Memorable Manitobans: George Lindsay Gardner (1901-1997)

Civil servant.

Born at Dublin, Ireland in 1901, he came to Canada at the age of 12, finishing public school at Winnipeg in 1917. His first job after leaving school was working in the office of C. J. Brown where he was employed as a stenographer. After around 30 years of service in the department of civic administration, he became clerk of the City of Winnipeg, serving from 1948 to 1962. He concurrently occupied the position of clerk of the Greater Winnipeg Sanitary and Water Districts.

He retired to Victoria, British Columbia where he died, unmarried, on 3 March 1997.

Sources:

“Clerk of the corporation,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 September, 1948. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B10, page 49]

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 13 April 1997, page 24.

This profile was prepared by Sarah Ramsden.

Profile revised: 30 June 2010

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