Memorable Manitobans: J. B. Theobald Hebert (1894-1972)

Financial broker, municipal official.

Born at Ste. Anne, Manitoba on 15 April 1894, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hebert, he was educated at St. Mary’s School (Winnipeg) and St. Boniface College. His first job was as a Cash Boy in Robinson’s store in Winnipeg. He later worked as a financial broker, was a Notary Public, and had the sole distributorship for the Free Press in St. Boniface.

On 3 August 1915, he married Andrea Valcourt (?-1961). They had four sons and three daughters. In 1920, at the age of 26, he was elected Alderman for the City of St. Boniface, the youngest such person to that time, and served for nearly 30 years, including a term as Chairman of the Finance Committee (1923). He served on the Federal Farm Loan Board (retiring in 1960), the Sanatorium Board of Manitoba, Metropolitan Town Planning Committee (Chairman), Land Inspectors Association (Life Member), Metro Board of Appeals (retiring in 1971), and Liberal Party of Manitoba (Life Member). In recognition of his community service, he was inducted into the Manitoba Order of the Buffalo Hunt.

He was a member of the St. Boniface Kiwanis Club (President), St. Jean Baptiste Society (President), Director of the Knights of Columbus (Winnipeg Council), and the Roman Catholic Church. In 1925, he lived 850 Tache Avenue, St. Boniface.

He died at his Winnipeg home, 740 Tache Avenue, on 18 May 1972 and was buried in St. Boniface Cemetery. He is commemorated by Hebert Street in Winnipeg.

Sources:

Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 20 May 1972, page 39.

This profile was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 22 December 2012

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