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James Edward Stanier
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Building contractor, hotelier.
Born at Dauphin on 17 May 1924, second-youngest of five children of William Stanier (?-?) and Mary Jeffrey (1892-?), his family moved to Swan River for a time before settling at Winnipeg. He worked at Brown and Rutherford (1946-1954) then, in 1954, he established a construction business, specializing in homes. A downturn in the economy in the early 1960s prompted him to acquire land along on Portage Avenue where he built the city’s first fully-electrified motel. He operated it for a few years, along with the Mather Motel, before retiring to spend more time at his cottage at Clearwater Bay.
He and wife Elizabeth Mary “Bette” (?-2003) had a son and a daughter. The family lived at 353 Truro Street (c1968). An avid curler, he was an honorary life member of the Deer Lodge Curling Club (President, 1963-1964) and the Manitoba Curling Association. He was also a member of the Governor-General’s Curling Club in Ottawa, Ontario. His other great passion was flying which he indulged until ill health forced him to give it up.
He died at the Misericordia Hospital on 8 October 1998.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Boulevard Motel (3120 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)
Birth registration [James Edward Stanier], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1931 Canada census, Ancestry.
“Electricity heats new motel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 October 1963, page 9.
“Schoolboy bonspiel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 November 1971, page 46.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 October 1998, page 56.
Obituary [Elizabeth Mary Stanier], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 October 2003.
Obituary [Marjorie Florence Johnson], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 July 2004.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 January 2025
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