Farmer, seed grower.
Born at Neepawa on 18 February 1919, son of William McIntyre and Mae Ellen McNarland, his early childhood was spent at Kelwood. He completed his formal education at Elphinstone School then he farmed and was a pedigreed seed grower near Elphinstone, receiving several prizes for his work. His wheat received the Royal Bank trophic at the Brandon Winter Fair (1956) and his rye grass seed received first prize at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair at Toronto (1973).
He served as a director (four years) and President (two years) of the Manitoba Seed Growsers' Association. He was a National Director of the Canadian Seed Growers' Association (eight years). He served on the Elphinstone School Board (18 years), 15 of them as Chairman. He was Secretary for the local board of Manitoba Pool Elevators (38 years) and a board member for the local Presbyterian church.
On 22 July 1950, he married Eileen Laycock (?-?) and they had a son and two daughters. In 1992, he retired to Brandon but continued to spend summers at Elphinstone.
He died at the Brandon General Hospital on 10 July 1994 and was buried in the Bend Cemetery. He was inducted posthumously to the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame (2011).
Birth registration [William Bernon McIntyre], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Brandon Sun, 12 July 1994, page 8.
Obituary, Brandon Sun, 16 July 1994, page 12.
“McIntyre named to Ag Hall of Fame,” Erickson South Mountain Press, 8 April 2011, page 1.
We thank Bonnie Zimmer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 October 2026
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