Garnet Menzies
Garnet Nelson Menzies (ca 1886[1] – February 18, 1966) was a politician in Saskatchewan, Canada. He served as mayor of Regina from 1949 to 1951.[2]
The son of CPR Engineer Peter Whyte Menzies (1854-1926), he was born in Farnham Quebec[1] and came to Regina in 1914, working as a printer for the Regina Leader-Post. He went on to work for Commercial Printers for approximately 30 years. He also served as president for the Regina Typographical Union.[2] In 1916, he married Jean McClelland, who had been a deaconess of the Presbyterian Church in Canada up until then, but she was "disjoined" because only single women could be members of the deaconess order.[3]
Menzies served on Regina city council for most of the years between 1931 and 1948. In 1943, he ran unsuccessfully for the position of mayor, losing to Charles Cromwell Williams.[2] When subsequently elected Mayor (1949-1951) he welcomed Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip to City Hall during their 1951 Tour of Canada. Garnet had four brothers and one sister; his younger brother Albert Percival ("Percy") Menzies (1888-1948) was for a time a Presbyterian minister in Regina and notably distinguished himself at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
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Menzies ran unsuccessfully for the Regina City seat in the provincial assembly in 1934 and again in 1952.[4] He died on February 18, 1966, in Saskatoon while visiting his daughter there.[5]
Menzies Place in Regina was named in his honour.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Garnet N Menzies in household of Peter Menzies". Canada Census, 1901. FamilySearch. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Simmons, Dale (2000). Regina, the street where you live : the origins of Regina street names. Regina Public Library. p. 72. ISBN 0-920085-87-3. Archived from the original on 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ "Jean (McClelland) Menzies". Deaconess History of the United Church of Canada.
- ^ "Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-12.
- ^ "Former mayor of Regina dies". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. February 21, 1966. p. 13. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
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