the Toronto Trades and Labour Council, and went on strike. At the provincial commission that was created to investigate the unrest, Grasett expressed his opposition to one of the union's key demands, promotion by seniority. Grasett retired as chief constable in 1920, at the age of 73. He died of pneumonia at his home in 1930 and was buried in St James' Cemetery. He was survived by his widow Alice Katherine Parke, who he had married in 1887 in Brompton, London. Alice Katherine was a great-niece of Charles Parke, a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in England. They had no children. References 1847 births 1930 deaths Toronto police chiefs Canadian Army officers Canadian Militia officers Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Deaths from pneumonia in Ontario Burials at St. James Cemetery, Toronto The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada officers Royal Regiment of Canada Royal Regiment of Canada officers