David Whiteside (February 6, 1870 – March 8, 1947) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1916 to 1924, as a Liberal member for the constituency of New Westminster.[1] While he did not seek re-election in the 1924 provincial election, he did run unsuccessfully as a BC Liberal candidate in the 1928 provincial election in the Dewdney constituency and as an Independent candidate endorsed by the Independent Co-operative Commonwealth Federation association in the 1933 provincial election in the New Westminster constituency.

David Whiteside
MLA for New Westminster
In office
1916–1924
Succeeded byEdwin James Rothwell
Personal details
Born(1870-02-06)February 6, 1870
Scarborough Township, Ontario, Canada
DiedMarch 8, 1947(1947-03-08) (aged 77)
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyLiberal Party of British Columbia
SpouseAnnie Clarke Richmond (m. 1903)
Childrentwo
Professionlawyer, judge

Born in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough Township, Ontario, he was a lawyer and judge, educated at Osgoode Hall Law School and first called to the Ontario Bar in 1895. Moving to British Columbia in 1899, he first settled in Rossland, British Columbia, then Phoenix, British Columbia. He practiced law with James Alexander MacDonald under the firm Macdonald & Whiteside in Grand Forks, British Columbia from 1902 to 1909. He practiced under the firm Whiteside, Edmonds & Whiteside in New Westminster starting in 1912 until 1925, when he entered the practice of McQuarrie, Whiteside & Duncan. In 1938, he was appointed as a judge on the County Court Bench.[2] He died in Coquitlam in 1947.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". google.ca. 1922. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. ^ Carter, S. M. (1940). "Who's who in British Columbia".
  3. ^ Death registration