Arthur Ritchie Berry (1879-1943)

Farmer, MLA (1923-1927), MLA (1927-1932), MLA (1933-1936).

He was born at Owen Sound, Ontario and came as an infant with his family to the Manitou district of Manitoba, who later emigrated to North Dakota. In 1905, Berry returned to Manitoba, to the Grandview area where he farmed. He served asa member of the Grandview town council forseven years, and waselected a member of the Manitoba Legislature for Gilbert Plains in 1921, serving until 1936. He retired from farming in 1933 and interested himself in co-operative movements.

He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 23 July 1943, after an illness of two weeks. The Grandview Exponent eulogized him thusly: "The death of Mr. Berry takes away from the District one of its earliest settlers. Arthur, as we all called him, was the type of man that passes through life, gathering a host of friends and making no enemies. Loved and respected by all of his acquaintances, he was ever ready to give service, kind and thoughtful to others, serving his community when called upon, and ever willing to sacrifice his own time that it might benefit others."

Source:

Western Municipal News, August 1943, page 195.

Profile revised: 6 May 2008

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