Jonathan Webster Cornett (10 March 1883 - 19 August 1973) was the 25th mayor of Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 from 1941 to 1946. He was born in Lansdowne, Ontario

Leeds County, Ontario

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, moving to Vancouver in 1907.

"Jack" Cornett was the final reeve of South Vancouver before it was absorbed into Vancouver in 1929. His mayoral campaign included a patriotic theme at a time when Canada was involved with World War II

World War II

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Cornett was elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as a British Columbia Conservative Party

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

 MLAs for South Vancouver

South Vancouver (electoral district)

South Vancouver was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1916 ....

in 1928 and served a term.

External links

• Vancouver History: list of mayors, accessed 24 August 2006