death_date children birth_date residence term_end constituency death_place term_start spouse image name occupation caption predecessor birth_place party office successor religion article_title
02 july 1938 2 15 june 1888 1447 king st. w. , toronto 1938 1934 1926 parkdale brockton toronto southwest - seat b toronto , ontario 1937 1926 1923 irene jarrett fred g mcbrien photo circa 1914.jpeg frederick george mcbrien barrister/businessman fred 1914 . mcbrien while attending osgoode hall law school circa william price riding established john ramsden mono township , dufferin county , ontario conservative member member of the legislative assembly of provincial parliament member of the legislative assembly william stewart riding abolished riding abolished methodist/united church fred mcbrien

fred mcbrien

frederick george -lrb- fred -rrb- mcbrien -lrb- 15 june 1888 -- 2 july 1938 -rrb- was an ontario lawyer and political figure .
he represented toronto southwest and then brockton from 1923 to 1934 and parkdale from 1937 to 1938 in the legislative assembly of ontario as a conservative member .
he died in office at the age of 50 .
he was born in on 15 june 1888 in the mono township , dufferin county , ontario and educated in toronto and at osgoode hall .
he was a newspaper boy for the toronto star in his youth .
when he was 17 , he opened a hardware store with his younger brother william , supplying builders in toronto 's growing outlying areas .
he began studying law at osgoode hall 1914 , while still running his hardware business , and graduated in 1922 .
mcbrien was named king 's counsel in 1934 .
he first ran for city council in 1908 , and after three tries , was elected in on 1 january 1911 as the alderman for the old city of toronto ward 6 , in the west-end .
at the time , toronto had yearly city council elections on new year 's day .
he decided to run for mayor in 1914 ; at the time , he was the youngest person to run for that office at age 25 .
he was defeated by incumbent mayor horatio clarence hocken by just over 1000 votes .
in june 1938 , he had a heart attack , and was hospitalized at toronto western hospital .
he died on 2 july 1938 at the hospital .
an odd thing happened regarding his funeral .
his brother william mcbrien was the chair of the toronto transit commission at the time , and was involved in a minor car accident on his way to make the funeral arrangements for fred .
since he died in office , his funeral was attended by the province 's premier mitchell hepburn and toronto mayor ralph day .
