Solomon Hart Green (1885-?)

Lawyer, MLA (1911-1914).

Born at St. John, New Brunswick on 23 October 1885, son of Louis and E. Green, he was educated at King’s College of Nova Scotia. He was admitted to the New Brunswick Bar in 1906 and commenced a law practise, coming to Winnipeg the next year. In 1911, he was a barrister with the firm of Chapman & Green, 1010 McArthur Building, Winnipeg. He was Vice-President of the Dominion Fur Auction Sales Limited, Vice-President of Sterling Securities Corporation, and President of the Standard Finance Corporation.

He was married with three sons and a daughter. In 1910, he was elected to the Manitoba Legislature for North Winnipeg. He was a member and past master of the AF & AM and past-President of B’nai B’rith. Recreation: baseball. Liberal. In 1911, he lived at 143 Polson Avenue, Winnipeg.

Sources:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, 1911. C. W. Parker, editor. Canadian Press Association, Vancouver.

“Men of Winnipeg in Diamond Jubilee Sketches” Winnipeg Free Press, December 1934. [Winnipeg Elite Study, G. Friesen Fonds, Mss 154, Box 15, File 8, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections]

Profile revised: 30 January 2010

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