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Cyril Francis Davie

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Cyril Francis Davie (January 30, 1882[1] – February 18, 1950[2]) was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Cowichan-Newcastle in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1924 to 1933 as a Conservative.

He was born in Victoria,[3] the son of Alexander Edmund Batson Davie and Constance L. Skinner, and was educated at the University of Ottawa. Davie married Beatrice Pearl Raymond in 1911. He was speaker for the assembly from 1931 to 1933. Davie was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1933. He lived in Duncan.[1]

Davie wrote a chess column for the Daily Colonist in Victoria for a number of years. He founded the Canadian branch of the Chess Amateur Correspondence League and organized the first chess championship held in Canada.[4]

Davie died in Duncan at the age of 68.[2]

Election results

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1924 British Columbia general election: Cowichan-Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Francis Davie 1,246 31.26
Labour Samuel Guthrie 1,132 28.40
Provincial Kenneth Forrest Duncan 870 21.83
Liberal Wymond Wolverton Walkem 738 18.51
Total valid votes 3,986 100.00  
Source(s)
An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 151. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.
1928 British Columbia general election: Cowichan-Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Francis Davie 2,360 58.17 26.91
Independent Labour Samuel Guthrie 1,607 39.61 11.21
Independent St. George Gray 90 2.22 New
Total valid votes 4,057 100.00  
Total rejected ballots 108 2.59  
1933 British Columbia general election: Cowichan-Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes %
Oxford Group Hugh George Egioke Savage 1,655 40.88
Co-operative Commonwealth Samuel Guthrie 1,288 31.82
Independent Conservative Cyril Francis Davie 585 14.45
Liberal David Ramsay 520 12.85
Total valid votes 4,048 100.00
Total rejected ballots 6

References

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  1. ^ a b Normandin, A. L (1933). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1933.
  2. ^ a b "Search Results". BC Archives. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  3. ^ "Search Results". BC Archives. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  4. ^ "BCCF E-MAIL BULLETIN #35" (PDF). British Columbia Chess Federation. Retrieved 2009-12-29.