Dr. Kenneth James Munro

Kenneth James Munro was born on November 17, 1945. He studied at the University of Toronto (B.A., 1968), McMaster University (M.A., 1969) and the University of Ottawa (Ph.D., 1973), and taught history at the University of Alberta from 1972 to 2012, including a term as academic dean of St. Joseph’s College.

He specialised in the political biography of late nineteenth-century French Canada, writing books on Sir Adolphe Chapleau, premier of Quebec from 1879 to 1882 (1992), and on François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel (2001). He also studied and wrote on the Canadian Crown, including The Maple Crown in Alberta: The Office of Lieutenant-Governor (2005).

Munro joined First Presbyterian Church in January 1974. Over more than fifty years he served the congregation as an elder and as Clerk of Session, sat on the Board of Managers and sang in the church choir. In 2004 he published First Presbyterian Church, Edmonton: A History, which traces the congregation from its founding in 1881. He died on January 24, 2026, and his memorial service was held at First Presbyterian Church on January 31.