Henry Archer Ekers Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Mayor
Henry Archer Ekers
Order:28th Mayor of Montreal
Term Start:1906
Term End:1908
Predecessor:Hormidas Laporte
Successor:Louis Payette
Birth Date:8 September 1855
Birth Place:Montreal, Canada East
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Resting Place:Mount Royal Cemetery
Constituency:Saint-Laurent
Profession:Business magnate, brewing

Henry Archer Ekers (8 September 1855 – 1 February 1927) was a Canadian industrialist and politician, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1906 and 1908. He ran unsuccessfully for the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative in 1900 and 1908.[1]

Biography

Ekers' parents were both born in England. Relocated to Montreal, his father became a brewery owner, working from St. Lawrence Boulevard.

He was educated at the Montreal Collegiate School before joining his father's company, Ekers Brewery. Ekers eventually founded National Breweries Limited.

Political career

Ekers represented the St. Lawrence ward on Montreal city council.

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Notes and References

  1. News: The last anglophone mayor of Montreal: not who you might think . https://web.archive.org/web/20121120012319/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/last+anglophone+mayor+Montreal+might+think/7561603/story.html . dead . 20 November 2012 . Wilkins . Robert N. . 16 November 2012 . The Gazette . 16 November 2012 . Montreal .