Mr. John Higgins

Mr. Higgins soon admitted him to partnership.

He was a member of the City Council for one year in 1880, and one of the original promoters and secretary of the Manitoba Southwestern Colonization Railway Company.He took an active part in politics and was chiefly instrumental in unseating Donald A. Smith in the Selkirk bye-election of 1880.He was a Conservative, but disagreed with some of his party's policies.He was the founder, and for a number of years the president, of the Garry Lacrosse Club.He was one of the promoters and president of the Dufferin Park Association, and also the founder of the Manitoba Turf Club.It was chiefly through his efforts in connection with the Manitoba Turf Club that horse racing in Winnipeg was put on a legitimate and respectable basis.He was president of the Turf Club until May 1887, when he resigned and was elected honorary president.He was a prominent Mason.

John Higgins and Higgins AvenueManitoba Pageant, Volume 6, Number 2, January 1961