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George Hunter
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Educator, school inspector.
Born at Portadown, Northern Ireland in 1873, where he received his early education, he attended Trinity College Dublin then began teaching school and held several headmasterships in England prior to coming to Canada in the summer of 1912.
He was appointed Principal of the Alexandra School in Brandon and, in 1914, became a School Inspector based at Deloraine. He held this position until retirement in January 1940.
He and wife Emily Bond (1878-1960) had three children: Alys Danton “Alice” Hunter, Harry B. Hunter (?-?), and William George Hunter (1914-1944). An active Mason, he was a life member of the Northern Light Lodge and was Grand Master for Manitoba in 1930. He died at Winnipeg on 25 April 1952 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
Birth registration [William George Hunter], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“George Hunter, provincial educator, dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 April 1952. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B10]
“Mother of school trustee dead at 81,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 March 1960, page 8.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Curt Belton for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 August 2025
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