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Arthur Herbert Hoole
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Educator.
Born at Leeds, England in 1889, he came to Canada in 1914 and, after completing teacher training at the Normal School in Winnipeg, he taught in rural Manitoba, serving as Principal of Grey School (1915-1918), Rapid City School (1918-1920), and Shoal Lake School (1920-1924). He joined the Winnipeg School Division in 1924. Earning his BA and MA from the University of Manitoba, he taught at Kelvin High School (1929-1933) and Daniel McIntyre High School (1924-1929, 1933-1945) then he became Principal of General Wolfe School (1945-1955).
Retiring from the Winnipeg School Division in 1955, he joined the English Department at St. John’s College and lectured there until 1968, becoming a fellow of the college. He also developed an English program for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba and lectured there and compiled and wrote a textbook Fundamentals of Clear Writing which has become a text in several schools and colleges across Canada. The Institute of Chartered Accountants honored him in 1954, when he was made an honorary Chartered Accountant. He was active in the Manitoba Teacher’s Society and became Editor of the Society’s monthly magazine in the late 1930s. He was President of the Manitoba Educational Association (1940-1941).
While in the United Kingdom, he married May Anne Davies (1881-1970) and they had five children: C. Rene Hoole (1912-1998), Arthur Herbert Hoole (1916-?), Kenneth Hoole (?-?), Kate Elizabeth “Betty” Hoole (1917-?, wife of Harrison Bounds), and Mary Margaret Davies “Peggy” Hoole (1922-?, wife of Donald McGillivray). The family lived at 1489 Wellington Crescent (circa 1970). He took part in Winnipeg Little Theatre productions and had his own program on CBC Radio from 1935 to 1936, also being in demand as a public speaker. A devout Anglican, he attended St. Patrick's Anglican Church and St. Aidan's Anglican Church, having served as Vestryman, People's Warden, and Rector's Warden, and he sang in the choir.
He died at Winnipeg on 30 March 1991 and was buried in the St. John's Cathedral Cemetery.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Birth registrations [Arthur Herbert Hoole, Kate Elizabeth Hoole, Mary Margaret Davies Hoole], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Principals appointed for city schools,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 June 1945, page 4.
The History of the Manitoba Educational Association by Ernest Butterworth, MEd thesis, Faculty of Graduate Study and Research, University of Manitoba, 1965.
Obituary [May Ann Hoole], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 March 1970, page 37.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, Saturday, 6 April 1991, page 42.
Obituary [C. Rene Hoole], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 October 1998, page 16.
Obituary [Freda Mary Hoole], Winnipeg Free Press, 9 May 2000.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Kris Keen and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 January 2026
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