Martin Kavanagh Arrives in Brandon

introduced by Jim Blanchard
Winnipeg, Manitoba

by Martin Kavanagh, Kevin Kavanagh, and Sean Kavanagh

Manitoba History, Number 56, October 2007

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Notes

1. Martin Kavanagh died in 1987. Here he is referring to hotel rates in the early 1980s.

2. The construction of the Trans-Canada highway began in 1950. The highway was declared open in 1962. See Trans-Canada Highway, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com

3. The North Hill Road referred to here is currently named Braecrest Drive.

4. The Brandon Street Railway was inaugurated in 1913 and discontinued in 1932.

5. For an account of the struggle of Brandon teachers to gain reasonable salaries in the years immediately prior to the arrival of Martin Kavanagh in Brandon see Tom Mitchell, “‘We Must Stand Fast for the Sake of Our Profession’: Teachers, Collective Bargaining, and the Brandon Schools Controversy of 1922,” Journal of Canadian Studies 26(1), Spring 1991.

6. “S.P.C.” refers to St. Peter’s College, Summerhill, Wexford, Ireland. Martin Kavanagh took his secondary schooling at St. Peter’s. On St. Peter’s College see www.wexfordweb.com/st_peters.htm.

7. Stocks sold on the New York Stock Exchange began a precipitous decline in September 1929 just as Martin Kavanagh began his service at Brandon Collegiate Institute. “Black Thursday” took place on 24 October 1929.

8. The federal election of 1930 was held on 28 July 1930. In Brandon, T. A. Crerar was elected in a by-election in Brandon on 5 February 1930 following the appointment to the Senate of erstwhile progressive leader Robert Forke, only to be defeated by Conservative David Beaubier in the 28 July 1930 general election.

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