Grenville Goodwin
Grenville Goodwin | |
|---|---|
| 45th Mayor of Ottawa | |
| In office January 1, 1951 – August 27, 1951 | |
| Preceded by | E.A. Bourque |
| Succeeded by | Charlotte Whitton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1898[1] |
| Died | 27 August 1951 (aged 53) |
Grenville W. "Gren" Goodwin (1898 – 27 August 1951) was a Canadian optometrist who was Mayor of Ottawa in 1951.
Life
Goodwin's hometown was Prescott, Ontario. He moved to Ottawa in 1911. He served in France during World War I, where he was injured. Upon returning to Canada, he attended the University of Toronto and graduated from the Royal College of Science, Toronto. He also attended the American College of Optics in Detroit.[1]
Goodwin defeated incumbent mayor E.A. Bourque in December 1950 by approximately 10,000 votes. But Goodwin's term in office was cut short at age 53. He had an unexpected heart failure and died shortly afterwards at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. Charlotte Whitton was immediately appointed the city's next mayor.
References
- ^ a b "G.W. Goodwin Runs For Control Board". Ottawa Citizen. 18 November 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- "Ottawa Mayor Dies of Heart Attack". The Globe and Mail. 28 August 1951. p. 9.