Robert Davidson (Canadian politician)
Robert Davidson | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Stanstead | |
| In office October 1935 – August 1943 | |
| Preceded by | John Thomas Hackett |
| Succeeded by | Joseph-Armand Choquette |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Greig Davidson 21 July 1875 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 3 August 1948 (aged 73) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Smillie m. 18 October 1899[1] |
| Profession | farmer |
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.
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.
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