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The first Dufferin School, designed by architect W. T. Dalton and built at the corner of Patrick Street and Henry Avenue in 1881, commemorated Lord Dufferin, Governor-General of Canada from 1872 to 1878, who visited Winnipeg with his wife in 1877. Consisting of two classrooms, its students were mostly the children of newly arrived immigrants, most of whom did not speak English. As the school population grew, it became overcrowded so two classrooms were added in 1882. By 1896, it had been overcrowded again and, this time, an entirely new school was constructed, on a nearby site facing Logan Avenue. Designed by local architect Charles H. Wheeler, this three-storey brick structure was erected by the firm of Kelly Bros. & Co. at a cost of $27,900, containing ten classrooms and an assembly hall, and capable of accommodating 500 students, with a staff of ten teachers.
The third Dufferin School was built on the site in 1910, on a design by Winnipeg school architect J. B. Mitchell. It was later demolished and replaced, in 1936, with the present school—the fourth to bear that name—on Alexander Avenue.
Period
Principal
1881-1882
John Achison
1882-1897
?
1897-1898
Miss M. E. Lunn
1898-1899
Mary Walker Dobson (1871-1955)
1899-1903
?
1903-1914
Thomas Edgar Argue (1869-1927)
1914-1917
William Ewart Gladstone Grant (1884-1935)
1917-1918
Barbara Ferguson Stewart (1855-1931)
1918-1929
Mary Elizabeth Lamont (1885-1960)
1929-1937
Mary Walker Dobson (1871-1955)
1939-1954
Lillian Ford Moffett Laing (1893-1985)
1954-1961
Charlotte Mass (1905-1972)
1961-1962
John Edward Dack (1912-1984)
1962-1971
Marjorie Grace Dance (1915-2010)
1971-1977
Vernon “Vern” Peters (c1927-1998)
1977-1980
George Nicholos Heshka (1933-2021)
1980-1985
Judy Hill
1985-1999
Donna M. Green
1999-2009
Suni Matthews
2009-2020
Wayne Wyke
2020-?
Garth McAlpine
School Year
Teachers
1881-1882
?
1882-1883
Sadie Sharpe, ?
1883-1884
?
1884-1885
?
1885-1886
?
1886-1887
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1887-1888
?
1888-1889
?
1889-1890
?
1890-1891
?
1891-1892
?
1892-1893
?
1893-1894
?
1894-1895
?
1895-1896
?
1896-1897
?
1897-1898
?
1898-1899
Miss A. Bredin, Miss K. Lane, Miss M. Little, Miss L. Miller, Miss Annie Milne, Miss M. Neilson, Miss M. E. Raleigh, Miss Marion Scott, Miss Annie Stobbs
1899-1900
Miss A. Bredin, Miss Houston, Miss Miller, Miss Milne, Miss Mitchell, Miss Neilson, Miss Raleigh, Miss Scott, Miss Stoobs, Miss Young
1900-1901
Miss A. Bredin, Miss A. Houston, Miss A. M. Johnston, Miss L. Miller, Miss A. Milne, Miss E. Mitchell, Miss M. Neilson, Miss M. E. Raleigh, Miss A. Stobbs, Miss K. Young
1901-1902
Miss A. Bredin, Miss A. M. Houston, Miss B. Hozack, Miss A. M. Johnston, Miss C. McLeod, Miss J. McShane, Miss A. Milne, Miss B. Miller, Miss M. E. Raleigh, Miss K. Young
1902-1903
Miss A. Bredin, Miss N. Earle, Miss M. L. Hislop, Miss Houston, Miss Johnstone, Miss Margaret McDonald, Miss McLeod, Miss J. McShane, Miss M. Thomson
1903-1904
Miss Adams, Miss Bredin, Miss Forrest, Miss Houston, Miss A. M. Johnston, Miss M. McDonald, Miss McLeod, Miss McShane, Miss Raleigh, Miss M. Thompson
1904-1905
Miss Bredin, Miss Broatch, Miss Forest, Miss Hogg, Miss Houston, Miss Johnston, Miss Miller, Miss Raleigh, Miss Salter
1905-1906
Miss J. Hogg, Miss M. McLeod, Miss M. B. Mitchell, Miss F. Monro, Miss M. E. Raleigh, Miss Eva Salter, Miss A. Stewart, Miss M. Symes
1906-1907
?
