James C. Watters | |
|---|---|
 Watters (front row, third from left) at the Dominion Labor Congress, 1914 | |
| President of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada | |
| In office 1911–1918 | |
| Preceded by | William Glockling |
| Succeeded by | Tom Moore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1869 Edinburgh,Scotland |
| Died | 1947 (aged 77–78) |
| Occupation | Coal miner,trade unionist |
James C. Watters (1869-1947) was a Scottish-Canadian coal miner and trade union leader.
Born in Edinburgh,Watters emigrated to Canada,eventually ending up in British Columbia. In that province,he worked as a coal miner and,in 1910,was elected founding president of the BC Federation of Labour. A year later,he was elected president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada,a position he held until losing re-election in 1918. [1]
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