Frederick Harvey Davidson (August 21, 1865 – August 27, 1935) was the 26th
Mayor of Winnipeg from 1917 to 1918.
He was born in
Brockville
Brockville, formerly Elizabethtown, is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, it is politically independent of the county. It is included with Le ...
,
Canada West
The Province of Canada (or the United Province of Canada or the United Canadas) was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, in the Report on the ...
, and moved to Manitoba when he was 18 years old. The next year, he and his brothers established the Davidson Brothers contracting firm.
Davidson served on Winnipeg
city council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...
from 1912 to 1916 before becoming Mayor in 1917 (after the election of
David J. Dyson was overturned after a
recount
An election recount is a repeat tabulation of votes cast in an election that is used to determine the correctness of an initial count. Recounts will often take place if the initial vote tally during an election is extremely close. Election reco ...
) and served until 1918. He then served again on city council from 1920 to 1929 and again from 1932 to 1933.
Davidson served as president of the Winnipeg Builders' Exchange in 1911 and belonged to a number of service clubs.
External links
Manitoba Historical Society bio
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1865 births
1935 deaths
Mayors of Winnipeg
People from Brockville