Municipal official.
Born in Scotland on 18 November 1883, he came to Canada in 1901 and opened a retail meat business on Main Street in Winnipeg in 1902. He later operated shops in Norwood, Transcona, and Fort Rouge. For the last 18 years of his life, he was associated with Canada Packers and, during the Second World War, he was seconded to be a regional meat rationing officer for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board.
On 7 June 1911, he married Gertrude Iona Shewman (1891-1973) at Winnipeg and they had three children: Peter Watt (1912-?), William Shewman Watt (1915-?), and Virginia Jane Watt (1919-?). He was an active member of the First Church of Christ Scientist and served as the second Mayor of Transcona (1913-1914, 1915-1916)
He died at his Transcona residence, 1138 Downing Street, on 24 December 1945 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Peter Webb, Gertrude Iona Shewman], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Peter Webb, William Shewman Watt, Virginia Jane Watt], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
“Meat rationer, Watt’s his name,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 May 1943, page 13.
“Peter Watt, former Transcona Mayor, dies suddenly,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 December 1945, page 7.
Obituary [Gertrude Iona Watt], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 December 1973, page 45.
Peter Watt, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Glen Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 May 2025
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