|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manitoba Business: Portage Mutual Insurance CompanyLink to: In 1884 a group of farmers around Portage la Prairie met to discuss the difficulty in obtaining insurance on farm property. They decided to form a company and, in October 1884, obtained a charter from the Manitoba Legislature for the Portage la Prairie Mutual Fire Insurance Company. This was the first cooperative insurance company in western Canada. The founding members were as follows:
Presidents
Managers
Sources:Tread of the Pioneers, written and edited by Joseph H. Metcalfe and published by the Portage la Prairie and District Old Timers’ Association, 1932. A Century of Service, 1884-1984: The Portage Mutual Insurance Company (1984). This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 8 September 2023 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|