:''For the member of the provincial parliament, see Thomas_Miles_Birkett.'' Image:ThomasBirkett23.jpg '''Thomas Birkett''' (February_1 1844-December_2 1920) was mayor of Ottawa in 1891 and a member of the Canadian_House_of_Commons representing Ottawa City from 1900 to 1904. He was born in Ottawa in 1844. At the age of 13, he became an apprentice to a local hardware store owner. In 1866, he opened his own hardware store. Birkett served on the school board from 1867 to 1871 and was an alderman on Ottawa City Council from 1873 to 1878. During his term as mayor, electric streetcars were introduced in Ottawa. Birkett also served as president of the advisory board of the Dominion Building and Loan Association at Ottawa. He died in Ottawa of Pneumonia in 1920. His former home, nicknamed Birkett's Castle, is now used as the Hungarian Embassy. == External links == *''Prominent men of Canada: a collection of persons distinguished ...'', GM Adam (1892) {{Ottawamayor}} {{start box}} {{succession box | before=Jacob_Erratt | title=Mayor of Ottawa | years=1891 | after=Olivier_Durocher }} {{end box}} {{Ontario-MP-stub}} Birkett, Thomas Birkett, Thomas Birkett, Thomas Birkett, Thomas Birkett, Thomas Birkett, Thomas Birkett, Thomas