Peter McWhannell

Peter McWhannell (3 March 1875 – 26 July 1943) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who competed for his country at the 1930 British Empire Games, winning a silver medal in the pairs competition.

Early life and family Born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1875, McWhannell served his engineering apprenticeship on the Clyde. He emigrated to New Zealand in the early 1900s, initially settling in Dunedin before moving to Wellington. and the couple went on to have two children. He won the silver medal with his partner William Fielding in the pairs event. The foursome of McWhannell, Fielding, Edward Leach, and Harold Frost finished in fifth place in the fours competition.

Not long before his death, McWhannell was elected a life member of the Hataitai Bowling Club. His wife, Mary McWhannell, died in 1961.