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Joseph Edouard Zepherin Guilbault
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Hardware merchant, contractor, municipal official.
Born at St. Paul, Quebec on 7 September 1866, son of Medard Guilbauilt, he was educated at Montreal and attended St. Laurent College. He came to Manitoba in 1883 and, from 1887 to 1900, he operated a hardware business at St. Boniface. In 1900, he organized the Guilbault Company with himself as President and General Manager, dealing in coal and wood, and operating the Bithulithic and Contracting Company as a subsidiary. The latter company built most of the roads in St. Boniface, St. Vital, Fort Garry, and Assiniboia, and the waterworks and sewers in St. Vital.
On 21 October 1891, he married Georgine Magar (1871-1939, daughter of Victor Mager) and they had seven children: Joseph Christophe Victor Guilbault (1892-1969), Priscilla Guilbauilt (1893-1971, wife of Senator John Davis), Jeanne Guilbauilt (1895-1905), August Guilbauilt (1898-1970), Joseph Edouard Guilbauilt (1900-1972), Georgina Guilbauilt (1904-1997, wife of Tom Kenniff), and Marie Louise Guilbault 1910-1985, wife of John Costello). In 1910, he was elected as a St. Boniface alderman, and served as Chairman of the Police and Fire Committees. He was also a director of the St. Boniface Board of Trade and President of the St. Boniface Liberal Association. He was a member of the Carleton Club, COF, CMBA, and Alliance Nationale.
He died at his St. Boniface home, 52 La Verendrye Street, on 15 September 1916 and was buried in the St. Boniface Cemetery. He is commemorated by Guilbault Street in Winnipeg.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Birth, marriage, and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Ald. Guilbault of St. Boniface dead,” Manitoba Free Press, 15 September 1916.
“Ald. Guilbault, ill month, dead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 September 1916, page 11.
Obituary [Victor C. Guilbauilt], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 June 1969, page 29.
We thank Michael Costello for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 April 2026
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