WRIGHT, Edmund (1862-1931), active in Vancouver 1908-1911, and later in Edmonton, Alberta from 1911 to 1931. Born in England on 16 July 1862, he arrived in Canada in 1906 and settled in Vancouver c. 1908 where he established a partnership with Robert J. MacDonald from January 1908 (Const., i, Feb. 1908, 34, announcement). By 1911 he had relocated to Edmonton and was recorded as the architect for several commercial, industrial and residential works in that city. Wright died in Edmonton on 19 June 1931 and was buried at Edmonton Municipal Cemetery (death notice Edmonton Journal, 20 June 1931, 22; obit. R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, Sept. 1931, 345).
WRIGHT & MacDONALD (works in Vancouver)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Hanbury, Evans & Co. Bakery, Lansdowne Avenue West at Columbia Street, in Mount Pleasant, large bakery building with adjacent stables block, 1908 (Vancouver Daily World, 31 July 1908, 2, descrip.; C.R., xxii, 9 Sept. 1908, 25, t.c.)
EDMUND WRIGHT (works in Edmonton unless noted)
MASSEY HARRIS CO., Howard Street at Rice Street, office block, 1911 (Edmonton Capital, 16 June 1911, 1, descrip.; Saturday News [Edmonton], 17 June 1911, 11, descrip.)
EDMONTON TENT & MATTRESS CO., 102nd Street, 1917 (Edmonton b.p. No. 19, 1917; dwgs. at Edmonton City Archives)
CREDIT FONCIER BUILDING, Jasper Avenue, addition to existing bank building, 1917 (Edmonton b.p. No. 51, 1917; dwgs. at Edmonton City Archives)
MEMORIAL HALL, for the Great War Veterans Assoc., McDonald Drive near 100th Street, 1918-19 (C.R., xxxii, 25 Dec. 1918, 43)
SEDGEWICK, ALTA., public school, 1919 (Edmonton Bulletin, 4 Sept. 1919, 3)
CAMROSE, ALTA., major addition to the Rose Theatre, for C. Stanley Bailey, 1919-20 (Edmonton Bulletin, 1 Nov. 1919, 27, t.c.)
CHARLES HEPBURN CO. LTD., Jasper Avenue, 1920 (Edmonton b.p. No. 156, 1920; dwgs. at Edmonton City Archives)
ALLIANCE, ALTA., public school, 1920 (Edmonton Bulletin, 13 Oct. 1920, 9)
RYLEY, ALTA., public school, 1922 (Edmonton Bulletin, 18 Feb. 1922, 2)
METROPOLITAN STORES, 101st Street at 101 A Avenue, department store, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 21 Aug. 1929, 97)
107TH STREET, apartment block for W.A. Trudeau, 1929 (Edmonton b.p. No. 1009, 1929; dwgs. at Edmonton City Archives)
COMPETITIONS
VANCOUVER, B.C., Simon Fraser Public School, 1908. The firm of Wright & MacDonald were one of 19 competitors who submitted designs for this school project. Their plans were set aside and Pearce & Hope were declared as the winners (Vancouver Daily World, 9 April 1908.10; 12 May 1908, 10)