10 Facts About Bert Sears

Herbert Sydney Sears was a British-born politician in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Bert Sears served as mayor of Saskatoon from 1972 to 1976.

Bert Sears's father emigrated to Saskatoon in 1910 where he ran a fish and chip shop, but at the start of the First World War he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

Bert Sears was employed with Federated Co-op from 1944 until his retirement in 1967; he became regional warehouse manager in 1949.

Bert Sears served as the second president of the Saskatoon board of the Canadian Congress of Labour.

Bert Sears was a member of Saskatoon City Council from 1951 to 1958 and again from 1964 to 1971.

Bert Sears succeeded Sidney Buckwold as mayor in which role he served from 1972 to 1976.

In 1927 Bert Sears married Mary Dubets, with whom he had four sons.

Bert Sears married his second wife, Phyllis, after the death of Mary.

Bert Sears died on December 23,1993, at the age of 86 in Saskatoon.