E.A. Partridge
| Edward Alexander Partridge | |
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Partridge as a younger man
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| Born |
5 November 1861 Vespra Township, Upper Canada |
| Died | 3 August 1931 (aged 69) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | teacher, farmer, agrarian radical, businessman, and author |
| Known for | Grain Growers' Grain Company |
Edward Alexander Partridge (5 November 1861 – 3 August 1931) was a Canadian teacher, farmer, agrarian radical, businessman and author. He was born in Ontario but moved to Saskatchewan where he taught and then became a farmer. He was active in the Territorial Grain Growers' Association (TGGA), founded in 1902, which addressed various problems with the Western Canada grain market. He founded the cooperative Grain Growers' Grain Company, the predecessor of the United Grain Growers, and the Grain Growers' Guide, a widely distributed weekly paper. His "Partridge Plan" was a broad and visionary proposal for addressing a wide range of farmers' issues, eliminating many abuses caused by the near-monopoly of grain elevator companies, and resulted in important reforms by the provincial governments.
Edward Alexander Partridge was born on 5 November 1861 near Crown Hill, Springwater then in Upper Canada. He was the third son in a farming family. His parents were John Thomas Partridge and Martha Chappell. There were fourteen children altogether in the family. His father's parents had emigrated from New York State in 1819 and settled to the northeast of Barrie, Ontario. Partridge's mother died while he was an infant, and he lived with his grandparents for a period while he attended public school. He completed secondary school in Barrie and obtained a teacher's certificate. He taught for a period, then in December 1883 moved west with his brother to attempt farming in the District of Assiniboia.
They settled at the hamlet and railway station of Sintaluta, now in Saskatchewan but then in the North-West Territories. Unable to afford the equipment and supplies he needed to operate a farm, Partridge returned to teaching. He taught near Broadview, at Saltcoats and at Maple Green near Lemberg. He served in the Yorkton Militia from April to June 1885 during the North-West Rebellion. In 1886, he married Mary Elizabeth Stephens in Balcarres, Saskatchewan, and they began a farm. They had three daughters and two sons.
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