Malcolm McBeath
Appearance
Malcolm Peter McBeath (2 December 1880 – 15 June 1957) was the 17th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 1915 to 1917.
Born in Allenford,
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, in 1892. In 1894, he apprenticed to be a printer. In 1905, he moved to Winnipeg where he entered the real estate business. In 1907, he moved to Vancouver and was also active in real estate.[1]
McBeath was a city alderman from 1912 until he campaigned for the mayor's position. He defeated Thomas Kirkpatrick in a campaign dominated by morality issues.[2]
References
- ^ "British Columbia from the earliest times to the present". Internet Archive. 1914.
- The Vancouver Sun. p. B4.
External links
- Vancouver History: list of mayors, accessed 20 August 2006