Antoine S. “Tony” Lussier

Historian.

Born at St. Eustache in June 1947, into a Metis family of 11 children, he studied at the University of Winnipeg (BA) and the University of Manitoba, receiving BEd, MEd, and PhD degrees from the latter. He taught Native Studies at Brandon University. He was a co-author of Off and Running - Horse Racing in Manitoba (1978).

His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:

The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 23, Number 4, Summer 1978

Horse Racing at River Park by Harry Rudd (edited by A. S. Lussier)
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 24, Number 2, Winter 1979

Sources:

“Lecturer brings sense of lightness to problems of the Metis,” Brandon Sun, 19 March 1977, page 9.

Biography, GoodReads.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 March 2023