| James Davidson Geddes | |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Death Place: | Calgary, North West Territories |
| Office: | Member of the Council of the Northwest Territories for Calgary |
| Term Start: | 1886 |
| Term End: | 1884 |
| Successor: | John D. Lauder Hugh Cayley |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
James Davidson Geddes (c. 1844 – March 30, 1895) was a Canadian accountant, rancher and politician who served a term in the Northwest Territories Legislature.
Geddes, originally from the United States,[1] lived in Galt, Ontario and worked as an accountant for the Merchants Bank. He married his wife, Eliza Fanning at the Trinity Church in Galt on June 12, 1866.[2]
He moved out west in 1882 to the District of Alberta in the Northwest Territories.[3] His ranch was established on land where the Ghost River intersects the Bow River and in 1885 he had 200 head of cattle.[4] The land is now part of Ghost Reservoir Provincial Park.
Geddes ran for public office to a seat on the North-West Legislative Council in a by-election held on June 28, 1884. The election was the first one held in the city of Calgary in the Calgary electoral district defeated James Oswald in a hotly contested election. He left the Council in 1886.[5]
Geddes died of influenza in March 1895.[6] [7]