Walter Bain Reynolds

Walter Bain Reynolds
Ontario MPP
In office
1937–1951
Preceded by George Taylor Fulford
Succeeded by Charles Gordon MacOdrum
Constituency Leeds
Personal details
Born (1869-05-24)May 24, 1869
Brockville, Ontario
Died March 12, 1949(1949-03-12) (aged 79)
Toronto, Ontario
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s)
Margaret Grant (m. 1921)

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]

References

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


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