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Notable People
1. The Robsons of Deleau - a 1932 Newpaper Article
2. Leslie Victor Robson (1893-1977)
Cattle breeder.
Born at Deleau on 17 May 1893, son of William Robson and Annie Gertrude Shanks (1869-1964), he was educated at Deleau School, Hartney School, and graduated from the Manitoba Agricultural College in 1915. He was active in the cooperative movement, participating in the Hartney Cooperatives Elevator Association, Hartney Consumer Association, Manitoba Poultry and Dairy Association, Manitoba Cooperative Livestock Producers, Deleau and Hartney Credit Union, and Cooperative Credit Society of Manitoba. He specialized in purebred polled Herefords and served as President of the Hartney Agricultural Society, Manitoba Hereford Association, and Canadian Hereford Association (1947-1948). He was a CCF candidate for the Souris constituency in the 1945 provincial general election and a New Democratic candidate for the Brandon-Souris constituency in the 1962 federal general election. He died accidentally near his home at Deleau on 6 August 1977 and was buried in the Hartney Cemetery. He was inducted into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame.
3. Charles Arthur LaRose (1866-1949)
Physician.
Born at Vercheres, Quebec on 26 September 1866, son of Achille LaRose and Philomene Dansereau, he was educated at Montreal College of Medicine and Surgery (Victoria), graduating in 1890. He practised medicine for a time at Deleau then came to The Pas in 1902 as a medical officer for the Indian Affairs Branch, which made him the first permanent doctor in the north.
During his career, he serviced a wide area and often traveled great distances by canoe or dogsled to reach patients. Known for braving hazardous weather to reach a patient, he was commended for the numerous lives he saved by distributing medical aid and provisions during the influenza epidemic of 1919. He was awarded a life membership in the Canadian Medical Association.
In 1902, he married Maria de Keroack (?-?). He served as President of the Liberal Association for the Federal riding of Nelson. In 1914, he contested the constituency of Grand Rapids (Rupert’s Land) but was defeated by Hugh Armstrong.
He died at The Pas on 5 December 1949 and was buried in The Pas (Riverside) Catholic Cemetery. A notice of his death in the Winnipeg Tribune said, “It is doubtful if any other man was so well known and so greatly esteemed throughout Northern Manitoba, for he lived up to the highest traditions of the medical profession.”
4. J. F. Turcotte
We met many kinds of people in those days. Many from the old country came to our place. Albert Bastein was the son of a millionaire who owned a large lace factory in Marseille, France. They sold lace all over the world. This man was a good nobleman, built an elevator at Findlay and bought grain for several years. I recall an Englishmen, Mr. William Vinent, whose wealthy family provided him with a large sum of money, but finally became penniless. He spent several years around Deleau mostly with the Baragar Family.
