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]