Harry Marshall Erskine Evans
| H. M. E. Evans | |
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| 14th Mayor of Edmonton | |
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In office December 10, 1917 – December 9, 1918 |
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| Preceded by | William Thomas Henry |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Clarke |
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| Born | August 17, 1876 Davenport (now part of Toronto), Ontario |
| Died |
September 20, 1973 (aged 97) Edmonton, Alberta |
| Spouse(s) | Edith Isabel Gifford Jackson |
| Children | One son, four daughters |
| Alma mater | Michigan Technological University, University of Toronto |
| Profession | Businessman, prospector |
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Henry "Harry" Marshall Erskine Evans (August 17, 1876 – September 20, 1973) was a politician in Alberta, Canada, and a mayor of Edmonton.
Harry Evans was born on August 17, 1876, in Davenport, Ontario, now part of Toronto, to the Rev. and Mrs. J.S. Evans. He was educated in Hamilton before earning a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in 1897. After graduating, he attended the Michigan School of Mines in Houghton, Michigan.
He mined in Mexico for fifteen months before moving to Winnipeg where he was Business Manager for the Winnipeg Telegram (which had been founded by his brother William Sanford Evans, who would go on to become mayor of Winnipeg and leader of the Conservative Party of Manitoba) from 1900 until 1904. After leaving the telegram, he worked for the Manitoba Land & Investment Company for two years.
Evans moved to Alberta in 1906 to prospect coal seams on the Pembina River. He moved to Edmonton the following year and managed the Pembina Coal Co. until 1908. He was the Canadian manager of a financial house in London, England, until it went bankrupt in 1912, when he founded the H. M. E. Evans Company, Ltd., which dealt in bonds, insurance, and real estate. In 1910, he married Edith Isabel Gifford Jackson, with whom he would have one son and four daughters.
He was elected mayor in the 1917 municipal election, finishing first in a five candidate field. He did not seek re-election at the expiration of his one-year term. Immediately before his term as mayor, he was president of the Edmonton Board of Trade.
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