Lawyer.
Born at La Riviere on 12 August 1897, son of Samuel Alsaker and Christina Smith, he entered Wesley College but left to serve in the First World War. He returned after the war and received a BA degree then articled with Price Montague in the firm of Pitblado & Hoskin. He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1925 and continued with the firm for 40 years. During the Second World War, from 1941 to 1945, he was on loan from the firm to the Wartime Prices and Trades Board as Enforcement Counsel for Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
On 12 July 1929, he married Florence Emma Hitchcock (1906-2005) at Souris and they subsequently had two children: Bruce Alsaker and Joan Alsaker (wife of ? Brooke). The family lived at 287 Brock Street.
He died at the Grace Hospital on 21 April 1965.
Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Oscar Samuel Alsaker, Florence Emma Hitchcock], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 22 April 1965, page 14.
Learned Friends, Reiminiscences - Pitblado & Hoskin 1882-1974 by Anna Tillenius.
Obituary [Florence Emma Alsaker], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 March 2005.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 July 2026
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