Alexander Bethune

Alexander Bethune (January 1, 1852 – June 10, 1947), merchant, was the 12th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, serving from 1907 to 1908. He had previously served five years as alderman. He was a Freemason, and was a founding member of Acacia Lodge No. 22. He is buried at Mountain View Cemetery.

Mayors of Vancouver

MacLean Oppenheimer Cope Anderson Collins Templeton Garden Townley Neelands McGuigan Buscombe Bethune Douglas Taylor Findlay Baxter Taylor McBeath Gale Tisdall W. Owen Taylor Malkin Taylor McGeer Miller Telford Cornett McGeer Jones Miller (acting) Thompson Hume Alsbury Rathie T. Campbell Phillips Volrich Harcourt G. Campbell P. Owen L. Campbell Sullivan Robertson

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Name	Bethune, Alexander
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Date of birth	January 1, 1852
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Date of death	June 10, 1947
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