thumb | right | alt=Black and white photo of Hyman wearing a grey suit and black bow tie | Marcus Hyman, taken some time 1933-1936
Marcus Hyman, M.A., LL.B. (July 13, 1883 – December 31, 1938
Biography
Hyman was born to a Jewish family near Vilna, Poland. In 1914, he married Erna Ziembiska.
During World War I, Hyman was president of the Western Canadian Relief Fund for the Relief of War Sufferers and, in 1917-18, chair of the Winnipeg Committee of the British and Canadian Recruiting Mission. The letter organization helped to raise men for combat in Egypt and Palestine. From 1923 to 1928, he was a member of the Winnipeg School Board.
He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1932 election, running as a candidate in the Winnipeg constituency.