A. Thomas Alsbury

Albert Thomas Alsbury (21 April 1904 – 21 July 1990) was a Canadian politician, educator, and soccer player.

He served as the 29th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1959 to 1962 and was a goalkeeper in the Pacific Coast League from the 1920s through to the early 1940s.

He left this office after 1962 and then worked for the University of British Columbia, although by that time his policies led to the loss of support from the Non-Partisan Association.

[5] As Mayor in 1959, Alsbury helped kick off the new Pacific Coast Soccer League season at Callister Park.

[6] Alsbury formed the senior citizen advocacy group Pensioners for Action Now in 1972.