Stewart Coulter Burton was a wholesale grocer and political figure in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada. He was mayor of Regina

Regina, Saskatchewan

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 from 1923 to 1924.

He was born in Lindsay, Ontario

Lindsay, Ontario

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, the son of Alex Burton and Jean Coulter, and was educated in Midland

Midland, Ontario

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 and Lindsay. He was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

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 in 1892. In 1903, he was hired by the firm of Cameron & Heap, wholesale grocers, in Kenora. Burton was sent to a new branch in Regina in 1907 as manager. In 1909, he married Helen Pope, the daughter of James Colledge Pope

James Colledge Pope

James Colledge Pope, PC was a land proprietor and politician on Prince Edward Island , Canada. He served as premier of the colony from 1865 to 1867, and from 1870 to 1872. He was premier of PEI in 1873 when the island joined Canadian confederation.He was born in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, the...

. Burton became manager of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries in 1929. He was chairman of the board for the Regina General Hospital and served on the first public library board in Regina.