Uberta Margaret Ellen Ross Blackburn
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Community activist.
Born at Clanwilliam, she was educated at Angusville, Rossburn, and Winnipeg, and obtained a teaching certificate from the Central Normal School. She worked for several years at the Western Glove Company and managed the Peikoff Medical Clinic. She retired in 1967. Active in provincial politics, she was a Progressive Conservative candidate for the Logan constituency in the 1962 provincial general election. In 1963, she succeeded Kathleen Josephine Vanstone “Kay” Russenholt on the Liquor Licensing Board and served until 1969. She was President of the Fort Garry Ladies Curling Club and Strathcona Business Girls, and a member of Knox United Church. She and husband Stanley Blackburn (1912-1985) had no children. In recognition of her community service, she received a 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation Medal (1992). She died on 5 February 1996 and was buried in the Garry Memorial Park.
“There’s still one woman on Liquor Licensing Board,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 October 1963.
Obituary [Stanley Blackburn], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 June 1985, page 20.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 February 1996, page 36.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 June 2023
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