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John N. McFadden
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Lawyer.
Born at Neepawa on 3 December 1888, son of John James McFadden and Elizabeth Caroline Williams, he was educated at Neepawa, St. John’s College (Winnipeg), and Osgoode Hall (Toronto). He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1911 and practiced law for three years before moving to Dauphin in 1914. He was made a King’s Counsel in 1939.
He was involved, along with Duncan D. McDonald, in the founding of Riding Mountain National Park, in 1930. He also served as President of the Dauphin Board of Trade, Vice-President of the Manitoba Board of Trade, President of the Manitoba School Trustees Association (1937-1939), Chairman of the Dauphin School Board, President of the Manitoba Bar Association (1950-1951), and President of the Dauphin Horticultural Assocation. He was a member of the Masons (Vermilion Lodge No. 68) and Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba, President of the Dauphin Rotary Club, and was District Governor of Rotary International.
In 1915, he married Madge Isabel Poole (1893-1982, niece of John Silas Poole) at Baldur. They had four children: Alice Elizabeth McFadden (1916-?, wife of Jack R. Taylor), John Albert McFadden (1918-1944), Nora Irene McFadden (1920-?, wife of J. Ross Kelly), and Edith Madge McFadden (1921-?, wife of Robert P. Bales).
He died at Dauphin on 1 April 1956 and was buried in the Dauphin Riverside Cemetery.
See also:
Birth Pangs of a National Park by Charles T. Thomas
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 15, Number 1, Winter 1970Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riding Mountain National Park Monument (Wasagaming, Riding Mountain National Park)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riding Mountain Visitor Centre (Wasagaming, Riding Mountain National Park)
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Birth registrations [Alice Elizabeth McFadden, John Albert McFadden, Nora Irene McFadden, Edith Madge McFadden], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Dauphin lawyer buried,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 April 1956, page 12.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 March 2023
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