Educator, historian.
Born at St. Boniface on 4 December 1941, son of J. Antoine “Tony” Painchaud (c1913-1987) and Claire Dugal (1911-1978), he was educated at the Collège de Saint-Boniface, United College, and the University of Manitoba before receiving MA (1969) and PhD (1976) degrees in History from the University of Ottawa. A member of the History Department at the University of Winnipeg, he was killed in a plane crash near St. John’s, Newfoundland on 23 June 1978, while travelling as a member of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
See also:
Dictionnaire des artistes et des auteurs francophones de l’Ouest canadien by Gamila Morcos, Presses Université Laval, 1998, pages 243-244.
“City man killed in crash,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 June 1978, page 1.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 27 June 1978, page 66.
Obituary [Claire Painchaud], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 December 1978, page 49.
Obituary [Antoine Painchaud], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 February 1987, page 51.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
We thank Edmund A. Aunger for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 February 2022
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