Garnet Menzies

Garnet Nelson Menzies (ca 1886[1] – February 18, 1966) was a politician in Saskatchewan, Canada.

In 1943, he ran unsuccessfully for the position of mayor, losing to Charles Cromwell Williams.

[2] 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 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.

Menzies ran unsuccessfully for the Regina City seat in the provincial assembly in 1934 and again in 1952.