| William Harold Malkin
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July 30, 1868 – October 11, 1959 Originally from Burslem, Staffordshire, England, William Malkin served as Vancouver mayor for 1929-30. Malkin established a committee to look into corruption and embezzlement in the city’s Relief Department. Author of The Conquest of Poverty, he worked to bring about changes in civic policy to benefit the working classes. Initiated: Evening Star No. 10, Sask Affiliated: 1930/01/13 Western Gate Lodge No. 48
Source: Grand Lodge of BC and Yukon records. “Mayors of Vancouver”, Donna-Jean MacKinnon, The Greater Vancouver Book. |