Hugh Northcote Baird (1877-1948)

Businessman.

Born at Montreal, Quebec in 1877, son of John Baird, he was educated at Montreal public school. In 1902, he came to Winnipeg and commenced a career in the export grain business. He served on the council of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange; president, 1908-1909. In 1911, he was a stock, bond and grain broker with the firm of Baird & Botterell in the Grain Exchange Building, Winnipeg. In 1919 he was Chair of the Finance Committee of the Citizen’s Committee of 1,000. In 1924 he became head of the National Steel Car Company of Montreal.

In 1904, he married Lillian Edith Pender of Montreal. They had a son and a daughter. He was a member of the Manitoba Club and St. Charles Country Club, serving as President of the latter from 1923 to 1924.

Sources:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, 1911. C. W. Parker, editor. Canadian Press Association, Vancouver.

Profile revised: 28 December 2009

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