Joseph Schubert (politician) explained

Joseph Schubert
Birth Date:1889
Birth Place:Băilești, Romania
Death Date:March 7, 1952
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Residence:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Office1:Acting Mayor of Montreal
Term Start1:August 29, 1927
Term End1:November 1927
Predecessor1:J.B. Rochon
Office2:Montreal City Councillor
Term Start2:1924
Term End2:1939
Party:Labour Party
Occupation:Labour leader

Joseph Schubert (1889 - 7 March 1952)[1] was a Canadian politician, who served on Montreal City Council from 1924 to 1939.[2] Originally from Romania, Schubert was a prominent labour unionist in the city,[3] and was the only Labour Party representative on Montreal's city council. One of his first prominent actions as a city councillor was a speech protesting police harassment of participants in the city's 1924 May Day parade.[4]

In 1931, he built a public bathhouse at the corner of Bagg and St. Lawrence, which still stands today as the Schubert Bath (official French name: Bain Schubert).[5]

He served for three months as the city's acting mayor, commencing August 29, 1927, under mayor Médéric Martin.[6] (Despite the title "acting mayor", however, he was never the city's official leader; in modern terms, his role would be more accurately understood as that of a deputy mayor or a mayor pro tem.) Until the appointment of Michael Applebaum as interim mayor in 2012, he was the highest ranking Jewish official in the history of Montreal's municipal government.

Notes and References

  1. News: Joseph Schubert set a good example . 2012-11-17 . The Gazette . 8 March 1952 . Montreal . 6.
  2. http://mimj.ca/location/1057 "Joseph Schubert - Residence"
  3. Gerald J. J. Tulchinsky, Canada's Jews: A People's Journey. p. 247. .
  4. "Reds Are Harried by Montreal Police". The Globe and Mail, May 2, 1924.
  5. Web site: Le bain Schubert et la synagogue Beys Shlomo. Anctil. Pierre. RALLYE-DECOUVERTE — FRAG SUR LA MAIN. ATSA. 20–25. French. 2009-06-02.
  6. News: Jew Becomes Acting Mayor of Montreal for 3 Months . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 30 August 1927 . JTA Jewish News Archive . https://archive.today/20130415041549/http://archive.jta.org/article/1927/08/30/2768225/jew-becomes-acting-mayor-of-montreal-for-3-months . 15 April 2013 . New York . live . 2012-11-17.