Walter Bain Reynolds Explained

Walter Bain Reynolds
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1937
Term End1:1949
Predecessor1:George Taylor Fulford
Successor1:Hugh Alexander Reynolds
Constituency1:Leeds
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:24 May 1869
Birth Place:Brockville, Ontario
Death Place:Toronto, Ontario

Walter Bain Reynolds (May 24, 1869  - March 12, 1949) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented Leeds in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1937 to 1949 as a Progressive Conservative.

The son of James Reynolds and Alice Riley, he was born in Brockville and was educated there. In 1921, Reynolds married Margaret Grant. He served as a public school trustee from 1905 to 1915, served on the public utilities commission from 1914 to 1922 and was mayor of Brockville from 1923 to 1928.[1]

During his time as mayor, Reynolds donated a swimming pavilion with change rooms to St. Lawrence Park on the Brockville waterfront.[2]

He died in office in 1949.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, G P. Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1947 .
  2. News: City waterfront paradise celebrates a century as public park . Brockville Recorder . June 25, 2009.
  3. Book: Journals . 84 . Ontario Legislative Assembly . 1950.