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Manitoba Business: St. James Leader

This weekly newspaper based in St. James was founded in 1913 by Lewis Edwin Murphy. In 1962, it merged with the St. Vital Lance to become the St. James Lance but operated for less than a year before ceasing publication in February 1963.

Editors

Period

Editor

1913-1929

Lewis Edwin Murphy (1860-1937)

1915-1929

Lewis Edwin Murphy (1860-1937)
Luther Edwy Murphy (1860-1935)

1929-1933

?

1933-1962

Alfred William “Bill” Hanks (1894-1985)

Reporters/Journalists

Reporter/Journalist

Period

Title(s)

J. Margot Brown Chester (1916-2010)

1950s

Charleswood Correspondent

Roger Newman (1935-2021)

1956-1958

Reporter

Garth Fenton Pickell (1918-2005)

1941-?

Columnist

Robert Neill “Bob” Waldon (1932-2020)

?

 

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Leader Building (1895 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

Sources:

“Weekly newspaper to cease publication,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 February 1963, page 10.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 October 2022
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