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This correctional facility in the Rural Municipality of Headingley was constructed between 1929 and 1930 by St. Boniface-based contractor J. L. Guay.
Superintendents
Period |
Superintendent |
1929-1938 |
John Crawford Downie (1864-1942) |
1938-1946 |
Royal Burritt (1876-1962) |
1946-1955 |
Staff Sargeant Edward Weeks |
1955-1968 |
Sargeant Sidney H. B. Littlewood |
1968-1970 |
William Ellis Lawson (c1912-1970) |
1970-1973 |
Reverend Eric G. Cox |
1973-1975 |
Douglas Henry Walter “Doug” Lawrence (c1927-2015) |
1975-1977 |
John Michael Gillingham |
1977-1980 |
Alvin H. Carruthers |
1980-1981 |
Reginald A. Forester |
1981-1983 |
Albert Stuart |
1983-1984 |
Paul Levielle - Acting |
1984-1988 |
Reginald A. Forester |
1988-1992 |
Denis B. Lemoine |
1992-1996 |
Lawrence Robert “Larry” Krocker (1948-2004) |
1996 |
Denis B. Lemoine |
1996-1997 |
Reginald A. Forester |
1997-2001 |
James Ross |
Photos & Coordinates
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Headingley Gaol Cemetery (RM of St. Francois Xavier)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Industrial Farm / Prison Farm (RM of Reynolds)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Central Judicial District Gaol and Courthouse (20 Third Street SE, Portage la Prairie)
Sources:
“Govt. accepts $198,991 tender,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 July 1929, page 2.
Turnkey to Case Manager: The Professionalisation of the Correctional Officer Headingley Correctional Institution, Manitoba, 1930-1996 by Christian J. R Stansfield, MA Thesis, University of Manitoba, 2001. Appendix B / page 155.
We thank Lois Braun and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 March 2022
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