On May 3, Eldon McIntyre, owner of Jarrod Oils, was named one of 10 recipients of the 2016 Saskatchewan Order of Merit.
This is the backgrounder released along with the announcement. McIntyre was profiled in the April 2016 edition of Pipeline News.
Born and raised in the Hazlet area of Southwestern Saskatchewan, Mr. Eldon McIntyre learned the importance of giving back from an early age. After losing his father, he helped his mother and siblings carry on the family farm on their own, a task that involved much hard work and sacrifice. Mr. McIntyre missed school often as busy farming seasons meant helping hands were needed at home. He persevered, eventually obtaining his Grade 12 certificate and gaining experience in the oil industry. In the 1970s he founded his own oil company, Jarrod Oils Ltd.
From humble beginnings, Mr. McIntyre has grown his company into what it is today, a successful and respected company owning and managing over 100 producing wells. He has also been instrumental in directing a number of oil and gas exploration companies that have been traded on major stock exchanges and have been highly regarded as stable and reliable in an industry that can be anything but.
Mr. McIntyre embodies many of the qualities and spirit that Saskatchewan people hold dear: hard work, perseverance, generosity, concern and care for others and dedication to a goal. In that spirit, he established the McIntyre Family Foundation whose main goal is to give back to his community and province by providing annual scholarships for students in health related fields of study. The Saskatchewan Sick Children’s Hospital in Saskatoon has received generous financial support from Mr. McIntyre and his family. A self‐made man, Mr. McIntyre lives up to his motto: “anyone can dream big… achieve success… and have a lasting legacy.” Mr. McIntyre lives between residences in Swift Current and Calgary. He has three children, eight grandchildren and four great‐grandchildren.
