Andrew Davison
Andrew Davison | |
|---|---|
| 24th Mayor of Calgary | |
| In office January 1, 1930 – December 31, 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Ernest Osborne |
| Succeeded by | James Cameron Watson |
| Alderman for The City of Calgary | |
| In office January 1929 – December 31, 1929 | |
| In office January 3, 1922 – December 31, 1926 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office March 21, 1940 – August 17, 1948 | |
| Constituency | Calgary |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 18, 1886 Moneymore, County Londonderry, Ireland |
| Died | April 6, 1963 (aged 76) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | printer |
Andrew Davison (December 18, 1886 – April 6, 1963)[1] was a Canadian politician.
Early life
Davison was born in 1886 in Moneymore, County Londonderry, Ireland. He arrived in Alberta in 1895 and received his education in both Edmonton and Calgary.
Prior to entering politics, Davison worked as a printer, a linotype operator and publisher and was associated with the Calgary Herald, the Calgary Albertan and the News Telegram. During the World War, 1914–1918, he served overseas as a Pay Sergeant with the Canadian Army Pay Corps. He served as Pay Master of the Second Battalion, Calgary Highlanders, with the rank of captain, during World War II.
Political career
In 1921, Mr. Davison was elected to Calgary City Council as a Labour Alderman. After serving four terms as Alderman from 1922 to 1926, he was acclaimed as the 24th Mayor of Calgary on November 12, 1929.[2] He was re-elected Mayor another seven times, serving a total of sixteen years as the City's Chief Magistrate, a record unequalled before or since. During his term, the ambitious and controversial Glenmore Dam waterworks system was completed.
Davison ran for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1935 Canadian federal election as the Conservative candidate in the Bow River district. He was defeated by Social Credit candidate Charles Edward Johnston.
Davison ran for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1940 Alberta general election in the Calgary district as the leader of the Independent Movement, which sought to unite the opposition to Social Credit. He was re-elected in 1944 Alberta general election. He continued to serve as both mayor and a member in the Legislature. He did not run again in 1948.[3] [4]
In 1945, due to ill health, Davison resigned his position as Mayor of Calgary but kept his seat in the Legislature until his term was over. He retired to Vancouver.
Andrew Davison died in 1963.[5]
Election results
1944 Alberta provincial general election
| 1944 Ballot Transfer Results: Calgary | Turnout 80.39% | |||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | 6,562 vote threshold | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st (Forces) |
% | Votes | Count | |||||||||||||||
| Independent | Andrew Davison | 7,754 (137) |
7,754 | 1st | ||||||||||||||
| Social Credit | Fred Anderson | 6,655 (123) |
6,655 | 1st | ||||||||||||||
| Social Credit | Rose Wilkinson | 5,042 (103) |
8,338 | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Independent | Howard MacDonald | 2,365 (20) |
6,897 | 17th | CCF | Alymer Liesemer | 3,560 (76) |
6,077 | 17th | CCF | Robert Alderman | 2,088 (43) |
Eliminated 17th | |||||
| Independent | John J. Bowlen | 2,192 (25) |
Eliminated 16th | |||||||||||||||
| Social Credit | Art Larsen | 1,351 (33) |
Eliminated 15th | CCF | C.W.J. Helmer | 1,655 (72) |
Eliminated 14th | |||||||||||
| Independent | R.C. Carlile | 1,433 (10) |
Eliminated 13th | CCF | Ken Tory | 1,462 (49) |
Eliminated 12th | |||||||||||
| Social Credit | Edward Geehan | 1,162 (42) |
Eliminated 11th | |||||||||||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Pat Lenihan | 491 (25) |
Eliminated 10th | |||||||||||||||
| Social Credit | C.M. Baker | 834 (30) |
Eliminated 9th | CCF | Herbert Wiertz | 504 (4) |
Eliminated 8th | |||||||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Lionel Edwards | 304 (3) |
Eliminated 7th | |||||||||||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Mike Daniels | 258 (9) |
Eliminated 6th | |||||||||||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Gordon Wray | 128 (5) |
Eliminated 5th | |||||||||||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Audrey Staples | 71 (1) |
Eliminated 4th | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 39,309 (810) |
100% | 17 Counts | |||||||||||||||
Note:
- In the 1944 Election, Canadian Forces personnel were given special ballots intended to track how they voted. Service vote results are only available for the 1st Count.
1940 Alberta provincial general election
| 1940 Ballot Transfer Results: Calgary | Turnout 78.69% | |||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | 7,653 vote threshold | ||||||||||
| 1st | % | Votes | Count | |||||||||
| Independent | Andrew Davison | 12,465 | 27.15% | elected | 1st | |||||||
| Social Credit | William Aberhart | 12,122 | 26.40% | elected | 1st | |||||||
| Independent | James Mahaffy | 3,645 | 7.94% | elected | ||||||||
| Independent | John J. Bowlen | 3,447 | 7.51% | elected | ||||||||
| Social Credit | Fred Anderson | 1,939 | 4.22% | elected | ||||||||
| Independent | Joseph Shaw | 2,685 | 5.85% | |||||||||
| Social Credit | Edith Gostick | 1,605 | 3.50% | CCF | Fred J. White | 2,846 | 6.20% | |||||
| Independent | Norman Dingle | 1,480 | 3.22% | |||||||||
| Social Credit | H.D. Tarves | 1,386 | 3.02% | CCF | Robert Alderman | 1,298 | 2.83% | |||||
| Independent | Harry Pryde | 576 | 1.26% | |||||||||
| Independent Labor | Douglas Mitchell | 251 | 0.55% | |||||||||
| Independent | J.F.M. Moodie | 169 | 0.35% | |||||||||
| Total | 45,914 | 100% | 10 Counts | |||||||||
1935 Canadian general election
| 1935 Canadian federal election: Bow River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 7,529 | ||||||
| Conservative | Andrew Davison | 3,091 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Edward Joseph Garland | 2,315 | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Ross Walrod | 1,242 | ||||||
Honours
The Andrew Davison Building, a 13 floor building located at 133 6 Avenue SE and the former home of the Calgary Police Service headquarters is named in his honour.[6]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY". Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Legislative Assembly of Alberta member listing" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-05. Retrieved 2006-10-08.
- ^ "Past Mayors and Aldermen". City of Calgary. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ "Mayors' Gallery" (PDF). calgary.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2006-09-02.
- ^ "Andrew Davison Building". Calgary Herald. July 22, 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
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