1907-1908
Miss M. Dickie, Miss Margaret McLeod, Miss Mary McRae, Miss M. Oldham, Miss E. Salter, Miss E. Shantz, Miss A. Stewart, Miss M. B. Symes
1908-1909
Miss E. A. Berryhill, Miss M. Cameron, Miss M. Dickie, Miss M. K. Macrae, Miss T. McLeod, Miss M. A. Oldham, Miss E. Shantz, Miss M. B. Symes, Miss E. Wright
1909-1910
?
1910-1911
Miss E. A. Berryhill, Miss M. Cameron, Miss M. Dickie, Miss L. M. Duncan, Miss Margaret McLeod, Miss M. A. Osborne, Miss Alice Price, Miss C. Schofield, Miss M. B. Symes
1911-1912
Miss M. Cameron, Miss L. Duncan, Mrs. I. A. Hoole, Miss L. Manz, Miss M. McLeod, Miss M. Osborne, Miss A. Price, Miss C. Schofield, Miss M. B. Symes
1912-1913
Miss M. Cameron, Miss L. Duncan, Miss G. Goulden, Mrs. I. A. Hoole, Miss Manz, Miss McLeod, Miss Mullett, Miss Osborne, Miss Price, Miss Symes, Miss Taylor
1913-1914
Miss M. Cameron, Miss L. Duncan, Miss G. Goulden, Mrs. I. A. Hoole, Miss L. Manz, Miss Margaret McLeod, Miss G. Mullett, Miss A. Price, Miss M. Symes, Miss A. Taylor
1914-1915
Miss E. Anderson, Miss L. Duncan, Miss G. Goulden, Mrs. I. A. Hoole, Miss L. Manz, Miss M. McLeod, Miss G. Mullett, Miss M. Neely, Miss A. Price, Miss M. B. Symes
1915-1916
Miss E. Anderson, C. A. Barbour, A. Crook, L. Duncan, J. Ellis, Miss G. Goulden, Mrs. I. A. Hoole, L. Johnson, E. J. Loomer, L. Manz, O. McKenzie, M. McLeod, M. Neely, G. Mullett, Marion Pincock, H. M. Sweet, M. Symes
1916-1917
Miss E. Anderson, A. Crook, L. Duncan, Miss G. Goulden, Mrs. I. A. Hoole, M. McLeod, G. Mullett, N. Neely, H. Sweet
1917-1918
Miss E. Anderson, L. Bere, H. L. Ching, A. Crook, L. M. Duncan, Miss G. Goulden, M. McLeod, M. H. Neeley, H. M. Sweet
1918-1919
Miss E. Anderson, L. Bere, L. Ching, I. Davidson, L. Dunbar, A. Fairbairn, Miss G. Goulden, A. Macaulay, E. Mott
1919-1920
Miss E. Anderson, L. Bere, L. Ching, E. L. Craig, L. Duncan, A. Fairbairn, Miss G. Goulden, A. McAulay, E. Mott, R. Webber
1920-1921
?
