Horatio Clarence Hocken
Horatio Clarence Hocken (October 12, 1857 – February 18, 1937) was a Canadian politician, Mayor of Toronto, social reformer, a founder of what became the Toronto Star and Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of British America from 1914 to 1918.
The Honourable Horatio Clarence Hocken | |
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| Senator for Toronto, Ontario | |
| In office December 30, 1933 – February 18, 1937 | |
| Appointed by | R. B. Bennett |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Toronto West Centre | |
| In office 1925–1930 | |
| Preceded by | The riding was created in 1924. |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Factor |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Toronto West | |
| In office 1917–1925 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund Boyd Osler |
| Succeeded by | The riding was abolished in 1924. |
| 36th Mayor of Toronto | |
| In office 1912–1914 | |
| Preceded by | George Reginald Geary |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Langton Church |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 12, 1857 Toronto, Canada West |
| Died | February 18, 1937 (aged 79) Toronto General Hospital |
| Political party | Unionist Party Conservative Party |
| Spouse | Isabella Page (m. 1880, d.1937) |
| Children | 4 |
Born in Toronto in what was pre-Confederation Canada West, Hocken had a media career as a printer, publisher and journalist. After working as a typesetter at the Toronto Globe at which he led a strike, Hocken, in 1892, Hocken was a foremen in the print room of the Toronto News when the Typographical Union went on strike. He and 20 other strikers founded the Evening Star as a strike paper with Hocken as the new paper's business manager. He subsequently left the Star and returned to the News where he became city editor. In 1905 he purchased The Orange Sentinel, a weekly newspaper serving supporters of the Orange Order.