Cyril Francis Davie
Cyril Francis Davie (January 30, 1882[1] – February 18, 1950[2]) was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Cowichan-Newcastle in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1924 to 1933 as a Conservative.
He was born in Victoria,[3] the son of Alexander Edmund Batson Davie and Constance L. Skinner, and was educated at the University of Ottawa. Davie married Beatrice Pearl Raymond in 1911. He was speaker for the assembly from 1931 to 1933. Davie was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1933. He lived in Duncan.[1]
Davie wrote a chess column for the Daily Colonist in Victoria for a number of years. He founded the Canadian branch of the Chess Amateur Correspondence League and organized the first chess championship held in Canada.[4]
Davie died in Duncan at the age of 67.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Normandin, A. L (1933). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1933.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Search Results". BC Archives. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
- ^ "Search Results". BC Archives. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
- ^ "BCCF E-MAIL BULLETIN #35" (PDF). British Columbia Chess Federation. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
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