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A monument, situated in front of the present MacGregor Elementary School, commemorates MacGregor School, formally established in September 1883 with a building erected at NW33-11-10W in 1886. It was replaced by a two-storey brick structure designed by Winnipeg architect Henry Sandham Griffith, constructed in 1903, later enlarged with a two-storey addition, and demolished in 1975. Its bell sits atop a monument in front of the MacGregor Elementary School.
As of 1 January 1965, MacGregor School became part of MacGregor Consolidated School No. 2434, along with several schools in the vicinity, including Beaver Creek School No. 103, Birmingham School No. 2086, Chipping Hill School No. 488, Emmeline School No. 683, Image Creek School No. 712, Macaulay School No. 1159, Path Head School No. 675, Southend School No. 1158, and Squirrel Creek School No. 76.
Construction of MacGregor Collegiate, across the road from MacGregor Elementary School, began in 1956 and was completed in 1957. Senior students moved into the building in November 1957 with an official opening ceremony in January 1958.
Period
Principal
1898-1899
Benjamin Jones Hales (1868-1945)
1899-1900
?
1900-1903
Archibald L. McLean
1903-1904
Francis Henry “Frank” Belton (1869-1936)
1904-1908
William Moore (1872-1956)
1908-1909
Douglas Leader Durkin (1884-1967)
1909-1910
R. A. Downey
1910-1912
?
1912-1913
Alfred James Struthers (1889-1979)
1913-1915
John Cunningham Anderson (1862-1929)
1915-1916
Walter Gard Jose (1878-1948)
1916-1917
William Skidmore (c1885-?)
1917-1919
Alfred James Struthers (c1890-?)
1919-1920
M. E. MacGregor
1920-1931
Winfred Elmore Marsh (1872-1932)
1931-1934
Fanny Ivy Parr (1907-1966)
1934-1935
Charles Kenneth “Ken” Gorrie (1910-1990)
1935-1936
Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1936-1940
Wesley Sterling McGill (1904-1986)
1940-1942
John Ensworth Morison (1896-1983)
1942-1948
Leopold Raymond Labossiere (1913-1969)
1948-1951
Vivian Clarkson “Clark” Hardy (1897-1982)
1951-1952
T. D. McKie
1952-1956
Norman Ernest Wright (1906-1957)
1956-1957
G. Bergen
1957-1969
?
1969-1970
L. B. Patterson
1970-1989
?
1989-?
Malcolm Burt
Among the teachers at MacGregor School were Wilfrid B. “Wilf” Book (1938-?), Agnes S. Crickard (1953), John Alfred Hammond, William J. Grant (c1896), and William Vladimir “Bill” Domitrack.
Period
Principal
1957-1958
Ken Stanway
1958-1959
M. Desrosiers
1959-1960
Helen Jean Hampton (1902-1985)
1960-1961
Gordon Alexander Henderson (1920-1993)
1961-1963
G. E. Raymer
1963-1965
Helen Jean Hampton (1902-1985)
1965-1966
C. J. Bender
1966-1968
H. Schroeder
1968-1973
S. Konopski
1973-c1975
?
c1975-c1983
David Edwin “Dave” Simpkin (?-1987)
c1983-1986
?
1986-?
Darwin Sidney Crabbe
No information.
Postcard view of MacGregor School (no date) by William J. Bates
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2020-0122
Postcard view of MacGregor School (no date) by Charles I. Meyers
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 85.
MacGregor School (July 1967)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - MacGregor 1.
MacGregor School commemorative monument (September 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
MacGregor School commemorative monument (October 2024)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.96901, W98.78138
denoted by symbol on the map above
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Tim Pennell for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 March 2024
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