Memorable Manitobans: Louis Wilfred Moffatt (1887-?)

Professor of history, Wesley College.

Born in Medonte Township, Simcoe County, 1887. Son of William Francis Moffatt and Sarah Beard. Married Margaret Stewart of Edinburgh, Scotland. Educated at Medonte Township School, Orillia Collegiate, Toronto University and University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Family came to Canada from Inniskillen, Ireland; settled in Simcoe county, Ontario; grandfather, farmer; father, a contractor and builder. Dr. Moffatt taught school in early life in Ontario. Entered Victoria College, 1911. Was a probationer of the Methodist Church on circuit for two years, 1909-11. Joined Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914. Appointed chaplain, 15^th Battalion; overseas, France, June 1915; 2^nd Brigade until April 1916; 15^th Battalion until March 1917; became senior chaplain, 2^nd Division, until after Passchendaele; returned to Canada on eight weeks’leave; hospital duty in Edinburgh until August 1918; senior chaplain; 3^rd Division, until Armistice; rejoined 3^rd Brigade and went into Germany with Canadians; demobilized and took course at Edinburgh University (Ph.D.) 1921. Returned to Canada, one year on circuit work, Sault Ste. Marie (Methodist Church); appointed in 1922 lecturer in history, Wesley College, Winnipeg; invited to become pastor of Broadway Methodist Church, Winnipeg. Member of the Orange Order. Member, Masonic Fraternity. A keen student of economics; author of England on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution. Dr. Moffatt was twice mentioned in dispatches while serving overseas, June 1917 and January 1918. Address, Wesley College, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Source:

Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.

Profile revised: 31 October 2008

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