CHISHOLM, Colin Campbell (1883-1936), son of James Chisholm, was born in Winnipeg on 17 September 1883 and was educated in St. Paul, Minnesota. and in Superior, Wisconsin. where his father had moved to practice his profession during the period from 1880 to 1900. When the family moved back to Winnipeg in 1900 Colin trained in the office of his father and became a full partner in the firm of James Chisholm & Son in 1909. When his father retired and moved to California in 1910, all the work in their office reverted to Colin C., even though the legal name of 'James Chisholm & Son' continued to be used until after 1925. Colin was elected as an alderman to Winnipeg City Council in 1929 and took an active interest in civic improvements and designed several urban developments which drew on his knowledge of planning and architecture. He died in Winnipeg on 5 September 1936 (obit. Winnipeg Tribune, 5 Sept. 1936, 4; biog. F.H. Scholfield, The Story of Manitoba, 1913, iii, 723-4). A photographic portrait of Campbell appeared in the Winnipeg Tribune, 24 Nov. 1926, 2, in an advertisement for local political office.
JAMES CHISHOLM & SON
(works by Colin C. Chisholm)
WINNIPEG POWER & LIGHT CO., King Street, addition of a third floor to Hydro Sub-Station No. 1, 1915 (Winnipeg b.p. 940, 1915; City of Winnipeg, 1982: The Year Past, 33-4, illus.)
WINNIPEG POWER & LIGHT CO., Rover Avenue at McFarlane Street, major addition to electrical terminal station, 1918 (Winnipeg Tribune, 27 March 1918, 5; Winnipeg b.p. 752, 1918)
ELMHURST GOLF CLUB, Bird's Hill, a new clubhouse for the golf course, 1918 (Winnipeg Tribune, 20 July 1918, 22, descrip.)
WINNIPEG POWER & LIGHT CO., Princess Street, appliance sales showroom, 1919 (Winnipeg b.p. 892, 1919)
HOME BANK, Main Street opposite Lombard Avenue, 1920 (Winnipeg b.p. 582, 1920)
CLARENDON BUILDING, Portage Avenue at Donald Street, for F.W. Leistikow, 1920; heavily damaged by fire in early 1923 (Winnipeg b.p. 1311, 1920)
CLARENDON BLOCK, Portage Avenue at Donald Street, rebuilding and reconstruction after a fire, 1923 (Winnipeg Tribune, 20 April 1923, 20)
BARONI'S CAFE & TEA ROOM, inside the Clarendon Building, Portage Avenue at Donald Street, 1923 (Winnipeg Tribune, 21 Sept. 1923, 6 & 7, descrip.)
WINNIPEG POWER & LIGHT CO., standby power plant, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 17 Oct. 1923, 56)
KIEWEL BREWING CO. LTD., St. Joseph Street at Dumoulin Street, brewery, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 9 July 1924, 57, t.c.)
CALVARY EVANGELICAL CHURCH, Alverstone Street, near Ellice Avenue, major addition and alterations, 1925 (Winnipeg Tribune, 1 Sept. 1925, 17; Const., xviii, Sept. 1925, 297)
ROYAL OAK COURT APARTMENTS, River Avenue, between Bryce Street and Elswood Street, 1928 (Winnipeg Tribune,19 May 1928, 1, descrip.)
CENTRAL POLICE STATION, Rupert Avenue, major addition adjoining the west side of the existing building, 1930 (Winnipeg Tribune, 24 July 1930, 11, descrip.)