Daniel McIntyre
Daniel J. McIntyre was a public official and educator in Winnipeg, Manitoba, credited with developing the city's school system. Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute is named after him.
McIntyre was born on 27 August 1852 near Dalhousie, New Brunswick, the first son of Andrew and Mary McIntyre. He was educated at the Provincial Normal School in Fredericton. He married Mary Getchell on 7 July 1878. He was called to the bar in 1882 after studying at Dalhousie University.
He taught in the schools in New Brunswick from 1872 to 1882, and was Superintendent of Schools in Portland, New Brunswick, from 1880 to 1882. Instead of practicing law, however, McIntyre moved west to Manitoba in 1882 or 1883 to accept an appointment as principal of Carlton School. In 1885, he was appointed superintendent of schools, a position he held for 43 years. McIntyre was also the first president of the Children's Aid Society in Winnipeg and, from 1911 to 1912, was president of the Manitoba Educational Association. He developed the Winnipeg school board's curriculum and philosophy and was recognized with a Doctor of Laws degree in 1912 from the University of Manitoba. He retired as superintendent in 1928. In 1935, he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He felt that "success in education came not from repression and torture but from the encouragement and happiness of the child" and that the development of the child is more important than the curriculum. He died in Winnipeg on 14 December 1946.
Winnipeg's Daniel McIntyre Ward and Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute are named after him.Footnotes
