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Memorable Manitobans: Alfred Henry Pulford (1865-1937)
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Alfred Henry Pulford
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Auctioneer, garage owner, municipal official.
Born in New Zealand on 3 September 1865, son of Elizabeth Ann Pulford (1836-1911), he came to Winnipeg and worked as an auctioneer and garage owner.
He served as a Winnipeg city alderman for 21 years and Acting Mayor for two extensive periods during that time. He was associated with John Wesley Cockburn in the development of Winnipeg Hydro and was Chairman of the city’s first power commission, police commission, public works committee, legislation, library, social welfare, unemployment and hospital committees, and a member of the water district board for seven years.
On 11 January 1896, he married Florence Edith Pearson (1872-?) in Winnipeg and they had two children: Henry Lloyd Pulford and Hester Florence Pulford (1900-?, wife of Donald Graham Hamilton).
He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 26 September 1937 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery. He is commemorated by Pulford Street.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Pulford House (39 East Gate, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Campbell House (58 Middle Gate, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Holy Trinity Anglican Church (246 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)
Sources:
Marriage registration [Alfred Henry Pulford, Florence Edith Pearson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Hester Florence Pulford], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Death registration [Elizabeth Ann Pulford], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Hester Florence Pulford, Donald Graham Hamilton], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“A. Pulford, city alderman for 13 years, dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 September 1937, page 3.
Obituary, Western Municipal News, October 1937, page 295.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 December 2021
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