Thomas Bellamy
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| Alderman on the Edmonton Town Council | |
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In office January 14, 1895 – December 14, 1896 |
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| Alderman on the Edmonton City Council | |
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In office December 12, 1904 – December 10, 1906 |
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In office December 9, 1907 – December 14, 1908 |
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In office August 14, 1911 – February 16, 1912 |
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In office December 11, 1916 – December 10, 1917 |
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| Born | June 6, 1853 Durham County, Canada West |
| Died | October 11, 1926 (aged 73) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Lorinda Jane Davis |
| Profession | Businessman |
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Thomas Bellamy (June 6, 1853 – October 11, 1926) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.
Bellamy was born at Canada West, which would later be the province of Ontario. The son of an English immigrant, he entered the woodworking industry after finishing school. After returning to farming briefly, he moved to Manitoba where established an agricultural product dealing business and later worked for the Massey Harris agricultural supply company. His employment with that company would bring him to Edmonton where he continued to work for them until he left to start his own business, the Bellamy Company, which manufactured agricultural products, establishing himself as a prominent Edmonton businessperson.
Involved with civic affairs upon his arrival in Edmonton, Bellamy would serve terms on the school board, and eventually city council, being first elected in 1895. He also would be elected to council again in 1904, 1907, 1911 and 1916. During his time on council, he was a supporter of municipal ownership. He also worked to change taxation policies to lessen the burden on the citizens of the city. He would stand as a candidate for mayor on three separate occasions, in 1906, 1908 and 1917, unsuccessful on each occasion. Upon his defeat in his final bid for mayor in 1917, he would retire from the civic politics scene.
Active in the masonic lodge and the Baptist Church, which he helped establish in Edmonton along with his wife, Bellamy would continue to reside in Edmonton up until his death in 1927 at the age of 73. Bellamy Hill in Edmonton's downtown core is named after him.
Bellamy was born in Durham County, Canada West (later Ontario) in 1853, to George and Elizabeth (née Woolhouse) Bellamy. He was of English descent; his father was a farmer originally England, coming to Canada in 1830. Thomas Bellamy attended schools in his hometown, where he would also take a course in business. He then entered the carpentry/hardware industry, moving to Guelph, and later Bowmanville. In Bowmanville he apprenticed in a cabinet manufacturing business. After a short time there, he would later return to his family's farm in his birthplace as his "health became impaired". Bellamy farmed with his family until 1881, when he moved west to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, where he established an agricultural supply business. He remained there until mid-1883, when he became an agent of an agricultural supply producer, A. Harris, Son, and Company, which prompted a move to Pilot Mound, Manitoba. He was transferred to Winnipeg in 1890, and lived there until he moved to Edmonton in 1892 where he selected a new office for the company, located on Howard and Jasper Avenue. In Edmonton, Bellamy remained with the company, now the newly amalgamated firm of the Massey Harris Company, until 1896.
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