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Alexander Turk
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Boxer, sports promoter, municipal official, MLA (1954-1957).
Born at Larne, Northern Ireland on 5 March 1906, son of Nathaniel Turk and Mary O’Lynn, he came to Canada in 1910, settling in Elmwood, and was educated at Lord Selkirk School. He played baseball with the Elmwood Elks and, in 1930, he was the Manitoba Welterweight Boxing Champion. Regarded as Winnipeg's first professional boxing and wrestling promoter, he was President of the Giants Baseball Club.
On 19 September 1931, he married Annie Owens (1911-1996, daughter of Mr. N. J. Owens) of Garryduff, Northern Ireland at Winnipeg and they had two children: John David Turk (1940-1975) and Marian Turk (wife of Nick Pidmurny). He served on the Winnipeg city council for Ward Three (1963-1964). He was elected to the Manitoba Legislature at the 1953 general election and served a single term, being defeated in the 1958 and 1959 general elections. He was a member of the Winnipeg Winter Club, YMCA, Kiwanis Club of Winnipeg, and Shriners.
In recognition of his contributions to Manitoba sports, he was inducted into the Manitoba Order of the Buffalo Hunt (1985) and received a City of Winnipeg Community Service Award (1985).
He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 1 January 1988 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Alexander Turk, Annie Owens], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1956.
“Illness claims Alex Turk,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 January 1988, page 29.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 4 January 1988, page 33.
Obituary [Annie Owens Turk], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 November 1996, page 83.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (deceased), Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 October 2024
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