Lester Petrie American

United States

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 politician, was Mayor of Honolulu

Mayor of Honolulu

The Mayor of Honolulu is the chief executive officer of the City and County of Honolulu and considered the third most powerful official in the U.S. state of Hawaii, behind the Governor of Hawaii and the Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii...

 from 1941 to 1947, including when the city was attacked on December 7, 1941 by the Japanese military

Japan

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Political career

He was a member of the Honolulu Board of Supervisors from 1913 to 1930. Petrie was then a Territorial senator for four years before serving as Mayor of Honolulu

Mayor of Honolulu

The Mayor of Honolulu is the chief executive officer of the City and County of Honolulu and considered the third most powerful official in the U.S. state of Hawaii, behind the Governor of Hawaii and the Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii...

 during the years of World War II.

Freemasonry

Petrie was a member of Hawaiian Lodge No. 21, F & AM and was one of the Freemasons who helped to establish the Shriners Hospital for Children in Honolulu. Petrie was the Potentate in 1917 and The Master of Hawaiian Lodge in 1920. http://calodges.org/ncrl/masdirec.html

Personal History

Petrie was born in San Francisco but was brought to Hawai'i as an infant. He attended the Fort Street School and for fifty years was employed by the O'ahu Railway & land Co., retiring as general shop superintendent.http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/newspapers/importan57nnw.txt