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Edward Marshall Maguire
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Educator.
Born at Melville, Saskatchewan on 6 August 1915, eldest son of Henry Dougal Marshall Maguire (1876-1955) and Minota Garrioch (1887-1964), he came to Winnipeg at an early age and graduated from Daniel McIntyre Collegiate at the age of 16 years.
He began teaching school in rural Manitoba, including service as the Principal of Hodgson School (1933-1934), Ochre School (1937-1940), and Plumas School (1940-1941). During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, returning to Winnipeg in 1945 with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. He completed baccalaureate degrees in Arts and Education then resumed his teaching career, at George V School (1947-1950). In the early 1950s, he spent three years as Director of the Afghan Institute of Technology at Kabul, Afghanistan.
Returning to Winnipeg, he served as Vice-Principal and Principal in the Winnipeg School Division, including appointments at the Technical Vocational High School (1951-1952), Lord Selkirk School (1955-1956, 1969-1972), Aberdeen School (1958-1962), Norquay School (1963-1964), Luxton School (1966-1969), and Isaac Brock School (1972-1977). He retired in 1977. He was a member of the executive committee of the Winnipeg Teachers’ Association, including a term as its President.
On 27 September 1952, he married schoolteacher Janet Alison Gemmel (1923-2000) at Elim Chapel and they had two sons and a daughter. He served as Sunday School Superintendent at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church.
He died at Winnipeg on 5 June 2005.
Birth registration [Edward Marshall Maguire], Saskatchewan Vital Statistics.
“Engagement notices,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 September 1952, page 14.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Obituary [Janet Alison Maguire], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 January 2000.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 June 2005.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 September 2025
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