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James Davidson Geddes

James Davidson Geddes

Canadian politician

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James Davidson Geddes (c. 1844 – March 30, 1895) was a Canadian accountant, rancher and politician who served a term in the Northwest Territories Legislature.

Quick Facts Member of the Council of the Northwest Territories for Calgary, Succeeded by ...

Early life

Geddes, originally from the United States,[1] lived in Galt, Ontario and worked as an accountant for the Merchants Bank.[2] He married his wife, Eliza Fanning at the Trinity Church in Galt on June 12, 1866.[3]

He moved out west in 1882 to the District of Alberta in the Northwest Territories.[2] His ranch was established on land where the Ghost River intersects the Bow River and in 1885 he had 200 head of cattle.[4] The land is now part of Ghost Reservoir Provincial Park.

Political career

Geddes ran for public office to a seat on the North-West Legislative Council in a by-election held on June 28, 1884. The election was the first one held in the city of Calgary in the Calgary electoral district defeated James Oswald in a hotly contested election. He left the Council in 1886.[5]

Geddes died of influenza in March 1895.[6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  2. [2]
    Canadian Parliamentary Companion 1886. J. Durie & Son. p. 364.
  3. [3]
    "Dumfries Reformer Marriages 1866-1870" (PDF). Ontario Genealogical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
  4. [4]
    "Personal Business Sketches". Alberta Family Histories Society. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
  5. [5]
    "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
  6. [6]
    "The Winnipeg Tribune from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on April 1, 1895 · Page 4". April 1895.
  7. [7]
    "Qu'Appelle Progress, April 11, 1895, Page 3, Item Ar00309".


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