1927 Thomas Ahearn Esq Honor Dinner Program Held At Ottawa Ontario Country Club1927 Thomas Ahearn Esq Honor Dinner Program Held At Ottawa Ontario Country Club. Canadian Electricity Pioneer Honoured By Speech From Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King where he appoints Ahearn as the first chairman of the Federal District Commission the forerunner to today's National Capital Commission Thomas Ahearn, PC (June 24, 1855 June 28, 1938) was a Canadian inventor and businessman. Ahearn, a native of Ottawa, Ontario, was instrumental in