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Walter Lynch
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Stock breeder.
Born in Middlesex County, Canada West (now Ontario) on 8 July 1835, brother of James Spencer Lynch and uncle of Edwin David Lynch, he came to Manitoba in 1870, returning to the Portage Plains in 1871 and locating at Totogan on the Whitemud River.
About 1873 he and Kenneth MacKenzie brought registered short horns all the way from Guelph, Ontario. These were brought in by way of St. Paul, then to Winnipeg by boat, and driven to their destination on the Whitemud River. Lynch was the first to breed short horn cattle in Manitoba. His bull, Scottish Canadian, bred by him and typical of his herd, won first honours against every other class at the Winnipeg Industrial Fair in 1905. He believed in agricultural education, and was one of the earliest and most ardent advocates of the Manitoba Agricultural College, serving on its Board. He was a candidate for the Westbourne constituency in the 1874 provincial general election.
He died unmarried at Westbourne on 19 June 1908 and was buried in the St. George’s Anglican Cemetery. He was inducted posthumously into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lynch Party Monument (RM of Portage la Prairie)
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Tread of the Pioneers, written and edited by Joseph H. Metcalfe and published by the Portage la Prairie and District Old Timers’ Association, 1932.
Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Manitoba Library Association, 1971.
We thank Brad Lynch and Allen Brown for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 17 June 2026
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