Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)

Lawyer, MLA (1933-1936), MLA (1937-1940), MLA (1941-1945), MLA (1946-1949), MLA (1950-1953), MLA (1954-1957), judge.

Born at Baldur, Manitoba in 1891, son of Frank Albert Schultz and Margaret MacPhail, brother of Stuart Duncan Schultz and Otto R. Schultz, he was educated at Baldur School and Wesley College. He was articled in law to A. B. Elliott of Winnipeg, later to Kennedy & Kennedy, also of Winnipeg. He was called to the Manitoba Bar in May 1920, and practised at The Pas for George McLelland while he was overseas (eight months). He went to Baldur in 1921.He served as Solicitor for the Union Bank, the Rural Municipality of Argyle, and the Rural Municipality of Strathcona. He was Secretary of the Town Board of Baldur, and Secretary of the School Board.

He was first elected a Liberal MLA in 1930. From 1936 to 1944 he served as minister of education, adding the post of minister of libraries and archives in 1942. At minister, he introduced a program of rural scholarships. From 1944 to 1953 he was minister of health and public welfare, and was responsible for establishing rural hospitals in the province. He was attorney-general from 1953 until 1955, when he became a justice of the Manitoba Court of Appeal. During his last six months on the bench he was acting chief justice. He retired in 1966.

He died on 5 March 1974.

Sources:

Obituary for S. D. Schultz, Winnipeg Tribune, 12 August 1974. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B16, page 246]

Profile revised: 4 October 2009

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