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Roy Davidson (politician)

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Roy Lyle Davidson
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
January 20, 1964 – May 23, 1967
Preceded byPetrie Meston
Succeeded byRaymond Ratzlaff
ConstituencyThree Hills
Personal details
BornFebruary 15, 1906
Rygate Corner, Vermont, U.S.
DiedApril 25, 1999(1999-04-25) (aged 93)
Three Hills, Alberta
Political partySocial Credit
Residence(s)Three Hills, Alberta
Occupationfarmer and politician

Roy Lyle Davidson (February 15, 1906 – April 25, 1999) was a farmer and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1964 to 1967 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus.

Political career

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Davidson ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in a by-election held on January 20, 1964. Davidson won his party nomination in a convention held in Acme on December 24, 1963. He had been involved with the party as a volunteer for 20 years prior to seeking the nomination.[1]

In the election Davidson won a hotly contested four-way race over Liberal leader David Hunter and two other candidates to hold the seat for his party.[2]

Davidson did not run for a second term in office retiring at dissolution of the assembly in 1967.

References

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  1. ^ "Carries Banner Of Socred Party In Byelection". The Lethbridge Herald. December 24, 1963. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Past By-election Results 1905-1973". Elections Alberta. October 26, 1992. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
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