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 (?)

Harris Block

267 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

 

Aurora Block

567 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

 

Diamond Court / Flora Apartments

220 Flora Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

Demolished (?)

Fairbairn Block

208 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

Demolished (?)

Provisor Block

310 Redwood Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

 

Vogel Apartments

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, Henderson Directories Limited, 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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