Educator, school inspector.
Born at Oakburn on 22 November 1921, son of ? Partridge and Ellen Elizabeth Nichol, he attended Oakburn School and Dauphin Collegiate. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1942 to 1946. He then completed BA and BEd degrees at United College and the University of Manitoba.
His teaching career began in 1950, at Salt Point School, where he taught for two months. He served as the Principal of Melita School (1951-1955), Russell School (1955-1957), and Virden School (1957-1962). In 1962, he was appointed a School Inspector for the Duck Mountain School Division based at Winnipegosis. In July 1966, he transferred to Souris where he was School Inspector for the Souris Valley School Division and Antler River School Division. In 1975, he took up consultative and administrative posts with the Manitoba Department of Education at Winnipeg, remaining there until retirement in 1986.
In 1951, he married Irish immigrant Dorothy M. Thom (1927-2020) at Melita and they had a son and two daughters. He was a member of the Masons (Glenwood Lodge No. 27) and Westwood Presbyterian Church.
He died at the Grace Hospital on 1 March 1990.
Birth registration [Robert Richard Partridge], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 4 March 1990, page 22.
Obituary [Dorothy M. Partridge], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 July 2020.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 September 2024
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