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