| 词条 | Fred W. Suitor |
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| name = Fred W. Suitor | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year|1879}} | birth_place = Leeds, Quebec | death_date = {{Death date and age|1934|5|10|1879|5|5}} | occupation = Labor leader and politician | years_active = 1908–1934 | module = | office = Mayor of Barre, Vermont | term_start = 1929 | term_end = 1931 | website = }}Fred W. Suitor (1879-May 10, 1934) was an American labor leader and politician from Vermont. Suitor was a leader in the Quarry Workers' International Union of North America. Elected Secretary-Treasurer of the QWIUNA in 1911, he maintained that position until 1930. In 1915, he was president of the Vermont Federation of Labor.[1] He was the second socialist mayor of Barre, Vermont after Robert Gordon LaborAs a child, he worked part-time in a Quebec copper mill. He eventually became a blacksmith and worked in Vermont's large granite industry. In 1908, at the age of 29, Suitor became a business agent for the Quarry Workers union. In 1911, he was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the union, a position he continued in until 1930. He held other positions of influence in the union until his death in 1934. PoliticsIn politics, Suitor was a member of the Socialist Party of America, which distinguished him from some other high-ranking labor leaders who were often opposed to socialism. He was twice a candidate of the Socialist Party of Vermont for Governor (1912 and 1932).[2] He was also involved in municipal politics in Barre; when fellow Socialist Robert Gordon was elected mayor in mayor of the granite-mining city of Barre, Vermont from 1929 to 1931. While mayor, Suitor was known as a "sidewalk socialist", a play on the sewer socialism that emphasized immediate reforms over revolutionary changes common among elected socialists in the United States. Notable among his accomplishments as mayor was the creation of a public park, now known as Rotary Park. A major challenge Suitor confronted as mayor was the onset of the Great Depression. In response to the economic downturn, he proposed and voters approved a $50,000 bond to be used to improve infrastructure and keep local men working.[3] PersonalSuitor was born in 1879 in the Anglophone village of Leeds, Quebec. In grade school, he worked part-time in a copper mill. In 1892, he and his family settled in Barre, Vermont. Suitor died following a series of heart attacks in the spring of 1934 at the age of 55. Historian Robert E. Weir notes that the former quarry worker "died at a relatively young age, though an advanced one by the standards of granite workers."[4] References1. ^[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001873662 Flint, Winston Allen, The Progressive Movement in Vermont, p. 84] {{DEFAULTSORT:Suitor, Fred W}}2. ^[https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/681773/generalelection_stateofficers_gov.pdf Governor: 1789-2014] Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration 3. ^[https://vermonthistory.org/journal/83/VHS8301SolidMen.pdf Weir, Robert E., Solid Men in the Granite City: Municipal Socialism in Barre, Vermont, 1916-1931. Vermont History Vol. 83, No. 1 (Winter/Spring 2015): 43–81.] 4. ^Weir, p. 66 9 : 1879 births|1934 deaths|American labor leaders|Mayors of places in Vermont|People from Barre, Vermont|Canadian emigrants to the United States|Anglophone Quebec people|Labor unionists from Vermont|Socialist Party of America politicians from Vermont |
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