Sedley Cudmore
Sedley Anthony Cudmore was a Canadian economist, academic, civil servant and Canada's second Dominion Statistician.
Early years
Cudmore was born in County Cork, Ireland. At age 9 he and his family immigrated to Canada.In 1899 he attended the University of Toronto under the Prince of Wales matriculation scholarship, taking Classics and English. He continued his studies at Wadham College, Oxford, England, in history and economics earning a B.A and later an M.A degree.
He worked briefly for London newspapers and was, for a short period, a sub-editor on the London Standard. After he returned to Canada in 1908, he spent several years as a professor of Political Economy at the University of Toronto.
Career at the Dominion Bureau of Statistics (DBS)
He started working for the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in 1919 as editor of the Canada Year Book and head of the General Statistics Branch. In 1935, Cudmore was selected by the British government to establish a central statistical office in Jerusalem, where he remained for three years. When Robert H. Coats retired in 1942, Cudmore became the new Dominion Statistician, after having served as Assistant Dominion Statistician since 1939.Honours
In 1944, the University of Toronto conferred on Cudmore an honorary Doctor of Laws in recognition of his distinguished services.Publications
Books
- Course of Instruction in Applied Economics.
- History of the World's Commerce, with Special Reference to Canada.
Articles
- Commercial Policy and the Development of Commerce.
- Constitution and Government of Canada. Also issued as a reprint Provincial and Local Government in Canada. "Government Debts".
- Primary and Secondary Education in Canada.
- Some Personal Impressions of a Canadian Official at Jerusalem.
- Special Wartime Activities of a Central Statistical Bureau.
- Statistical Activities of Canada.
- War Obligations of Institute Members.
- What the Institute Means to Me.
- Rural and Urban Composition of the Canadian Population. Also issued as a reprint.