Henry Shaver Westbrook Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Mayor
Henry Shaver Westbrook
Order:8th Mayor of Winnipeg
Term Start:1886
Term End:1886
Birth Date:June 1842
Birth Place:Oakland, Brant County, Canada West
Death Date:October 1913 (aged 71)
Death Place:Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada

Henry Shaver Westbrook (June 1842 – October 1913) was the eighth Mayor of Winnipeg in 1886.[1]

After moving to Winnipeg in the mid-1870s, he established a vehicle and equipment business with Frank Fairchild. He defeated E. R. Crowe to become Mayor of Winnipeg in December 1885.

In 1959, Winnipeg renamed Victoria Street to Westbrook Street in his honour.[2]

References

  1. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/westbrook_hs.shtml Manitoba Historical Society - Henry Shaver Westbrook
  2. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/winnipegstreets/index.shtml#w History in Winnipeg Street Names at Manitoba Historical Society