Colin Inkster

Colin Inkster, son of John and Mary, was born in 1843. He was a member of Manitoba's Legislative Council 1871-76. When Manitoba became a province he was a member of the Upper House and, as Speaker used his casting vote to pass its abolition. He was then made High Sheriff of Manitoba at the age of 33. He retired in 1928.

Inkster School and Boulevard are named after him. St John's College gives the Colin Inkster Memorial Award. He was Rector's Warden of St John's cathedral 1871-1933 and features in a stained-glass window installed in 1970.

He married Annie Tait and had twelve children. The last surviving daughter left the family home, Bleak House, to the City of West Kildonan and it is now a senior citizens' drop-in centre.