This two-storey concrete and brick building on Portage Avenue in Winnipeg was designed by the architectural firm of Green Blankstein Russell and Associates and constructed in 1954 by the Peter Leitch Construction Company as the headquarters for the Manitoba Power Commission (MPC), replacing space it had occupied in the Canada Building.
The building was opened officially on 16 November 1954 at a ceremony attended by Premier Douglas Lloyd Campbell, MPC General Manager William David Fallis, Minister of Public Utilities Charles Lemington Shuttleworth, and MPC Chairman Robert Charles Smellie.
Manitoba Power Commission Building (c1955)
Source: Winnipeg Building Index, MPCBGBR-51ASite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88509, W97.17767
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Green Blankstein Russell and Associates
Manitoba Business: Peter Leitch Construction Company
“Premier opens Manitoba Power Commission HQ,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 November 1954, page 6.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 May 2020
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