William Templeton (mayor)

William Templeton (1853 – January 16, 1898), butcher, was the sixth Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, serving only one term in 1897. He committed suicide after losing his seat to James Garden.

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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