Memorable Manitobans: George Andrew Stewart (1922-1994)

Architect.

Born at Boissevain on 7 December 1922, son of Rev. John F. Stewart and Louella Day, he received an Architecture degree from the University of Manitoba in 1948. He practiced as an architect until 1970 then, until 1982, he was the Director of the University of Manitoba’s Physical Planning and Design Office. He served as President of the Manitoba Association of Architects and on committees of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. On 4 October 1947, he married Marjorie Sara Schafer (1923-2002) of Vancouver, British Columbia. They had three children. He died at Winnipeg on 23 May 1994 and was buried in the Kildonan Presbyterian Cemetery.

Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Harrow United Church	955 Mulvey Street, Winnipeg	1949
Southwood Golf Clubhouse	101 Markham Road, Winnipeg	c1950	Demolished (c2014)
W. J. Dick Building	381 Cumberland Avenue, Winnipeg	1956
Fort Garry Public Library	1360 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg	1959
St. Vital Library	6 Fermor Avenue, Winnipeg	1962-1963
Buller Building Renovations	Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg	1963
Menno Building / Crosstown Credit Union Building	171 Donald Street, Winnipeg	1963-1964
All Saints Anglican Parish Hall	175 Colony Street, Winnipeg	1964	Demolished (2019)
Charleswood Mennonite Church	699 Haney Street, Winnipeg	1965
Ellis Building	Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg	1966
West Kildonan Public Library and Cultural Centre / West Kildonan Library	365 Jefferson Avenue, Winnipeg	1967

Sources:

“Vancouver girl becomes bride of minister’s son,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 October 1947, page 9.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 26 May 1994, page 63.

Obituary [Marjorie Sara Stewart], Winnipeg Free Press, 25 May 2002.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

Winnipeg Estate PR94-01-33572, Archives of Manitoba.

George A. Stewart, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.

Winnipeg Buildings Index, University of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 8 January 2020

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