BAMFORTH, Thomas Henry (1875-1970), of Vancouver, B.C. was born in England but no information has been found on his education or training. He began his career in Northern Ontario before 1909 and was noted as the architect for the residence of Dr. McMurchy, First Avenue NORTH BAY, ONT. (Cobalt Daily Nugget, 20 April 1909, 4). While working in North Bay In early 1910 he "secured the services" of an architectural colleague in Toronto, William C. Beattie and may have been in a brief partnership with him (Cobalt Daily Nugget, 25 February 1910, 2).
Bamforth moved to Vancouver, B.C. in 1910 and in 1911 he designed the Central School, Central Avenue, PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. (Coquitlam Star, 7 May 1913, 7, descrip.). That same year he prepared plans for a substantial industrial building at False Creek for the Columbia Block & Tool Co., East 2nd Avenue, VANCOUVER, B.C. (C.R., xxvii, 5 March 1913, 72). After WWI he remained active as a contractor and builder, and he is likely the same "Thomas Henry Bamforth" who died at Richmond, B.C. on 5 August 1970 at the age of 93 years (D. Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 452, 491).