Henry Goodridge (Alberta politician)

Infobox Politician (general)
name= Henry Goodridge


imagesize=300
title= Alderman on the Edmonton Town Council
term_start= 1899
term_end= 1901
term_start2=December 9, 1901
term_end2=December 8, 1902
birth_date= Unknown
death_date= February 25, 1914
death_place= Sexsmith, Alberta
spouse= D. S. McKay (6 sons)

Henry Goodridge (died February 25, 1914) was a politician and municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta.

Biography

Goodridge first came to Edmonton in 1874 with a troop of soldiers. He returned two years later to become the first white settler in the area that is now Jasper Place. He homesteaded and farmed near what is now Stony Plain for many years, and worked for a time in the implement trade.

He married D. S. McKay; the two would have six sons.

In 1899, Goodridge was appointed as an alderman to Edmonton Town Council to replace Kenneth W. MacKenzie, who had resigned to run for mayor. Goodridge was re-elected in the 1900 election, in which he placed third of eight candidates, but resigned in 1901. In the 1901 election, he was elected to complete the term to which he had originally been elected. He did not seek re-election at the conclusion of that term in 1902.

In 1908, Goodridge moved to Entwistle, Alberta to operate a lumber business. He retired in 1913, and died of a stroke February 25 of the following year.

References

* [http://www.epl.ca/Elections/results/EPLBiographiesLetter.cfm?id=G Edmonton Public Library biography of Henry Goodridge]
* [http://www.edmonton.ca/CityGov/ElectionHistory/Members%20of%20Council%20Biographies.doc City of Edmonton biography of Henry Goodridge]
* [http://www.rewedmonton.ca/content_view2?CONTENT_ID=210 Real Estate Weekly history of Jasper Place]