Daniel McIntyre

McIntyre was born on 27 August 1852 near Dalhousie, New Brunswick, the first son of Andrew McIntyre and Mary (née) Murray.[1][4] He was educated at the Provincial Normal School in Fredericton.[1][5]

On 7 July 1878, he married Mary Getchell.[6] Together, they had five children: Andrew Murray McIntyre (1882–unknown), Donald Faison McIntyre, Alice Margery McIntyre (1889–1898), Henry Getchell McIntyre (1892–1898), and Stuart Scott McIntyre (1897–1917).[1]

He taught in schools in New Brunswick from 1872 to 1882, and was Superintendent of Schools in Portland, New Brunswick (now the north end of Saint John),[7] from 1880 to 1882.[1]

After studying at Dalhousie University, he was called to the bar in 1882.[1][2] Instead of practicing law, however, McIntyre moved west to Manitoba in 1882 or 1883 to accept an appointment as principal of Carlton School in Winnipeg.[2][8] In 1885, he was appointed Inspector of Protestant Public Schools and, in 1890, he became Superintendent of Public Schools, a position he held for 43 years. For around 3 decades, he served as representative of the teachers of the Eastern Division of Manitoba on the Advisory Board of Education.[1]

From 1911 to 1912, he was president of the Manitoba Educational Association.[1][9] He developed the Winnipeg School Board's curriculum and philosophy and was recognized with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1912 from the University of Manitoba.[2][10] 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.[2] He retired as superintendent in 1928.[10]

McIntyre was also the first president of the Children's Aid Society in Winnipeg, and also actively worked with the Institute for the Blind.[1]

He died in Winnipeg on 14 December 1946 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.[1]