John Cardale (1860-?)

Farmer, municipal official.

Born in England, he farmed in the RM of Blanshard and served as Councillor and Reeve of Blanshard. On 27 June 1883, he married Jessie Stewart, in the RM of Ivanhoe. He was the first Secretary-Treasurer of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities, departing in 1913 to take a position as Emigration Officer with the Canadian government at Bristol, England.

He is commemorated by the village of Cardale in western Manitoba.

Sources:

1891 Canada census, Ancestry.

Marriage registration for J. Cardale, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Geographical Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation.

This profile was written by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 12 October 2009

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