Robert Davidson (Canadian politician)
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 21 July 1875 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 3 August 1948 (aged 73) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Smillie m. 18 October 1899 |
| Profession | farmer |
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.
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.