Robert Davidson (Canadian politician)

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

1935 Canadian federal election: Stanstead
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRobert Davison5,676
ConservativeJohn Thomas Hackett5,553
ReconstructionJames Bert Reed434
1940 Canadian federal election: Stanstead
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRobert Davison5,112
Independent LiberalAlphonse Girard4,804
By-election on 9 August 1943

Election was declared void, 24 May 1943

Party Candidate Votes
Bloc populaireJoseph-Armand Choquette6,661
LiberalRobert Davison5,349
Co-operative CommonwealthPierre Albandia Thomas257

References

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


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