Samuel Bickerton Harman

Samuel Bickerton Harman (born 20 December 1819 in Brompton (London ); † July 26, 1892 in Toronto ) was a Canadian lawyer and accountant. From January 1869 to January 1871, Harman was the 18th mayor of Toronto.

Samuel Bickerton Harman attended King's College in London and began his career in 1840 as a clerk in the Colonial Bank 's in Barbados. Two years later he married in Toronto, a year later his first son Samuel Bruce was born in Grenada. In 1847 he returned apparently for family reasons back to England. A year later, he emigrated with his wife and four sons to Canada. In the 1850s he was studying law in 1855 and put his examination at Trinity College from. Between 1850 and 1853, Harman and his wife got three other children, a daughter born in 1856, died three years later. Harman became involved in 1852 with the founding of the Toronto Boat Club, which was renamed the Royal Canadian Yacht Club later. In 1866, he participated as a Councillor for the Ward St Andrew's his first political office was. He was until 1872 in the city government and was appointed as mayor from 1869 to 1871 by the Council. During his tenure, he reformed the city administration, which was formerly carried out by part-time workers, in a professionally managed institution. Samuel Bickerton Harman was seen as someone who could use his extraordinary political and organizational skills well. After his time as mayor he made expert from the urban tax authority which is acknowledged did an excellent job.