1921-1922
A. Anderson, D. Brennan, L. Connell, E. Craig, L. Duncan, L. M. Etselle, G. Goulden, F. E. McIntyre, E. Mott, J. Young
1922-1923
D. Brennan, E. Craig, L. Duncan, L. Etsell, G. Goulden, K. Gowenlock, F. McIntyre, E. Mott, J. Young
1923-1924
M. Argue, D. Brennan, E. Craig, E. Duncan, L. Etsell, G. Goulden, G. McMichael, E. Mott, J. Young
1924-1925
M. Argue, E. Craig, E. Duncan, G. Goulden, L. Etsell, G. McMichael, E. Mott, L. Ormand, J. Young
1925-1926
M. Argue, E. Deacon, E. Duncan, G. Goulden, G. McMichael, M. McSwain, E. W. Mott, L. Ormond, J. Young
1926-1927
M. Argue, Adah Cole Bates, E. Duncan, G. Goulden, M. Leonard, G. McMichael, M. McSwain, Jean Scott, J. Young
1927-1928
Adah Cole Bates, E. Duncan, G. Goulden, K. Gowenlock, M. Leonard, G. McMichael, H. McSwain, J. Young
1928-1929
Adah Cole Bates, D. Belcher, M. W. Carson, E. M. Duncan, G. Goulden, G. Gowenlock, M. H. Leonard, M. McSwain, J. Young
1929-1930
D. Belcher, E. J. Davis, E. M. Duncan, K. Gowenlock, B. Hinds, M. Leonard, J. McDonald, M. McSwain, M. Noble
1930-1931
D. Belcher, E. Davis, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, K. Gowenlock, B. Hinds, M. Leonard, M. MacSwain, J. Miller
1931-1932
D. Belcher, R. Cartney, E. Davis, G. Dubovsky, E. M. Duncan, K. Gowenlock, B. Hinds, M. Leonard, M. MacSwain
1932-1933
D. Belcher, R. Cartney, Beth Cruikshank, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, M. Duncan, M. Goodeve, K. Gowenlock, M. Leonard
1933-1934
D. Belcher, Beth Cruikshank, E. Duncan, M. Duncan, G. Dubovsky, M. Goodeve, K. Gowanlock, M. MacSwain
1934-1935
D. Belcher, G. J. Coleman, Beth Cruikshank, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, M. Goodeve, K. Gowenlock, M. MacSwain
1935-1936
D. Belcher, J. Coleman, M. Davidson, M. Dobson, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, M. Goodeve, K. Gowenlock, M. A. Jackson
1936-1937
D. Belcher, M. Davidson, E. Duncan, G. Dubovsky, M. Goodeve, K. Gowanlock, C. McLeod
1937-1938
D. M. Bennett (exchange), M. Davidson, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, K. Gowanlock, C. McLeod
1938-1939
D. Belcher, M. Davidson, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, K. Gowanlock, E. Mack, C. McLeod
1939-1940
D. Belcher, M. Davidson, B. Donaldson, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, K. Gowanlock, E. Mack, C. McLeod, M. Pottruff
1940-1941
D. Belcher, M. Davidson, B. Donaldson, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, K. Gowanlock, E. Mack, C. McLeod, M. Pottruff
1941-1942
D. Belcher, M. Davidson, B. Donaldson, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, K. Gowenlock, E. Spencer
1942-1943
D. Belcher, M. Davidson, B. Donaldson, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, E. K. Hoole, C. Mass, E. Mudry, M. Prygrocki, A. M. Rothwell, E. Spencer
1943-1944
D. Belcher, M. Davidson, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, V. Eyolfson, B. Houle, C. Mass, M. Prygrocki, E. S. Spencer
