Thunder Bay Mayors & Councillors, 1873-1945: including Port Arthur and Fort William, Ontario (1884-1945) and their predecessors, the municipalities of - Hardcover
Thunder Bay Mayors & Councillors, 1873-1945: including Port Arthur and Fort William, Ontario (1884-1945) and their predecessors, the municipalities of - Hardcover
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by Frederick Brent Scollie (Author), Thorold J. Tronrud (Editor), Cathy Chapin (Author)
Thunder Bay Mayors & Councillors, 1873-1945 is a meticulously assembled biographical and genealogical reference to the people who shaped local government at the Lakehead-covering Shuniah, Neebing, Port Arthur, and Fort William before their amalgamation into the City of Thunder Bay. Conceived as a tool for political and social history rather than a narrative chronicle, the volume pairs an electoral history of the four municipal corporations with a biographical dictionary of office-holders.
Built for researchers, genealogists, and informed readers, the book gathers 414 concise biographies, statistical tables, and an index to support serious inquiry. It also addresses the limits and realities of the era-openly noting, for example, that no women were elected mayor or councillor between 1873 and 1945, while documenting women's public roles where records exist-so readers can approach the material with clarity about historical exclusions and context.
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