Edward Parnell (politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Mayor
Edward Parnell
Order:28th Mayor of Winnipeg
Term Start:1921
Term End:1922 (died in office)
Predecessor:Charles Frederick Gray
Successor:Frank Oliver Fowler
Birth Date:8 April 1859
Birth Place:Dover, England
Death Place:Victoria, British Columbia

Edward Parnell (8 April 1859 – 9 June 1922)[1] [2] was a Canadian politician, the 28th Mayor of Winnipeg from 1921 until his death in office.

Biography

Edward Parnell was born in Dover, England on 8 April 1859.[3] He came to Canada while still young and settled in London, where he worked as a baker and served 11 years on the city council.[1] He ran unsuccessfully for the position of London's mayor, losing to Adam Beck.[4] He moved to Winnipeg in 1909, where he established a bread-making company in partnership with John Tully Speirs.[1] The company operated a second bakery in London. He married Mary Jane Harwood and the couple had seven children. From 1918 to 1919, Parnell was president of the Canadian Manufacturers Association and, from 1920 to 1921, was president of the Winnipeg Board of Trade.[1]

His name is commemorated by Parnell Avenue in Winnipeg.[5]

His former home has been designed as a historic building by the city of Winnipeg.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edward Parnell (1859–1922) . Manitoba Historical Society . 2008-11-27 . 2009-01-09 .
  2. Web site: City Government: Mayors, Past and Present . City of Winnipeg . 2009-01-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081225130928/http://winnipeg.ca/Services/CityLife/HistoryOfWinnipeg/MayorsPastPresent.stm . 25 December 2008 .
  3. Book: Who's who in Canada: An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time, Volumes 6-7 . International Press Limited . 1328 . 1914 . 2020-07-11 . Google Books.
  4. Web site: WCPI search results . Western Canada Pictorial Index . University of Winnipeg.
  5. Web site: History in Winnipeg Street Names . Manitoba Historical Society . 2009-01-11 . 2008-11-23 .
  6. Web site: Historic Buildings Committee . 26 June 1981 . City of Winnipeg.