Memorable Manitobans: David Balfour (1937-1991)

Lawyer, community leader.

Born in Winnipeg, Balfour was raised in Flin Flon and graduated from the University of Manitoba in arts in 1961. He received a law degree from the University of Manitoba and joined the firm of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman in 1966. Active in the Manitoba Red Cross for many years, he was Canadian president from 1975 to 1977. He was president of the Canadian Disaster Relief Fund from 1978 to 1893 and president of Winnipeg Meals On Wheels from 1979 to 1981.

He died in Winnipeg.

Source:

Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by J. M. Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.

Profile revised: 25 January 2008

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