James McIntosh Tutt

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

513084

Unit at enlistment:

Canadian Army Service Corps, Training Depot

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Wellington Street Methodist Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

46 Leopold Street, Toronto, Ontario

Next of kin address:

167 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Student

Employer:

University of Toronto

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BC October 24, 1918

Is Wounded

Mrs. J.W. Tutt, 167 Dalhousie Street has received word of the wounding of her son, Private J.M. Tutt. He had taken his college degree and was in the second year of his law studies in Toronto when he enlisted.

BX December 7, 1968

Lawyer J.M. Tutt Dies in Hospital

J. McIntosh Tutt of 15 Springfield Drive, a prominent Brantford lawyer and community worker, died this morning at the Brantford General Hospital.

Mr. Tutt, born in Brantford in 1894, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James W. Tutt, resigned May 1 as a member of the Ontario Hospital Services Commission, a position he held since 1960.

He was educated at Central School, Brantford Collegiate Institute, University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School. His law course was interrupted temporarily when he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, going to France as a gunner in the 35th Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery. He was wounded and admitted to hospital in 1918. On his return, he returned and completed his law course and was called to the bar in 1920.

After practicing law in Toronto from 1920 to 1928 with the firm of Watson, Smoke, Smith and Sinclair he accepted appointment as estates manager of the Canada Permanent Mortgage Corporation. In 1934 Mr. Tutt became manager of the local Canada Permanent Mortgage Corporation and Canada Permanent Trust office, and in 1955 was made assistant general manager of the Canada Permanent Trust Company. In May 1960 he retired as local manager of CPMC and CPTC.

He served on boards of directors of many firms, including The Brantford Expositor.

His community interests were wide. He served on the Board of Governors of Brantford General Hospital for 20 years, 15 as secretary-treasurer and two as chairman.

He was director of the Ontario Hospital Association, a position he held from 1941 until his retirement in 1961. He was president of the association in 1948 and chairman of its financial committee for nine years. He was also a member of the OHA committee that established Blue Cross in 1941.

In September 1960, the provincial government appointed Mr. Tutt a member of the Ontario Hospital Services Commission which administers Ontario’s hospital insurance scheme.

When he resigned from this position last May, he commented:

“I enjoyed the work tremendously. It has been an interesting and rewarding study of hospital problems. There is an awful lot to be done yet in the field, but we have probably one of the best hospital insurance plans in the world today.”

Mr. Tutt was a member of the Rotary Club of Brantford since 1928 and served as its president in 1931-32. He was a past chairman of the Board of Management of Zion United Church. He was also secretary-treasurer of the church’s board of trustees.

In 1962 he was made honorary life member of the advisory board of the Brantford Salvation Army, one of the first three men to be given this honor. He had served on the board since its inception.

He was also a member of the Brantford Golf and Country Club.

Surviving are his wife, the former Floss Wilcox, two sons, Peter M. of Brantford and David W. of Calgary, and seven grandchildren.

He is resting at the Beckett Funeral Home on Brant Avenue. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, with Rev. Dr. Victor Levan of Zion United Church officiating.

BX December 7, 1968

Tributes to Tutt

J. Leonard Young, Chairman of the Board of Governors of Brantford General Hospital:

“Brantford has lost one of the most hospital-minded citizens the city has ever had. Mr. Tutt has done more for hospitalization than anyone in the province.”

Bill Williams, President of the Rotary club of Brantford:

“The community is going to miss a splendid individual who has worked hard for the welfare of all citizens.”

J.C. Preston, Co-Publisher of the Expositor:

“Mr. Tutt has been a very outstanding citizen, active in many charitable organizations and a supporter of anything that is good for the betterment of Brantford.”

Rev. Dr. Victor Levan, of Zion Unite Church:

“He was certainly one of the most reliable and long-time active men in the management of Zion Church. He had the esteem and respect of everyone who knew him. He was very considered and kind with respect to a lot of people in difficulty. He is certainly going to be missed.

J.A.D. Slemin, Bencher of the Upper Canada Law Society:

“In the passing of Mr. Tutt, countless Brantford people have lost a most outstanding friend. We will all mourn him. Amongst his own profession, he was known as a leader and authority in the estates branch of the law. He was a person of great sympathy and a gentleman in every sense of the word. As a citizen he was identified with many worthy causes in the community and gave freely of his great ability. Truly Brantford has lost a most beloved citizen.

BX December 10, 1968

Editorial

J.M. Tutt

With the passing of J. McIntosh Tutt, Brantford has lost a native son, whose self-effacing dedication to a wide range of good causes it would be hard to equal. Amid the demands of a busy professional life he found time to give his wise counsel and encouragement in the planning, development and direction of many projects for the benefit of his fellow-citizens, notably those in the field of hospital facilities.

Once his interest was engaged it continued, as is shown by his 20 years’ service on the Brantford General Hospital Board of Governors and a similar period on the directorate of the Ontario Hospital Association during which the Blue Cross plan was pioneered. His appointment to the Ontario Hospital Services Commission in 1960 made province-wide the recognition of experience and qualities long esteemed locally and now to be sadly missed.