Donald Watson Davis
Donald Watson Davis (November 23, 1849 – June 4, 1906) was a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.
Early life[edit]
He was born in Londonderry, Vermont. He served in the Union army during the U.S. Civil War.
Career[edit]
He moved to southern Alberta in 1869. He worked as a whiskey peddler at Fort Whoop-up when the North-West Mounted Police marched west in 1874. He turned his hand to building the NWMP's Fort Macleod and Fort Calgary.[1]
He was general manager of the I.G. Baker and Company in Alberta in the 1880s.[2]
Davis was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1887 Canadian federal election. 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. .
References[edit]
- ^ MacGregor, Alberta, p. 121, 124
- ^ "Davis, D.W. Davis, Rider - Alberta On Record". albertaonrecord.ca. Retrieved 2023-09-05.