Railwayman, municipal official.
Born at Kent, England on 6 June 1904, one of ten children of Henry Fuller (1858-1941) and Elizabeth Ellen Fuller (1866-1941), he came to Canada with his family and resided at Transcona as of 1911. After attending South Transcona School, he worked for the Canadian National Railways for 50 years until retirement in 1965.
On 22 August 1929, he married Mary Hosfield (1903-1982) at Transcona and they had three children: Reginald Harry “Reg” Fuller (1932-1997), James Leonard “Jim” Fuller, and Elizabeth Alice “Betty” Fuller. He served on the Transcona municipal council (1955-1961), Mayor of Transcona (1961-1971), and President of the Greater Winnipeg Mayor and Reeves Association (1971). He was Honorary President of the Transcona Jaycees and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion (Transcona Branch). He was actively involved with Boy Scouts, Meals on Wheels, and Transcona Museum Board.
He died at the Concordia Hospital on 30 April 1976 and was buried in the Transcona Cemetery.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
Marriage registration [Harry Fuller, Mary Hosfield], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Fifty years with railway, Fuller still riding high,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 October 1967, page 23.
Death registrations [Henry Fuller, Elizabeth Ellen Fuller], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 1 May 1976, page 50.
“Former mayor of Transcona dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 May 1976, page 3.
Obituary [Mary Fuller], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 April 1982, page 37.
Obituary [Reginald Harry Fuller], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 March 1997, page 34.
We thank Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 January 2026
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