# Colin Inkster

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**Colin Inkster** (August 3, 1843[1] – September 28, 1934) was a political figure in [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba). He was a member of the [Legislative Council of Manitoba](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Manitoba) from 1871 to 1876, serving as its speaker in the final year when the council voted itself out of existence.[2]

He was born in [Kildonan, Manitoba](/source/Kildonan,_Manitoba), the son of [John Inkster](/source/John_Inkster), a native of [Scotland](/source/Scotland), and Mary Sinclair, the daughter of [William Sinclair](/source/William_Sinclair_(fur_trader)), chief factor with the [Hudson's Bay Company](/source/Hudson's_Bay_Company). Inkster was educated at [St. John's College](/source/St._John's_College,_University_of_Manitoba) in [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg). In 1871, he married Annie Tait. He was named sheriff in 1876 and served in that position for 52 years. Inkster also served as rector for [St. John's Cathedral](/source/Cathedral_Church_of_St._John_(Winnipeg)).[3] He was the cousin of [Nina Cameron Graham](/source/Nina_Cameron_Graham), the first woman to receive an engineering degree in Britain, and gave her away at her wedding to Cecil Stephen Walley in 1912.[4]

Inkster was known to skip rope every morning for exercise.[1]

He died after suffering smoke inhalation during a fire at his hunting lodge on [Delta Marsh](/source/Delta_Marsh).[2]

His former home, which he named *Bleak House* after a novel by [Charles Dickens](/source/Charles_Dickens), is now designated as a heritage property by the city of Winnipeg.[5]

## References

1. McCrea, Walter Jackson (1925). [*Pioneers and prominent people in Manitoba*](http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=4028207). p. 83. Retrieved 2013-12-17.

1. ["Colin Inkster (1843-1934)"](http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/inkster_c.shtml). *Memorable Manitobans*. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-12-17.

1. Paterson, Edith (1970). [*Tales of early Manitoba from the Winnipeg Free Press*](http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=519977). Winnipeg Free Press. pp. 26–28. Retrieved 2013-12-17.

1. ["Obituary, Captain Charles Graham | doing canadianhistory n.0"](https://hallnjean.wordpress.com/seafarers/lecture-transcript-an-introduction-to-the-history-of-aboriginal-sailors-of-hudson-bay/captain-colin-robertson-sinclair/family-network-of-captain-colin-robertson-sinclair/jane-sinclair/obituary-captain-charles-graham/). 2017-07-12. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170712115132/https://hallnjean.wordpress.com/seafarers/lecture-transcript-an-introduction-to-the-history-of-aboriginal-sailors-of-hudson-bay/captain-colin-robertson-sinclair/family-network-of-captain-colin-robertson-sinclair/jane-sinclair/obituary-captain-charles-graham/) 2017-07-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-02-11.

1. ["Inkster House"](http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=5931). *Canada's Historic Places*. Parks Canada. Retrieved 2013-12-17.

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