Memorable Manitobans: Herman Saltzman (?-?)

Herman Saltzman Click to enlarge

Civil engineer, political activist.

A Russian Jewish immigrant, he received a degree in civil engineering from the University of Manitoba and was a Labour candidate for the Winnipeg North constituency in the 1914 provincial general election. He was living in Winnipeg in early 1917 but his whereabouts after this time are unknown.

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Leland Theatre	572 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg	1912	Demolished (?)
Harris Block	267 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg	1913
Aurora Block	567 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg	1914
Diamond Court / Flora Apartments	220 Flora Avenue, Winnipeg	1914	Demolished (?)
Fairbairn Block	208 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg	1914	Demolished (?)
Provisor Block	310 Redwood Avenue, Winnipeg	1914
Vogel Apartments	277 Atlantic Avenue, Winnipeg	1914

See also:

Radical Politics in Winnipeg: 1899-1915 by A. Ross McCormack
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 29, 1972-1973 Season

Sources:

“Russian oppressors after the refugee,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 May 1909, page 1.

“West Winnipeg,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 August 1910, page 4.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

“City and district,” Manitoba Free Press, 27 December 1915, page 5.

Aurora Block, 567 Selkirk Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, December 2009.

We thank Nathan Kramer and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 September 2022

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