Mayor William Davidson, October 1947

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Creator

Marjorie G. Ruddy, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Negatives

Description

Black and white negative of a photograph of Mayor William Davidson (1889-1965), mayor of Whitby from 1947-1949. He is seated in this photograph with his arm on a ledger and a pen in his hand.

Notes

William Davidson was born near Guelph, ON on 2 December 1889. In 1913 He came to Whitby to assist with the construction of the Ontario Hospital. He was a government engineer in charge of building the steam installations at the hospital. From 1917 until 1962, he operated an automobile dealership in Whitby. Davidson was a member of council in 1924, 1929-1935, 1944, and 1960-1964. He was deputy reeve in 1936-1937 and mayor from 1947-1949. He revived the Whitby Chamber of Commerce in 1945 and was chairman of the Public Library Board and a member of the Public Utilities Commission. In 1957, he received the Peter Perry award as Whitby's outstanding citizen. Davidson died at Oshawa on 26 October 1965 and is buried at Mount Lawn Cemetery in Whitby.

Date of Original

October 1947

Date Of Event

October 1947

Dimensions

Width: 5 in
Height: 3 in

Subject(s)

Mayors
Municipal officials

Personal Name(s)

Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina ; Davidson, William

Corporate Name(s)

Town of Whitby

Local identifier

A2013_040_997

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Images Collection

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8786873217778 Longitude: -78.9415388995361

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