Roy Davidson (politician)

Roy Lyle Davidson (February 15, 1906 – April 25, 1999) was a farmer and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1964 to 1967 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus.

Roy Lyle Davidson
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
January 20, 1964 – May 23, 1967
Preceded byPetrie Meston
Succeeded byRaymond Ratzlaff
ConstituencyThree Hills
Personal details
BornFebruary 15, 1906
Rygate Corner, Vermont, U.S.
DiedApril 25, 1999(1999-04-25) (aged 93)
Three Hills, Alberta
Political partySocial Credit
Residence(s)Three Hills, Alberta
Occupationfarmer and politician

Political career

Davidson ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in a by-election held on January 20, 1964. Davidson won his party nomination in a convention held in Acme on December 24, 1963. He had been involved with the party as a volunteer for 20 years prior to seeking the nomination.[1]

In the election Davidson won a hotly contested four-way race over Liberal leader David Hunter and two other candidates to hold the seat for his party.[2]

Davidson did not run for a second term in office retiring at dissolution of the assembly in 1967.

References
  1. "Carries Banner Of Socred Party In Byelection". The Lethbridge Herald. December 24, 1963. p. 16.
  2. "Past By-election Results 1905-1973". Elections Alberta. October 26, 1992. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved June 6, 2010.


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