James Davidson Geddes

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James Davidson Geddes
Member of the Council of the Northwest Territories for Calgary
In office
1886–1884
Succeeded byJohn D. Lauder
Hugh Cayley
Personal details
Bornc. 1844
United States
DiedMarch 30, 1895(1895-03-30) (aged 50–51)
Calgary, North West Territories
OccupationAccountant

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

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 intersects the Bow River and in 1885 he had 200 head of cattle.[4] The land is now part of .

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. ^ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW5T-VCP[bare URL]
  2. ^ a b Canadian Parliamentary Companion 1886. J. Durie & Son. p. 364.
  3. ^ "Dumfries Reformer Marriages 1866-1870" (PDF). Ontario Genealogical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
  4. ^ "Personal Business Sketches". Alberta Family Histories Society. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
  5. ^ "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  6. ^ "The Winnipeg Tribune from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on April 1, 1895 · Page 4".
  7. ^ "Qu'Appelle Progress, April 11, 1895, Page 3, Item Ar00309".


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