| 词条 | John W. Hair |
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BiographyHair was born in Dunlop, Ayrshire and was educated in Glasgow. Before coming to North America in 1907, he worked in South Africa and South America. Later that year, his fiancée joined him and they were married in Winnipeg; they had two daughters. Hair worked for Saskatoon businessman John Clarence Drinkle as manager of Saskatoon’s first automatic telephone system, and later as manager of the Great West Furniture Company. In 1914, with a partner, he bought the company and expanded it into a chain of furniture stores. He was also involved in real estate speculation.[1] Hair was a member of Saskatoon city council in 1926, from 1928 to 1929, and from 1932 to 1933 as an alderman. He also served on the board of governors for the University of Saskatchewan. He had succeeded George Wesley Norman as the mayor of the city in 1930. He served as mayor till 1931 and was succeeded by Joseph Edwin Underwood.[1][2] While attending a conference on unemployment in Winnipeg in summer 1930, Mayor Hair confidently declared that the situation in Saskatoon was "under control"; this evaluation was subsequently proven to be "terribly wrong".[3][4] During the Great Depression the global economy was severely affected; out of $750,000 paid as unemployment relief bills in the province of Saskatchewan, $300,000 was paid by the Saskatoon municipal administration.[4] Hair died at the age of 61 on March 18, 1941, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/City%20Clerks%20Office/City%20Archives/City%20History/Documents/Saskatoon-City-Council_April-23-2014.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623141055/http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/City%20Clerks%20Office/City%20Archives/City%20History/Documents/Saskatoon-City-Council_April-23-2014.pdf|archivedate=June 23, 2014|publisher=City of Saskatoon |title=A Seat on Council: The Aldermen, Councillors and Mayors of Saskatoon 1903-2006 |last=Pedersen |first=Jen}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Saskatoon's Mayors and Council |url=http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/City%20Clerks%20Office/City%20Archives/City%20History/Pages/Saskatoon'sMayorsandCouncil.aspx |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227065709/http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/City%20Clerks%20Office/City%20Archives/City%20History/Pages/Saskatoon%27sMayorsandCouncil.aspx |archivedate=27 December 2013 |website=saskatoon.ca |accessdate=28 June 2014 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 3. ^{{cite web|last1=O'Brien|first1=Jeff|title=Looking back on predictions for Saskatoon|url=http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=fde807b1-0d9f-48c8-8d37-cf49536566b9|work=The Star Phoenix|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707074448/http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=fde807b1-0d9f-48c8-8d37-cf49536566b9|archivedate=7 July 2014|accessdate=28 June 2014|date=January 26, 2013}} 4. ^1 {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wGVByt110fEC&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57 |title=Saskatoon: A History of Photographs |pages=57–58 |year=2007 |publisher=Coteau Books |ISBN=1550503669 |first=Jeff |last=O'Brien |author2=Millar, Ruth W |author3=Delaney, William P }} External links
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