Frederick Buscombe
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Frederick Buscombe (September 2, 1862 – July 21, 1938), was the 11th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He served from 1905 to 1906. A glassware and china merchant, he was a President of the Vancouver Board of Trade in 1900.
Buscombe was born in 1862 in Bodmin,<ref name="gos674" /> Cornwall, England, to Edwin and Isabella Oliver Grilles Buscombe.<ref name="whoswho">Template:Citation</ref> He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1870, settling near Hamilton, Ontario, where his father became a builder.<ref name="gos675">Template:Harvnb</ref> He first worked in Hamilton from 1878 to James A. Skinner & Company, a glassware and china company, as a travelling salesman from 1878 to 1891.<ref name="whoswho" /> In 1891, his job with the company brought him west to Vancouver, where he established an office with his brother, George.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Prior to 1891, he visited the Vancouver area twice, in 1884 and 1886.<ref name="gos674">Template:Harvnb</ref> He served as a partner of the company in Vancouver until 1899, when he bought out the company, and established Frederick Buscombe & Co. Ltd. china, glassware and earthenware with his brother, which grew to be one of the largest businesses of the kind in the Canadian West.<ref name="gos675" /> He was also president of the Pacific Coast Lumber & Sawmills Company, and director of the Pacific Marine Insurance Company.<ref name="whoswho" /> In 1899, he commissioned the Buscombe Building, located at 342 Water Street & 403 West Cordova Street, in Gastown, Vancouver, which is now the site of a restaurant and various businesses.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Buscombe was elected Mayor of Vancouver in 1905. During the election, he advocated for improved financial management within the municipal affairs, earning support from three newspapers, and many businessmen.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He served two terms, until 1906. During his mayoralty, he helped develop the Greater Vancouver Water Board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The city council also passed a motion to request suspension of immigration of East Indians to Vancouver due to public discontent of immigrants working in the growing construction trade.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Buscombe served as president of Vancouver's Board of Trade from 1900 to 1901, and as president of the Vancouver Tourist Association in 1901.<ref name="whoswho" /> A Mason, he was also a member of the Vancouver Club, Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, Terminal City Club, Jericho Country Club, and the Sons of England Society.<ref name="whoswho" /> He died at Vancouver 1938 and was buried at Mountain View Cemetery. At the time of his death, he was married to Cora Elsie Bird.<ref>Frederick Buscombe, "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986", Family Search. Retrieved 2014-02-27.</ref>
He married Lydia Rebecca Mattice on May 6, 1886, with whom he had five children.<ref name="gos675" /> He lived in Dundurn, Vancouver.<ref name="whoswho" /> A member of the Church of England, he enjoyed yachting, fishing and golf.