John Robert "Bud" McCaig (14 June 1929 – 11 January 2005) was a

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businessman and a co-owner of the

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franchise. McCaig was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan on 14 June 1929 to John Waters McCaig (1905–1981) and Stella May Cook (1909–1997). His father was originally from Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, while his mother was from

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. John and Stella had three other children, Jeanne Bernice (1931–1961), Roger Woodrow (1933–1976), and Maurice Wayne. Bud attended Moose Jaw Technical High School but dropped out in 1946 to join his father in the transportation business. In 1961, the company moved to

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and bought a competing company named H.M. Trimble & Sons, thus expanding their business into the rest of

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, and into

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and

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. The merged company is known as '' Trimac'' for "Tri"mble and "Mac"cam as well for John and his three "Mac" brothers. McCaig served as its CEO until his retirement in 1994, and later became chairman of the board. In August 1994, McCaig purchased a 6.11 per cent stake in the

for $4.6 million.Mike Board, "Flames lasso six new owners," ''Calgary Herald'' (9 August 1994), A1. On 11 March 1950, McCaig married Anne Shorrocks Glass (1928–2015). They had three children: Jeffrey, Joann, and Melanie. The McCaigs divorced in the early 1980s. In 1984 McCaig remarried to M. Ann McCaig (née Schnell), originally of

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. Ann was the widow of Bud's younger brother, Roger, who had died of cancer. McCaig died in

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and was buried in Queen's Park Cemetery in Calgary.

References

External links

''The Globe and Mail'' story on McCaig's passing
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCaig, Bud 1929 births 2005 deaths Businesspeople from Saskatchewan Calgary Flames owners 20th-century Canadian businesspeople People from Moose Jaw