词条 | Thomas Sharpe (politician) |
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| image = | imagesize = | honorific-prefix = Mayor | name = Thomas Sharpe | honorific-suffix = | caption = | order = 20th Mayor of Winnipeg | term_start = 1904 | term_end = 1906 | predecessor = | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date|1866|3|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = County Sligo, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1929|5|10|1866|3|14|df=yes}} | death_place = St. Clements, Manitoba, Canada | constituency = | party = | alma_mater = | spouse = Mary Jane Cathcart (m. 1887, d. 1922)[1] | profession = contractor, mason | religion = | signature = | footnotes = }}Thomas Sharpe (14 March 1866 – 10 May 1929) was a Canadian politician, the 20th Mayor of Winnipeg from 1904 to 1906.[2][3] Sharpe was born in County Sligo, Ireland and worked as a bank clerk in his teens. He moved to Canada in 1885 initially working in Toronto as a pavement contractor, then in 1892 moved to Winnipeg. He was a Winnipeg city alderman since 1899 before becoming mayor. When a rise in cases of typhoid fever in Winnipeg was discovered in 1904 by the municipal Department of Health, mayor Sharpe responded with an aggressive program to develop and enforce sewage and water services. His work as mayor also led to the establishment of Winnipeg's first Board of Control in 1906.[1] In March 1906, he responded to a strike by employees of the Winnipeg Electric Railway Company with strikebreakers and then with armed militia, earning the mayor the nickname "Gatling Gun Sharpe". This incident was considered a precursor to the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike.[1] After 1906, Sharpe did not seek another term as mayor and returned to business interests. References1. ^1 2 {{Canadabio|ID=8362}} {{Mayor of Winnipeg}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2010}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharpe, Thomas}}{{Manitoba-mayor-stub}}2. ^{{cite web | title=Thomas Sharpe (1866-1929) | url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/sharpe_t.shtml | publisher=Manitoba Historical Society | date=2008-11-19 | accessdate=2009-01-18 }} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.winnipeg.ca/Services/CityLife/HistoryOfWinnipeg/MayorsPastPresent.stm | publisher=City of Winnipeg | accessdate=2009-01-12 | title=City Government: Mayors, Past and Present | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225130928/http://www.winnipeg.ca/Services/CityLife/HistoryOfWinnipeg/MayorsPastPresent.stm | archivedate=25 December 2008 | df=dmy-all }} 5 : 1866 births|1929 deaths|Mayors of Winnipeg|Irish expatriates in Canada|Politicians from County Sligo |
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