- Thomas Grindley
Infobox Politician (general)
name= Thomas Maltby Grindley
imagesize=300
title2= Alderman on theEdmonton City Council
term_start2= December 12, 1910
term_end2= February 1, 1912
birth_date= November 8, 1864
birth_place=Laxey ,Isle of Man
spouse= Mary Jane Furnivale
children= 2
profession= Soldier, merchant
religion=Anglican Thomas Maltby Grindley (born November 8, 1864) was a politician in
Alberta ,Canada and a municipal councillor inEdmonton .Biography
Thomas Grindley was born November 8, 1864 in
Laxey on theIsle of Man . He was educated there and immigrated to Canada in 1882. He moved to the country's west as a trading agent for the Chipman Brother of Halifax. He joined the military and took part in suppressing theNorth-West Rebellion in 1885, serving underSam Steele .In 1886 he left the Chipam Brothers and opened a general store in
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta , where he also served as a school trustee. The following year, he became buyer and manager for Ross Brothers Hardware Company, co-owned by James Ross.In 1888 he married Mary Jane Furnivale, with whom he would have two children.
In 1903 he left the Ross Brothers to join the Revillon Brothers, where he remained until 1905 when he established Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, a mercantile house in Edmonton.
In the 1904 municipal election, Grindley ran for alderman on
Edmonton City Council . He finished ninth of seventeen candidates, and was defeated. He was more successful in the 1910 election, when he finished second of eleven candidates and was elected to what was intended to be a two year term. However, Edmonton's merger with Strathcona necessitated an entire new Council to be elected in February 1912, and Grindley's term was truncated. He was unsuccessful in his attempts to win it back, as he finished fourteenth of eighteen candidates.Grindley was involved with the
Anglican Church , the Freemasons, and the Liberal Party.References
* [http://www.epl.ca/Elections/results/EPLBiographiesLetter.cfm?id=G Edmonton Public Library Biography of Thomas Grindley]
* [http://www.edmonton.ca/CityGov/ElectionHistory/Members%20of%20Council%20Biographies.doc City of Edmonton biography of Thomas Grindley]
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