{{Short description|Canadian politician (c.1886–1966)}} '''Garnet Nelson Menzies''' (ca 1886<ref name=census/> – February 18, 1966) was a politician in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada. He served as mayor of [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] from 1949 to 1951.<ref name=street/>
[[File:Garnet Menzies (cropped).JPG|upright|thumb|Garnet Menzies]]
The son of CPR Engineer Peter Whyte Menzies (1854-1926), he was born in Farnham [[Quebec]]<ref name=census>{{cite web |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KHLY-ZFV |accessdate=June 29, 2014 |title=Garnet N Menzies in household of Peter Menzies |work=Canada Census, 1901 |publisher=FamilySearch}}</ref> and came to Regina in 1914, working as a [[printer (publishing)|printer]] for the Regina ''[[Leader-Post]]''. He went on to work for Commercial Printers for approximately 30 years. He also served as president for the Regina Typographical Union.<ref name=street/> In 1916, he married Jean McClelland, who had been a deaconess of the Presbyterian Church in Canada up until then, but she was "disjoined" because only single women could be members of the deaconess order.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uccdeaconesshistory.ca/list/by-person/jean-mcclelland-menzies/ |title=Jean (McClelland) Menzies |work=Deaconess History of the United Church of Canada}}</ref>
Menzies served on Regina city council for most of the years between 1931 and 1948. In 1943, he ran unsuccessfully for the position of mayor, losing to [[Charles Cromwell Williams]].<ref name=street>{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=3606251 |title=Regina, the street where you live : the origins of Regina street names |page=72 |last=Simmons |first=Dale |year=2000 |publisher=Regina Public Library |ISBN=0-920085-87-3 |access-date=2014-06-29 |archive-date=2019-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232320/http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=3606251 |url-status=dead }}</ref> When subsequently elected Mayor (1949-1951) he welcomed Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip to City Hall during their 1951 Tour of Canada. Garnet had four brothers and one sister; his younger brother [[Percy Menzies|Albert Percival ("Percy") Menzies]] (1888-1948) was for a time a Presbyterian minister in Regina and notably distinguished himself at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
[[File:GN Menzies Princess Elizabeth.jpg|thumb|Princess Elizabeth with Mayor Garnet Menzies, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1951]]
Menzies ran unsuccessfully for the [[Regina City (provincial electoral district)|Regina City]] seat in the provincial assembly in [[1934 Saskatchewan general election|1934]] and again in [[1952 Saskatchewan general election|1952]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235500/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-12 }}</ref> He died on February 18, 1966, in Saskatoon while visiting his daughter there.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former mayor of Regina dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27271668/the_leaderpost/|page=13|newspaper=The Leader-Post|location=Regina, Saskatchewan|date=February 21, 1966|accessdate=January 15, 2019}}</ref>
Menzies Place in Regina was named in his honour.<ref name=street/>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Mayors of Regina, Saskatchewan}}
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