caption predecessor successor death_date birth_place profession birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name restingplace
grave of john matheson mccorkindale h.j. jones c.w. johnston 13 november 1961 coll , argyll , scotland tailor 14 january 1879 13th mayor of elkhorn , manitoba 1936 edith july 14 , 1970 -rrb- bernice harrison -lrb- october 25 , 1887 - grave of john matheson mccorkindale.jpg j.m. mccorkindale
 1937 john matheson mccorkindale elkhorn cemetery , elkhorn , manitoba
j.m. mccorkindale

john matheson mccorkindale was the thirteenth mayor of the canadian village of elkhorn .
he was born in 1878 on the isle of coll , county argyll , scotland .
on january 17 , 1912 , he married edith bernice harrison in elkhorn .
a tailor by trade , mccorkindale operated a shop with his wife until the outbreak of the first world war when he enlisted for active service .
on discharge , he established a bakery and confectionery in elkhorn until he became postmaster in 1926 , a post he held until 1950 .
mccorkindale was active in community life belonging to both the great war veterans ' association and the masonic lodge .
he was first elected to the village council in 1922 and re-elected in 1923 .
he was not elected again until 1927 and was a councillor until 1936 when he became mayor .
he served two years in that position before again devoting himself to his position as postmaster .
mccorkindale died on november 13 , 1961 .
