Robert Davidson (Canadian politician) explained

Robert Davidson
Birthname:Robert Greig Davidson
Birth Date:1875 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Spouse:Anna Smillie
m. 18 October 1899
Riding:Stanstead
Predecessor:John Thomas Hackett
Successor:Joseph-Armand Choquette
Term Start:October 1935
Term End:August 1943
Profession:farmer
Party:Liberal

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.

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.

References

  1. Book: Normandin, A. L. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1941 .