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Hugh MacIntyre
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Merchant, municipal official.
Born at Glasgow, Scotland in 1883, he came to Canada and the Pipestone district of Manitoba in 1904. After working on local farms and in the Pipestone post office until 1913, he became a hardware merchant in Pipestone.
In 1924, he was elected as a councillor for the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, a position he held for over 20 years. He represented the Western Judicial District of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities (1938-1943), served one year as its Vice-President, and President (1945-1946). He was a member of the Manitoba Municipal Assessment Equalization and Appeal Board.
On 28 June 1915, he married Mabel W. Spurr (1884-1952) at Pipestone and they had three children: John “Jack” MacIntyre (?-?), Catherine MacIntyre (?-?, wife of Cecil Bean), and Joyce MacIntyre (?-?, wife of Robert McRory. He was an elder of the Pipestone United Church and superintendent of its Sunday School. He was a member of the regional advisory committee under The Veterans' Land Act and served on the board of the Children's Aid Society.
He died at Brandon on 18 July 1953, and was buried in the Pipestone Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Hugh McIntyre, Mabel Spurr], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Municipalities ex-President, Macintyre dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 July 1953.
“Active figure in municipal affairs dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 July 1953, page 26.
Obituary, Western Municipal News, August 1953, page 247.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 December 2022
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