Career
After opening a hardware store in Lindsay, Ontario, he moved to Toronto in 1876. A Liberal, he died in office in 1900 and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.
After opening a hardware store in Lindsay, Ontario, he moved to Toronto in 1876. A Liberal, he died in office in 1900 and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.
A prominent businessman, Bertram was elected to federal parliament as a member of the Canadian House of Commons for Toronto Centre in an 1897 by-election. Bertram"s daughter, Christine Mabel married William Henry Moore, a writer and lawyer who also became a Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario.