Background
He was born in on 15 June 1888 in the Mono Township, Dufferin County, Ontario and educated in Toronto and at Osgoode Hall.
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Fred McBrien
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Career
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 a newspaper boy for the Toronto Star in his youth.
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 on 1 January 1911 as the Alderman for the old City of Toronto Ward 6, in the west-education
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.
Since he died in office, his funeral was attended by the province"s premier Mitchell Hepburn and Toronto mayor Ralph Day.
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Political Party
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario