David Tisdale
Politician
1835 – 1911
Who was David Tisdale?
David Tisdale, PC was a Canadian politician.
Born in Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada, the son of Ephraim Tisdale and Hannah Price, he was educated at the Simcoe Grammar School and called to the Ontario bar in 1858. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1872. He served in the Canadian Militia at the time of the Trent Affair in 1861, was promoted Captain in 1862 and at Niagara in 1865. He also did service during the Fenian raids in 1866. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 39th Norfolk Battalion of Infantry on September 28, 1866. He retired, retaining his rank, in 1876. He served on the town council for Simcoe, also serving as reeve and as a member of the council for Norfolk County. Tisdale was president of the Crown Life Insurance Company, the St. Clair and Erie Ship Canal Company and the Wawa Gold Mining Company.
He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1874 federal election in the riding of Norfolk South. Although defeated, he was elected in 1887. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1891, 1896, 1900, and 1904. In 1896, he was the Minister of Militia and Defence.
Tisdale was married to Sarah Araminta Walker in 1858.
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- Born
- Sep 8, 1835
Walsh, Ontario - Nationality
- Canada
- Lived in
- Norfolk County
- Died
- Mar 31, 1911
Simcoe, Ontario
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on July 23, 2013
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