He was born in Cornwall, England in 1825, the son of Henry Newell Bate and Lisette Meyer. The family emigrated to St. Catharines, Ontario in 1833. In the 1850s he founded a large wholesale grocery business, "C. T. Bate & Co.", in Ottawa, Ontario with his brother, Henry Newell Bate, who became the first head of the Ottawa Improvement Commission, later the National Capital Commission and who was knighted in 1910.
Mr. Bate was mayor when Ottawa became the first city in Canada to be completely lit by electricity, after nearly two years of debate (the move having been rejected as unnecessary by Ottawa's previous mayor Charles Mackintosh). President of the Ottawa Electric Light Company[2] and the Ottawa Gas Company, Bate served on the first board of the Bank of Ottawa, which later merged with Scotiabank.
In Ottawa, An Illustrated History, John H. Taylor wrote, "In the late nineteenth century, only the Ottawa merchandiser C.T. Bate, appears to have had any standing in the Canadian financial community".
ReferencesEdit
^Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005)
Dave Mullington (2005), Chain of Office : Biographical Sketches of the Early Mayors of Ottawa (1847-1948), GeneralStore PublishingHouse, pp. 64–65, ISBN978-1-897113-17-2, retrieved 14 October 2011
Star Iron Tower Co (1886), American electrical directory, Star Iron Tower Co., pp. 366–, retrieved 14 October 2011
bate, charles, thornton, bate, february, 1825, april, 1889, mayor, ottawa, 1884, charles, thornton, bate15th, mayor, ottawaincumbentassumed, office, 1884preceded, bypierre, jeansucceeded, byfrancis, mcdougalpersonal, detailsbornfeb, 1825cornwall, englanddiedap. Charles Thornton Bate February 10 1825 April 10 1889 was mayor of Ottawa in 1884 1 Charles Thornton Bate15th Mayor of OttawaIncumbentAssumed office 1884Preceded byPierre St JeanSucceeded byFrancis McDougalPersonal detailsBornFeb 10 1825Cornwall EnglandDiedApril 10 1889OttawaHe was born in Cornwall England in 1825 the son of Henry Newell Bate and Lisette Meyer The family emigrated to St Catharines Ontario in 1833 In the 1850s he founded a large wholesale grocery business C T Bate amp Co in Ottawa Ontario with his brother Henry Newell Bate who became the first head of the Ottawa Improvement Commission later the National Capital Commission and who was knighted in 1910 Mr Bate was mayor when Ottawa became the first city in Canada to be completely lit by electricity after nearly two years of debate the move having been rejected as unnecessary by Ottawa s previous mayor Charles Mackintosh President of the Ottawa Electric Light Company 2 and the Ottawa Gas Company Bate served on the first board of the Bank of Ottawa which later merged with Scotiabank In Ottawa An Illustrated History John H Taylor wrote In the late nineteenth century only the Ottawa merchandiser C T Bate appears to have had any standing in the Canadian financial community References Edit Dave Mullington Chain of Office Biographic Sketches of Ottawa s Mayors 1847 1948 Renfrew Ontario General Store Publishing House 2005 Star Iron Tower Co 1886 pp 366 Legislative Assembly of Ontario Dave Mullington 2005 Chain of Office Biographical Sketches of the Early Mayors of Ottawa 1847 1948 GeneralStore PublishingHouse pp 64 65 ISBN 978 1 897113 17 2 retrieved 14 October 2011 Star Iron Tower Co 1886 American electrical directory Star Iron Tower Co pp 366 retrieved 14 October 2011 Preceded byPierre St Jean Mayor of Ottawa1884 Succeeded byFrancis McDougal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title C T Bate amp oldid 1122227311, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
