A. Thomas Alsbury

Albert Thomas Alsbury (1904 - 21 July 1990) was mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1959 to 1962. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and in 1907 moved to Vancouver. He studied education at the University of British Columbia where he received a degree.cite news | publisher=The Globe and Mail | date=23 July 1990 | page=D11 | author=Canadian Press | title=Ex-Vancouver mayor formed senior's group ] He was later a vice-principal at Grandview High School of Commerce in Vancouver, before the school and himself were relocated to Vancouver Technical Secondary School. ["Grandview High to Be Closed Down". "The Vancouver Sun". March 7, 1950. p.15]

Tom Alsbury defeated Frederick Hume by 11 000 votes to become mayor. He left this office after 1962 and then worked for the University of British Columbia, although by that time his policies led to the loss of support from the Non-Partisan Association. [cite news | publisher=The Vancouver Sun | date=30 November 2002 | page=B4 | first=John | last=Mackie | title=The mayors of Vancouver ]

He formed the senior citizen advocacy group Pensioners for Action Now in 1972.

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* [http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/whoswho_mayors.htm Vancouver History: list of mayors] , accessed 26 August 2006