1944-1945
E. M. Allen (exchange), M. Belyea, M. Davidson, E. M. Doyle, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, V. Eyolfson, B. Hoole, C. Leitch, M. Prygrocki
1945-1946
M. Davidson, E. M. Doyle, G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, V. Eyolfson, B. Hoole, L. Kobrinsky, C. Leitch, A. Mellor, M. Prygrocki, M. Thiebet
1946-1947
G. Dubovsky, E. Duncan, V. Eyolfson, M. Kelly, C. Leitch, M. McQuay, M. Prygrocki, T. Sorenson, M. Thiebet
1947-1948
M. R. Crossland, G. Dubovsky, V. Eyolfson, M. Kelly, C. Leitch, M. McQuay, M. Prygrocki, T. Sorenson, M. Thiebet
1948-1949
Miss G. Dubovsky, Miss V. Eyolfson, Miss C. Leitch, Miss M. McQuay, Miss T. Sorenson, Miss M. Prygrocki, Miss J. Thiebet
1949-1950
Miss G. M. Best, Miss G. Dubovsky, Miss V. Eyolfson, Miss C. Leitch, Mrs. E. Paxton, Miss J. C. Pelk, Miss M. Prygrocki, Miss T. Sorensen
1950-1951
Miss G. Dubovsky, Mrs. E. Giles, Miss M. Humphires, Miss M. K. Jonston, Miss C. Leitch, Mrs. I. Murdock, Mrs. E. Paxton, Miss W. Sadleir
1951-1952
Miss E. Davis, Miss G. Dubovsky, Mrs. E. Giles, Miss C. Leitch, Mrs. I. Murdock, Miss M. Newfeld, Mrs. E. Paxton, Miss W. Sadleir
1952-1953
Miss G. Dubovsky, William A. Dueck, Miss M. M. Gelley, Mrs. E. Giles, Mrs. J. Lecki, Miss M. Newfeld, Miss W. Sadleir, Miss M. Uranick
1953-1954
Mrs. W. Drummond, Miss G. Dubovsky, William A. Dueck, Mrs. J. Lecki, Miss C. Leitch, Miss M. Neufeld, Mrs. A. Sanders, Miss M. Uranick
1954-1955
Mrs. E. M. Anderson, Miss H. J. Compton, William A. Dueck, Mrs. J. Leckie, Mrs. W. Macintosh, Miss C. Overton, Mrs. A. Scorgie, Miss M. Uranick
1955-1956
Mrs. E. Anderson, Mrs. C. Cole, Miss H. Compton, William A. Dueck, Mrs. W. Macintosh, Miss C. Overton, Mrs. T. Pankratz, Miss A. Panteluk, Miss M. Uranick
1956-1957
Miss J. Black, J. Bock, Mrs. E. Butler, Mrs. C. Cole, Miss H. Compton, Mrs. W. Macintosh, Miss E. Macrovicz, Miss C. Overton, Mrs. T. Pankratz
1957-1958
Miss J. Black, Mr. J. Bock, Mrs. C. Cole, Miss H. Compton, Mrs. L. Kobrinsky, Mrs. W. Macintosh, Miss E. Macrovicz, Miss C. Overton, Miss E. Sutherland
1958-1959
Mrs. R. Bezeley, Miss M. Campbell, Mrs. C. Cole, Mrs. T. Erickson, Mrs. L. Kobrinsky, D. Kroeker, Mrs. W. Macintosh, Miss E. Sutherland, Mrs. H. Wilke
1959-1960
Mrs. C. Bjarnason, Miss M. Campbell, Miss L. Grant, Mrs. F. Jonasson, Mrs. L. Kobrinsky, D. Kroeker, Mrs. W. MacIntosh, Miss E. Sutherland, Mrs. S. Washington
1960-1961
Miss M. Campbell, Mrs. F. Jonasson, Mrs. E. Kennedy, Miss S. Kravtoaw, D. Kroeker, Mrs. W. Macintosh, Miss L. Manaigre, Mrs. A. Taplin
1961-1962
Mrs. A. M. Basic, Mrs. V. Galston, Mrs. F. J. Jonasson, Mrs. E. Keith, Mrs. E. Kennedy, Peter Emile Rybuck, Miss E. Silverman, Mrs. M. Spryszak
1962-1963
?
1963-1964
Mrs. O. Dolynchuk, Miss M. Huglit, Mrs. F. Jonasson, Mrs. E. Kennedy, Miss H. Martens, Peter Emile Rybuck, Miss E. Silverman, Mrs. M. Spryszak, Miss E. Ward
1964-1965
?
1965-1966
?
