predecessor successor birth_place profession birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
john queen george sharpe dominion city , manitoba , canada lawyer august 1882 35th mayor of winnipeg 1943 garnet coulter
 1954 garnet coulter
garnet coulter

garnet coulter qc -lrb- august 1882 - 8 october 1975 -rrb- 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 .
he established the manitoba flood relief fund following the 1950 red river flood .
coulter remained single until 1948 when he married jessica allan , executive director of the canadian federation of mayors and municipalities .
