Donald Watson Davis (November 23, 1849 – June 4, 1906) was a politician from

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, Canada.

Early life

He was born in

Londonderry, Vermont Londonderry is a New England town, town in Windham County, Vermont, Windham County, Vermont, United States. It is bounded on the north by Landgrove and Weston, on the east by Windham, on the south by Jamaica and on the west by Winhall and Landgrov ...

. He served in the Union army during the U.S. Civil War.

Career

He moved to southern

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in 1869. He worked as a whiskey peddler at

Fort Whoop-up Fort Whoop-Up was the nickname (eventually adopted as the official name) given to a whisky trading post, originally Fort Hamilton, near what is now Lethbridge, Alberta. During the late 19th century, the post served as a centre for trading activ ...

when the

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marched west in 1874. He turned his hand to building the NWMP's

Fort Macleod Fort Macleod ( ) is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It was originally named Macleod to distinguish it from the North-West Mounted Police barracks (Fort Macleod, built 1874) it had grown around. The fort was named in honour of the then List o ...

and

Fort Calgary Fort Calgary was a North-West Mounted Police outpost at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers in present-day Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally named Fort Brisebois, after the outpost's first commander, the outpost was renamed Fort Calga ...

. He was general manager of the I.G. Baker and Company in Alberta in the 1880s. Davis was elected to the

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in the

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. He was one of the first Members of Parliament to represent the North-West Territories. He represented the new Alberta (Provisional District). He was re-elected in

1891 Events January * January 1 ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new African territories. * January 4 – The Earl of Zetland issues a ...

. .

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1849 births 1906 deaths American emigrants People from Londonderry, Vermont Pre-Confederation Alberta people Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from the Northwest Territories 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{NorthwestTerritories-MP-stub