Roy Davidson (politician) explained

Roy Lyle Davidson
Birth Date:February 15, 1906
Death Place:Three Hills, Alberta
Birth Place:Rygate Corner, Vermont, U.S.
Residence:Three Hills, Alberta
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Term Start:January 20, 1964
Term End:May 23, 1967
Predecessor:Petrie Meston
Successor:Raymond Ratzlaff
Constituency:Three Hills
Party:Social Credit
Occupation:farmer and 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.

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.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Carries Banner Of Socred Party In Byelection. December 24, 1963. The Lethbridge Herald. 16.
  2. Web site: Past By-election Results 1905-1973. October 26, 1992. Elections Alberta. June 6, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090607094042/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/742.htm#1905-1973. June 7, 2009.