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Thomas Birkett

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Preceded by
  
Jacob Erratt

Name
  
Thomas Birkett


Role
  
Former Mayor of Ottawa

Succeeded by
  
Olivier Durocher

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Spouse(s)
  
1871 Mary Gallagher; 1904 Henrietta Gallagher

Died
  
December 2, 1920, Ottawa, Canada

Previous office
  
Mayor of Ottawa (1891–1891)

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Thomas Birkett (February 1, 1844 – December 2, 1920) was mayor of Ottawa, Canada in 1891 and a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Ottawa City from 1900 to 1904.

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He was born in Ottawa in 1844, the son of Miles Birkett and Elizabeth Wren, who came to Upper Canada from England. At the age of 13, he became an apprentice to a local hardware store owner. In 1866, he opened his own hardware store. Birkett served on the school board from 1867 to 1871 and was an alderman on Ottawa City Council from 1873 to 1878. During his term as mayor, electric streetcars were introduced in Ottawa. In 1871, he married Mary Gallagher; after her death, he married Henrietta Gallagher, her stepsister, in 1904. Birkett also served as president of the advisory board of the Dominion Building and Loan Association at Ottawa. He was also a long-time member of the Masonic Order. In 1900, he was named a trustee for the Ottawa Collegiate Institute. He died in Ottawa of pneumonia in 1920. He is buried at Beechwood Cemetery.

His former home, nicknamed Birkett's Castle, is now used as the Hungarian Embassy.

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References

Thomas Birkett Wikipedia