 and was buried in the Beausejour Cemetery.

Sources:

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 14 December 2005.

Obituary [Jean Sieg Olensky], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 February 2015.

This page was prepared by Lois Braun.

Page revised: 13 June 2022

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