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Jack St. John
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Pharmacist, MLA (1953-1958).
Born at Portage la Prairie on 20 September 1906, youngest of four children of jeweller Bertram Augustus St. John (1871-1950) and Maude Lillian Snider (1875-1947), he was educated at the University of Manitoba, and played on its 1928 Allan Cup hockey team. He later played professionally for St. Louis and Buffalo. A pharmacist, he was the proprietor of the Rexall Drug Company, Jack St. John Limited, and Osborne Holding Company, and served on the board for the Winnipeg Enterprises Corporation.
On 26 September 1942, he married Ragna Johnson (?-1976, daughter of Gisli Johnson) of Winnipeg. They had one son: Jack David St. John. He was a Winnipeg city alderman for Ward Two (1944-1953) then was elected as an MLA for Winnipeg Centre in the 1953 provincial general election. While alderman he was an advocate of metropolitian government. As MLA, he led attacks against a ban on coloured margarine and the CBC’s Winnipeg monopoly. He was defeated in the 1958 provincial general election.
He died at his Winnipeg home, 146 West Gate, on 7 May 1965 and was buried in the Garry Memorial Park.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Shepherd House (124 Middle Gate, Winnipeg)
Marriage registration [Bertram A. St. John, Maude Lillian Snider], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Birth registration [Jack St. John], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Jack St. John, Ragna Johnson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Maude Lillian St. John], Winnipeg Tribune, 15 August 1947, page 21.
Obituary [Bertram Augustus St. John], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 October 1950, page 27.
The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1956.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 11 May 1965, page 25.
Obituary [Ragna St. John], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 September 1976, page 38.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 April 2023
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