Career
He came to Calgary in 1905 and founded a book, stationary and school supplies business. Mr. Osborne served as the 23rd Mayor of Calgary from 1926 to 1929. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta in 1947.
Frederick Ernest Osborne died in 1948.
He now has a school named after him in Northwest Calgary. In 1961, The Calgary Board of Education decided to honour by building a junior-high school in the (then) new North-West Calgary community of Varsity, the medium-sized school was opened in 1967, and today is expanded to serve the communities of Hawkwood,Tuscany,Varsity and Silver Springs.
Mr. Osborne established this well-known retail outlet in 1905.
lieutenant remained in its original location, 112 - 8th Avenue South.W., until it was destroyed by fire in 1966. Fred Osborne took a leadership role in many of Calgary’s service and social clubs.
He was a president and district governor of the Rotary Club, president of the Calgary Board of Trade, a Mason, and a Shriner. Politics was another area in which he became actively involved.
He twice served the city as an alderman, and he was the mayor of Calgary for three years (1927-1929).
