Henry Watters

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Henry Watters (June 1, 1853-May 10, 1924) was mayor of the city of Ottawa in 1924.

He was born in Bytown in 1853. He worked as a clerk in a drug store, studied to become a pharmacist and opened his own drug store. He was a founding member of the Canadian Pharmaceutical Association. He was president of the local Liberal association. When a new city pool, now known as the Champagne Bath, was officially dedicated in May 1924, Watters was supposed to officiate, but died of a heart attack on the way to the ceremony. So, Napoléon Champagne, then the city comptroller, dedicated the pool a few days later. Champagne assumed the role of mayor for the remainder of the year.

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The Ottawa Citizen: 22 August 1990. pg. B.1

	Mayors of Ottawa
Bytown: J. Scott \| J.B. Lewis \| Hervey \| Sparrow \| R.W. Scott \| Turgeon \| Friel Ottawa: J.B. Lewis \| McGillivray \| Workman \| Friel \| Dickinson \| Lyon \| Rochester \| Martineau \| Featherston \| Lyon-Fellowes \| Waller \| Bangs \| Mackintosh \| St. Jean \| Bate \| McDougal \| Stewart \| Erratt \| Birkett \| Durocher \| Cox \| Borthwick \| Bingham \| Payment \| Morris \| Davidson \| Cook \| J. Ellis \| Hastey \| D. Scott \| Champagne \| Hopewell \| Hinchey \| McVeity \| Porter \| Fisher \| Plant \| Watters \| Balharrie \| A. Ellis \| Allen \| Nolan \| J.E.S. Lewis \| Bourque \| Goodwin \| Whitton \| Nelms \| Reid \| Fogarty \| Benoit \| Greenberg \| Dewar \| Durrell \| Laviolette \| Holzman \| Watson \| Higdon New city of Ottawa: Chiarelli \| O'Brien