James Davidson Geddes

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James Davidson Geddes was a Canadian accountant, rancher and politician who served a term in the Northwest Territories Legislature.

Early life

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

He moved out west in 1882 to the District of Alberta in the Northwest Territories.[1] His ranch was established on land where the Ghost River intersects the Bow River and in 1885 he had 200 head of cattle.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Canadian Parliamentary Companion 1886. J. Durie & Son. p. 364. 
  2. ↑ "Dumfries Reformer Marriages 1866-1870". Ontario Genealogical Society. Retrieved 2007-11-19. 
  3. ↑ "Personal Business Sketches". Alberta Family Histories Society. Retrieved 2007-11-19. 
  4. ↑ "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905". Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30. 
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Preceded by
New District		 MLA Calgary
1884-1886 		Succeeded by
John D. Lauder
Hugh Cayley
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