Joseph Henry Cotter (1872-1937)

Accountant, MLA (1927-1932).

Born on 1 January 1872, at Milan, Italy, son of Richard Henry Cotter (MA of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland) and Sarah Pearce Lawrence, he was educated at private schools and tutors in the south of Ireland. He came to Canada in 1890. He worked for 22 years as chief accountant in the engineering department of the City of Winnipeg. He had also served as a school trustee and councillor of St. James and from 1925 to 1929 represented St. James on the suburban municipal board. He represented the constituency of Assiniboia in the Manitoba legislature from 1927 to 1932. He was a former Reeve of the Rural Municipality of St. James. He served overseas as Lieutenant with 108th Battalion from 1916 to 1919 and later transferred to C.A.P.C.

On 1 February 1896, he married Ethel Mary Cotter, daughter of Colonel S. K. Cotter of India. They had five children: Charles Henry, Walter Richard, Cecil Lawrence, Adelaide Beatrice Ethel, and Muriel Edith. Anglican. Address: 195 Munroe Street, St. James, Manitoba.

He died at St. James, Manitoba on 30 September 1937.

Sources:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1929.

Western Municipal News, October 1937, page 312.

Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Profile revised: 31 January 2010

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