Henry Archer Ekers

Henry Archer Ekers (born September 18, 1855 in Montreal , † January 31, 1937 there ) was a Canadian politician . From 1906 to 1908 he was mayor of Montreal.

Ekers was the son of a brewery entrepreneur and followed in his footsteps in 1889. The Ekers brewery on Boulevard Saint-Laurent was one of the most important in the city and merged with several others to form the National Breweries Company in 1909 . In 1898 Ekers was elected to the Montreal City Council and was then an influential member of the Finance Commission. In 1906 he was elected mayor, receiving 56% of the vote. His two-year term in office was marked by the increasing radicalization of the labor movement . In 1907, with the support of the business community and the Catholic Church , he prohibited the move on May Day . A year after his resignation, the provincial government published a comprehensive report on corruption in the city administration during his tenure.

Ekers was the last English-speaking mayor of Montreal until Michael Applebaum was elected in 2012.

Web links

Biography on the website of the city administration (French)
The last English-speaking mayor of Montreal (English)

Individual evidence

^ Dow / La Brasserie O'Keefe, images. Images Montréal, accessed March 21, 2014 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Ekers, Henry Archer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 18, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH	Montreal
DATE OF DEATH	January 31, 1937
Place of death	Montreal

[1] Dow / La Brasserie O'Keefe, images. Images Montréal, accessed March 21, 2014 (French).