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 by	John Thomas Hackett
Succeeded by	Joseph-Armand Choquette
Personal details
Born	Robert Greig Davidson (1875-07-21)21 July 1875 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Died	3 August 1948(1948-08-03) (aged 73)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Anna Smillie m. 18 October 1899
Profession	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.

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
	Liberal	Robert Davison	5,676
	Conservative	John Thomas Hackett	5,553
	Reconstruction	James Bert Reed	434

1940 Canadian federal election: Stanstead
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Davison	5,112
	Independent Liberal	Alphonse Girard	4,804

By-election on 9 August 1943 Election was declared void, 24 May 1943
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc populaire	Joseph-Armand Choquette	6,661
	Liberal	Robert Davison	5,349
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Pierre Albandia Thomas	257

External links

• Robert Davidson – Parliament of Canada biography