Robert Davidson (Canadian politician)

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Robert Greig Davidson (21 July 1875 – 3 August 1948) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec and became a farmer.

Robert Davidson
Member of Parliament
for Stanstead
In office
October 1935 – August 1943
Preceded byJohn Thomas Hackett
Succeeded byJoseph-Armand Choquette
Personal details
Born
Robert Greig Davidson

(1875-07-21)21 July 1875
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Died3 August 1948(1948-08-03) (aged 73)
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Anna Smillie
m. 18 October 1899[1]
Professionfarmer

Davidson attended high school in Sherbrooke and then St. Charles Borromeo College in Charlesbourg. He became a trustee of Stanstead Wesleyan College and director of the Western Townships Agricultural Association.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Stanstead riding in the 1935 general election. He was re-elected for a second term in 1940, but this was declared void in May 1943. Davidson lost the resulting by-election on 9 August 1943 to Joseph-Armand Choquette.

Electoral record

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1935 Canadian federal election: Stanstead
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Robert Davison 5,676
Conservative John Thomas Hackett 5,553
Reconstruction James Bert Reed 434
1940 Canadian federal election: Stanstead
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Robert Davison 5,112
Independent Liberal Alphonse Girard 4,804
By-election on 9 August 1943

Election was declared void, 24 May 1943

Party Candidate Votes
Bloc populaire Joseph-Armand Choquette 6,661
Liberal Robert Davison 5,349
Co-operative Commonwealth Pierre Albandia Thomas 257

References

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  1. ^ a b Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
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