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Memorable Manitobans: Robert Theodore “Bob” Bockstael (1923-2017)
Building contractor, MP (1979-1980), MP (1980-1984).
Born at St. Boniface on 15 February 1923, one of nine children of Theodore Bockstael and Marie VanBelleghem (?-?), he worked for Bockstael Construction, a firm founded by his father in 1909, and served as a school trustee (?-?) and city councillor (1973-1979). Defeated as a Liberal candidate for the St. Boniface constituency in a 1978 federal by-election, he was elected in the 1979 federal general election, re-elected in 1980, and defeated in 1984. In recognition of his community service, he received a Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2002). He died at Winnipeg on 28 June 2017.
Sources:
“Savoie edges Farrell in hot Tache election,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 1979, page 3.
“Theodore Bockstael dies in hospital,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 December 1958, page 8.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 4 July 2017.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 June 2023
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