Partridge, Edward Alexander National Historic Person
Sintaluta, Saskatchewan
Plaque photo
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Address :
Park on the corner of Main and Durward Streets, Sintaluta, Saskatchewan
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2017-07-20
Life Date:
1861 to 1931
Other Name(s):
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Edward Alexander Partridge (1861-1931)
(Designation Name)
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Edward Alexander Partridge
(Historic Name)
Research Report Number:
2015-06, 2014-20
Importance:
Agrarian leader, author, farmer, teacher
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Park at the corner of Main and Durward Streets, Sintaluta, Saskatchewan
Sintaluta farmer E. A. Partridge was a leader in early-20th-century Saskatchewan, when frustrated farmers banded together to defend their interests in the booming wheat economy. In 1905–1906, he helped establish the Grain Growers’ Grain Company and, in 1908, was the founding editor of the influential Grain Growers’ Guide. Partridge advocated agrarian political action, cooperative grain marketing, wheat pools, and collaboration between farmers and factory workers. A visionary committed to building a new kind of society, he wrote: “To me the Kingdom of Heaven suggests a Co-operative Commonwealth.”