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Memorable Manitobans: Herman Saltzman (?-?)
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Herman Saltzman
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Civil engineer, political activist.
A Russian Jewish immigrant, he received a degree in civil engineering from the University of Manitoba and was a Labour candidate for the Winnipeg North constituency in the 1914 provincial general election. He was living in Winnipeg in early 1917 but his whereabouts after this time are unknown.
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
Leland Theatre
572 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg
1912
Demolished (?)
267 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg
1913
567 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg
1914
Diamond Court / Flora Apartments
220 Flora Avenue, Winnipeg
1914
Demolished (?)
Fairbairn Block
208 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg
1914
Demolished (?)
310 Redwood Avenue, Winnipeg
1914
277 Atlantic Avenue, Winnipeg
1914
See also:
Radical Politics in Winnipeg: 1899-1915 by A. Ross McCormack
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 29, 1972-1973 Season
Sources:
“Russian oppressors after the refugee,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 May 1909, page 1.
“West Winnipeg,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 August 1910, page 4.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
“City and district,” Manitoba Free Press, 27 December 1915, page 5.
Aurora Block, 567 Selkirk Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, December 2009.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 September 2022
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