Sam McBride

Samuel McBride ( born July 13, 1866 in Toronto, Ontario, † November 10, 1936 in Toronto, Ontario) had as the 41st mayor of Toronto two terms. The first lasted from 1928 to 1929, the second was in 1936.

Samuel McBride was born the son of Irish immigrants in Toronto. At age 13 he left school and began working as a newspaper delivery boy. In 1885 he learned at the company Hutchinson and Burns the business of carriage painting know. Later he started his own lumber company. 1905 McBride was elected to the City Council and remained so until 1916. Between 1918 and 1919, and in 1926 he was in Control. For the period from 1924 to 1925, he was elected a second time in the city council. His first term as mayor he had from January 1928 to January 1930, after which he was from 1932 to 1935 for a second time a member of the Audit. In 1936 he was elected for the second time as mayor. During his tenure, he championed a number of controversial positions, such as women's suffrage. He helped build the Toronto Transit Commission and oversaw the initial planning of the waterfront. McBride died at age 70 during his second term in his study.