Bole

(submitted by Linda Koolen)

David Wesley Bole (1856–1933) was born and raised in Watford. His parents, James and Anne Bole, were Irish immigrants. James was one of the first settlers in the southern part of Warwick Twp.

David was educated in Watford Public School and Woodstock College. After leaving school he devoted some attention to the newspaper business and published one of the first papers ever issued in Watford.

David Bole graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1880. Then he married Isabella Lennox. Realizing the limitations a small town had to offer, he moved to Regina in 1882 where he opened a drug store. He later became a member of the firm Dawson, Bole & Co., a leading wholesale drug company. In 1898 he founded the Bole Drug Co. Ltd. in Winnipeg.

In 1904 D. W. Bole was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for the Winnipeg Riding, under Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier. He did not run in the 1908 election.

By 1907 Mr. Bole was living in Montreal and was the President of the National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada.

Bole Street in Winnipeg is named in his honour.

Chapter 24 of 25 - Bole Family

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