Lawyer, municipal official.
Born at Winnipeg on 8 May 1907, he attended Wesley College and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba in 1933. He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1946 and practiced law until his death with the firms of Trick and McArthur, Stubbs Stubbs and Stubbs, and in partnership with A. G. Lawrence until 1969 after which he practiced privately.
He came to the Rural Municipality of Assiniboia in his teens and resided there for the rest of his life. He was a member of the Kirkfield Park School Board (1944) and served as Reeve of Assiniboia from 1947 to 1959. During his term as Reeve, he was instrumental in the development of water, sewer and housing facilities in the area. He also served as a councillor of Assiniboia from 1962 to 1964. He served on many commissions, including the Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission and the Metropolitan Planning Commission.
On 22 January 1938, he married Rose Anne Hollins (1907-1999) and they had two children: Jeff Sansome and Beverley Lynne Sansome (wife of Fred Einar Ingaldson).
He died at Winnipeg on 22 April 1983. He is commemorated by Sansome Avenue and Sansome School in Winnipeg.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sansome School (181 Sansome Avenue, Winnipeg)
Marriage registration [Joseph Henry Sansome, Rose Anne Hollins], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 23 April 1983.
Obituary [Rose Anne Sansome], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 April 1999, page 55.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 December 2025
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