- George H. Nelms
George H. Nelms (
1905 -September 17 1999 ) was mayor ofOttawa from 1957 to 1960. He was anoptician by profession.Nelms was born in
Thame ,Oxfordshire ,England in 1905 and came toCanada in 1912. He had one son, Larry.During his term as Mayor, he would welcome Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip to the city in 1957, a visit which included a ceremony to commence construction of the Queensway superhighway project. In 1958, Nelms saw the opening of a new city hall facility on Green Island.
He was also chair of the
Ottawa Transportation Commission under whose watch electric streetcar transit service was replaced with buses.Nelms died in Ottawa at Grace Hospital aged 94.
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* [http://peter_nelms.tripod.com/historyC.html Nelms Family in Canada (George Nelms family trace)] , accessed
12 August 2006
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