Cyril Francis Davie

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
1924 British Columbia general election: Cowichan-Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeCyril Francis Davie1,24631.26–
LabourSamuel Guthrie1,13228.40–
ProvincialKenneth Forrest Duncan87021.83–
LiberalWymond Wolverton Walkem73818.51–
Total valid votes 3,986100.00 
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%±%
ConservativeCyril Francis Davie2,36058.1726.91
Independent LabourSamuel Guthrie1,60739.6111.21
IndependentSt. George Gray902.22New
Total valid votes 4,057100.00 
Total rejected ballots 1082.59 
Source(s)
An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 161. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.
1933 British Columbia general election: Cowichan-Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes%
Oxford GroupHugh George Egioke Savage1,65540.88
Co-operative CommonwealthSamuel Guthrie1,28831.82
Independent ConservativeCyril Francis Davie58514.45
LiberalDavid Ramsay52012.85
Total valid votes 4,048 100.00
Total rejected ballots 6
Source(s)
An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 (PDF). Victoria: Elections British Columbia. 1988. p. 175. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.

References
  1. Normandin, A. L (1933). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1933.
  2. "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.


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