James Davidson Geddes

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 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]

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References
  1. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW5T-VCP
  2. 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. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/44174334/
  7. http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/QPP/1895/04/11/3/Ar00309.html?query=newspapers%7C%22J+D+Geddes%22%7C%7Cscore
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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