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| In office November 10, 1937 – November 7, 1945 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Clarke |
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| Succeeded by | Harry Dean Ainlay |
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Alderman on the Edmonton City Council
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| In office November 9, 1932 – November 10, 1937 |
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| Born | December 5, 1876 Woodstock, Ontario |
| Died | December 23, 1946 (aged 70) |
| Political party | Citizens Committee, Civic Government Association, United Citizens of Edmonton, Independent |
| Children | Four daughters, one son |
| Profession | Teacher, realtor |
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Biography
Early Life
John Fry was born in Woodstock, Ontario on December 5, 1876. Woodstock (2006 population 35480 is a City and the county seat of Oxford County in southwestern Ontario Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year He grew up in Woodstock and Owen Sound and moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1897 to attend Normal School. Regina (rɨˈdʒaɪnə is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common normal school was a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers He received his teaching certificate and taught for three years in Gainsborough, Saskatchewan. Gainsborough is a small farming community located on Highway 18 in the southeastern corner of Saskatchewan, He married and moved to a homestead near Lloydminster. Lloydminster is a Canadian City which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling a provincial
In 1911, he moved to Edmonton and entered the contracting and real estate business. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
Political career
John Wesley Fry sought office eleven times in his political career, and was never defeated. His first attempt took place in the 1932 election, when he ran for the position of alderman on Edmonton City Council. The 1932 municipal election was held November 9, 1932 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was elected, finishing second of fifteen candidates. He was re-elected in the 1934 and 1936 elections, finishing second each time (of eighteen and sixteen candidates, respectively). The 1934 municipal election was held November 14, 1934 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public The 1936 municipal election was held November 12, 1936 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school
Fry resigned midway through his third two year term to run for mayor in the 1937 election, challenging incumbent Joseph Clarke. The 1937 municipal election was held November 10, 1937 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and five trustees to sit on the public school Joseph Andrew Clarke (born September 20, 1869; died July 26, 1941) was a politician and lawyer from Canada. He defeated Clarke by three thousand votes, and would go on to be re-elected in 1938 (defeating three challengers, including Clarke), 1939 (defeating local member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Samuel Barnes), 1940 (defeating two challengers), 1941 (defeating alderman George Campbell), 1942 (by acclamation), 1943 (defeating Thomas Cairns), and 1944 (defeating Rice Sheppard). The 1938 municipal election was held November 9, 1938 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school The 1939 municipal election was held November 8, 1939 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. Samuel Augustus Gordon (S A G) Barnes was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and a candidate for mayor The 1940 municipal election was held November 13, 1940 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. The 1941 municipal election was held November 12, 1941 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school The 1942 municipal election was held November 12, 1942 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, three trustees to sit on the public school The 1943 municipal election was held November 10, 1943 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school The 1944 municipal election was held November 1, 1944 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school Rice Sheppard (born April 2 1861 died August 26 1947 was a politician and farmers' activist in Alberta, Canada. He did not seek re-election in the 1945 election, and did not seek political office again thereafter. The 1945 municipal election was held November 7, 1945 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and five trustees to sit on the public school
Personal life, death, and legacy
In addition to his political activities, John Wesley Fry was a member of the Kiwanis Club, the Masonic Lodge, the Union of Alberta Municipalities, and the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities (serving as President of the latter two). Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers headquartered in Indianapolis Indiana. He died December 23, 1946, survived by his wife, four daughters, and one son. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. One of his daughters, Gladys Fry Douglas, was captain of the Edmonton Grads basketball team (undisputed world champions for seventeen years before they disbanded in 1940 and called by basketball's inventor, James Nasmith, the "finest basketball team that ever stepped out on a floor"). The Edmonton Grads were a Canadian women's Basketball team While long disbanded the team continues to hold the North American record for the sports team with the best winning Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the Scottish Engineer. For the Inventor of Basketball, see James Naismith.
His eight years as mayor were the longest in Edmonton's history at that point. William Hawrelak surpassed the record in 1963 (Hawrelak, who served three non-consecutive stints as mayor, would serve a total of more than nine years). William Hawrelak ( October 3 1915 – November 7 1975) was a politician in Alberta, Canada, the longest-serving Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fry's record of eight consecutive years as mayor stood until 2003, when Bill Smith surpassed it. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. William (Bill Smith (born December 11, 1935) is a businessman Canadian politician and former mayor of Edmonton Alberta.
John Fry Park, a baseball park in Edmonton, is named in Fry's honour. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each
References
- Edmonton Public Library Biography of John Fry
- City of Edmonton biography of John Fry
- Report to the Edmonton City Council Executive Committee including a list of aldermen who have been honoured in the names of Edmonton's features
| Preceded by Joseph Clarke |
Mayor of Edmonton 1937-1946 |
Succeeded by Harry Dean Ainlay |
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