Memorable Manitobans: William Wallace McMillan (1852-1928)

Grain merchant.

Born in Ontario in 1852, brother of Daniel H. McMillan, he came to Winnipeg in June 1875, and worked in a foundry and machinery business owned by John McKechnie until 1882 when he turned to the milling and grain business. He dropped out of the milling business in 1902 to concentrate on grain. In 1904, McMillan, along with other grain merchants Samuel Peck Clark, Alexander Reid, John Love, and William Henry McWilliams, formed the North-West Grain Dealers’ Association. He was Vice-President of the Alberta Grain Company and Vice-President of the Dominion Elevator Company under President Frederick Phillipps. He was a member of the Manitoba Club, St. Charles Country Club, and Carleton Club. Liberal; Presbyterian.

In 1911, McMillan was President and Managing Director of the Dominion Elevator Company, Grain Exchange, Winnipeg.

He died while vacationing in Miami, Florida on 23 February 1928 and was returned to Winnipeg for burial in the family plot in Elmwood Cemetery.

Sources:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, 1911. C. W. Parker, editor. Canadian Press Association, Vancouver.

A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.

1891 Canada census, Ancestry.

Obituary, Manitoba Free Press, 28 February 1928, page 21.

This profile was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 23 February 2012

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