Alfred Doig (1856-1939)

Hardware merchant, MLA (1892-1895), MLA (1896-1899).

He came to Manitoba from Bolton, Ontario around 1894 and set up a hardware business at Glenboro. He also farmed in the vicinity. He represented the Cypress constituency in the Manitoba Legislature from 1892 to 1899. Known as the “father of curling” in Glenboro, he was an honorary life member of the Manitoba Curling Association, and a member of the Glenboro Masonic Lodge. He died at Glenboro on 2 May 1939 and was buried in the local cemetery.

Sources:

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

“Alfred Doig dies in 84th year at Glenboro home” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 May 1939.

Profile revised: 29 January 2010

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