1966-1967
Mrs. V. Baker, Miss S. Brown, Mrs. O. Dolynchuk, Miss M. ?ivan, Mrs. F. Jonasson, Mrs. E. Kennedy, Miss F. Pogson, Peter Emile Rybuck, Mrs. J. Turple, Mrs. B. Wyse
1967-1968
Mrs. V. Baker, Miss L. Braun, Mrs. S. Brown, Mrs. O. Dolynchuk, Mrs. E. Edgett, Mrs. M. Eldred, Miss E. Flynn, Mrs. F. Green, Mrs. G. Horvath, Mrs. F. Jonasson, Mrs. E. Kennedy, Mrs. T. Kerr, Mrs. E. S. Klassen, Miss E. Leadbetter, Mrs. A. M. Lyons, Miss M. Pauls, Miss M. Pymm, Miss M. Routh, Peter Emile Rybuck, Miss C. Schellenberg, Miss D. Smitheran, Mrs. F. Stevenson, Mrs. A. Zadorozny
1968-1969
Mrs. V. Baker, Mrs. M. Bastiuk, Ray W. Burnside, Mrs. O. Dolynchuk, Miss D. Drysdale, Miss D. Dutton, Mrs. M. Earl, Mrs. M. Eldred, Miss N. Feechuk, Mrs. E. Flynn, Mrs. F. Green, Mrs. F. Jonasson, Mrs. E. Kennedy, Miss M. McEachran, Miss J. McKenzie, Miss B. Pymm, Mrs. M. Rechsiedler, Mrs. M. Rennie, Mrs. B. Resler, Mrs. M. Roach, Miss M. Routh, Peter Emile Rybuck, Miss C. Schellenberg, Mrs. D. Smitheran, Mrs. A. Turtle, D. Wilchowy
Architectural drawing of Dufferin School No. 2 (1896)
Source: Winnipeg School Board, Annual Report 1896, Legislative Library of Manitoba.
Dufferin School No. 2 (1899)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Winnipeg - Schools - Dufferin #4.
Dufferin School No. 3 (1936)
Source: Winnipeg School Division
Dufferin School No. 3 (April 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90620, W97.14793
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dufferin School No. 82 (RM of Montcalm)
“The public schools,” Winnipeg Daily Sun, 8 September 1881, page 4.
Annual Report 1896, Winnipeg Public School District No. 1, Legislative Library of Manitoba.
“The public schools,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 August 1898, page 2.
“Opening of city schools,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 2 September 1899, page 4.
“Assignment of teachers,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 1 September 1900, page 1.
“Holidays end Tuesday next,” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 31 August 1901, page 10.
“The staff of city teachers,” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 1 September 1902, page 3.
“City schools re-open Monday,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 August 1903.
“City schools open to-morrow,” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 31 August 1904, page 3.
“Assignment of Winnipeg teachers,” Manitoba Free Press, 2 September 1905.
“Changes in city schools,” Manitoba Free Press, 31 August 1907.
“Re-opening of schools,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1908, page 1.
“Teachers named for all schools,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 September 1910, page 3.
“Assignment of teachers for Winnipeg Schools which open on Sept. 15,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 September 1911, page 9.
“City schools staff assembling in Sept.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1912, page 8.
“Opening of the Winnipeg public schools has been set for Monday next,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 August 1913, pages 1 and 2.
“Here’s your teacher!” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 August 1914, page 6.
“School Board assigns teachers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 August 1915, page 9.
“Reduce staff of teachers at high schools Monday,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 August 1916, pages 1 & 12.
“Boundaries of schools are named,” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 24 August 1917, page 9.
“Complete plans to open schools Tuesday for 30,000 children,” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 30 August 1918, page 14.
“Teachers are selected for various grades,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1919, page 3.
“Winnipeg schools, No. 3—Dufferin,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 October 1922, page 6.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
Quiet Dignity: Aspects of Building Schools in the Winnipeg School Division No. 1, 1871-1928 by Giles Bugailiskis, MA thesis, Department of History, University of Manitoba, 1990.
Obituary [Ray Wallace Burnside], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 April 2005.
Dufferin School, 545 Alexander Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, December 2009.
Obituary [Peter Emile Rybuck], Winnipeg Free Press, 28 March 2020.
Winnipeg School Division: Celebrating One Hundred Fifty Years, 1871-2021 by Winnipeg School Division, 2021.
We thank the Winnipeg School Division, Nathan Kramer, George Penner, and Margaret Unger for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 August 2024
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