Born at Snowflake on 2 February 1929, son of Leonard Clark Leader (1901-1990) and Marjorie Eleanor Boyd (1899-1983), he received an architectural degree from the University of Manitoba in 1954. He was employed by LM Architectural Group for most of his career but was self-employed from 1975 to 1980. He retired in 1999. He and wife Gail Elaine Purdom (1939-2003) had eight children. He died at Winnipeg on 15 October 2001 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
151 Princess Street, Winnipeg
1965
Demolished (2020)
1707 John Brebeuf Place, Winnipeg
1965
Manitoba Teachers Society Building
Winnipeg
?
Winnipeg Convention Centre
Winnipeg
?
Morden Research Centre
Morden
?
Lakeview Square Development
Winnipeg
?
Marriage registration [Leonard Clark Leader, Marjorie Elenor Boyd], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 22 October 2001.
“We will not forget them,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 2001, page B3.
Obituary [Gail Elaine Leader], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 July 2003.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 June 2021
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