Memorable Manitobans: James Chester “Jim” Scott (1908-1981)

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James Chester Scott
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Farmer, municipal official.

Born at Cypress River on 21 April 1908, son of James Walter Scott (1862-1927) and Elizabeth Ann English (1868-1946), he attended Treherne School and Greenway School. He moved to the McConnell area with his family in November 1927 and settled on a farm at NE6-15-22W. He later took over the operation of the family farm.

On 12 June 1931, he married Floretta Merle Richardson (1906-1967) at Hamiota and they had six children, including Gladwyn Lyle Scott. After his wife’s death, he re-married to Jean Smith (?-?) in 1968. He was councilor (1946-1953) and Reeve (1953-1971) of the Rural Municipality of Blanshard. He served with the Union of Manitoba Municipalities, as its President (1964-1965) and Secretary-Treasurer (1967-1976). He was a charter member of the McConnell Pool Elevator Association and was a member of McConnell United Church, McConnell School Board, and Hamiota Hospital Board. He played and managed McConnell baseball teams from the 1930s to 1950s. He was a Liberal-Progressive candidate for the Hamiota constituency in the 1959 provincial general election but was defeated in a close race by incumbent Barry Strickland. In 1967, in recognition of his community service, he received a Centennial Medal.

He died on 20 May 1981 and was buried in the Hamiota Cemetery. He was inducted posthumously into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame (1997).

Sources:

Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

History of Blanshard Municipality, Volume 2, 1970, pages 496-497.

Obituary, Brandon Sun, 27 May 1981, page 23.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 April 2025

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