Biography
He graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1898.
He worked as a Clerk in New York before opeing pharmacies in Toronto and Guelph ON.
He graduated in medicine from the University of Toronto in 1908.
He came to Vancouver BC in 1909.
He worked as a doctor 1909-1919.
In 1919 he established Vancouver Drug Co.
In 1924-26 he was an Alderman (Ward Six) of the City of Vancouver BC.
He was the founder of the Vancouver Water District.
He ran unsuccessfully for Mayor.
He was electedas Alderman of the City of Vancouver 1940-44.
He ran again, unsuccessfully, as mayor.
He retired in 1939 selling out to Cunningham Drug Co. His two sons were killed in action during the Second World War and he left $100,000 in their memory to UBC.
References
- Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Pres
- Walker, Elizabeth (1999)
