Elizabeth Lord

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Elizabeth Merle Lord (born Elizabeth Merle Crawford in Fort Garry; 1918 – 20 May 1994)^[1] was a Manitoba-based architect. Lord graduated from the University of Manitoba's School of Architecture in 1939. In 1944, she became the first woman to register with the . That same year, she registered with the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.^[2]

Career[]

Lord held various positions in her early career, including with the North American Lumber Company, Crawford Painting, and Dominion Government Naval Treasury. Eventually, in the mid-1950s, Lord began her own architectural practice. Working out of her home in St. Norbert, Winnipeg, Lord worked on designs for homes, schools, and commercial buildings.^[3] Lord was also the chairman of the Welfare Council committee on housing in the mid-1950s.^[4]

Lord retired as a practicing architect in 1976.^[2]

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