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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Headingley Gaol (RM of Headingley)
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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
Site Location (lat/long): N49.87032, W97.43793
denoted by symbol on the map above
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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