Community activist.
Born at Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan on 5 June 1923 to Andrea Marie Antoinette Morel (1895-1991) and Camille Francois Bouillet (1888-1964), he served his country with distinction in the Royal Canadian Infantry Regiment during the Second World War, in Italy, France, Germany, and Holland, and received the Canadian and British Empire medals.
He returned to Saskatchewan and in 1947 married Adriana “Ginger” Van der Lee (1924-2012), whom he had met in Holland at the end of the war, and with whom he went on to have three children. He began farming at Ochre River in 1948, then became a Commissionaire at the Royal Canadian Air base at Gimli in 1956. In 1967, he was employed at the Seagram Distillery at Gimli, advancing his career to Plant Personnel and Safety Manager. He retired in 1989.
He was very involved in the Gimli community, serving on the Evergreen School Board for two terms, one term as Chairperson. For 20 years he was a volunteer Fire Chief of the Town of Gimli and the Rural Municipality of Gimli Fire Department, including 10 years on the Board of Directors of the Manitoba Fire Chiefs Association.
Upon retirement in 1989, he and his wife moved to Kelowna, British Columbia. He was an avid golfer and founding member of the Michael Brook Ranch Golf Club, the Probus Club of Kelowna, and an active member of the Kelowna Immaculate Conception Church. In 2009, the couple moved to Calgary to be closer to their family.
He died at Calgary, Alberta on 7 January 2013.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 January 2013.
“Hubert Joseph Bouillet,” Wilkinson-Way-de Vries Family Tree, Ancestry.
This page was prepared by Lois Braun.
Page revised: 16 October 2026
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