Garnet Coulter Explained

Garnet Coulter
Order:35th Mayor of Winnipeg
Term Start:1943
Term End:1954
Predecessor:John Queen
Successor:George Sharpe
Birth Date:August 1882
Birth Place:Dominion City, Manitoba, Canada
Death Date:8 October 1975 (aged 93)
Spouse:Jessica Allan (m. 1948)[1]
Profession:lawyer

Garnet Coulter (August 1882 – 8 October 1975)[2] was a Canadian politician serving as an alderman and the 35th Mayor of Winnipeg.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Manitoba, Coulter served as a lawyer in Winnipeg since 1907. He joined the Winnipeg School Board in 1924, serving as its chairman in 1932 and 1933.

In 1936, he left the school board and became a Winnipeg alderman for Ward Two. He was elected Winnipeg's Mayor in 1942, holding that position from 1943 until 1954.[3] He established the Manitoba Flood Relief Fund following the 1950 Red River Flood.

Coulter remained single until 1948 when he married Jessica Allan, the first full-time Executive Director of the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities[4]

References

  1. Off the List . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102064439/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,798533,00.html?promoid=googlep . dead . 2 November 2012 . . 2009-01-09 . 3 May 1948 .
  2. Web site: Garnet Coulter (1882-1975) . Manitoba Historical Society . 19 October 2008 . 2009-01-09 .
  3. http://www.winnipeg.ca/Services/CityLife/HistoryOfWinnipeg/MayorsPastPresent.stm City Government / Mayors, Past and Present at City of Winnipeg
  4. Book: Hendler . Sue . Markovich . Julia . I Was the Only Woman . 2017 . UBC Press . Vancouver . 102.