Ferdinand David (May 30, 1824 – July 16, 1883) was a building contractor and political figure in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1871 to 1875 as a

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member. He was born Ferdinand-Conon David in

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, the son of David-Fleury David and Cécile Poitras. He was educated locally, also learning the trade of carpentry, and later worked as a painter and coach-builder in

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. David then worked as a building contractor before joining a firm with

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, lawyer Gustave-Adolphe Drolet and architect Michel Laurent which specialized in real estate and house construction. He served on Montreal city council from 1861 to 1877; David served as chairman of the roads committee and ran unsuccessfully for the post of mayor. He was married twice: to Olive Boyer, dit Quintal in 1844 and to Sophie Homier, the widow of

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, in 1868. David was involved in the

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of the time. He also was vice-president of the

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at Montreal, president of the Société de l’Union Saint-Joseph de Montréal and the Société de Colonisation de Montréal, and a director of the Montreal Northern Colonization Railway. He died in Montreal at the age of 59 and was buried in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:David, Ferdinand 1824 births 1883 deaths Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec