David Williams Higgins
Journalist, Deceased Person
1834 – 1917
Who was David Williams Higgins?
David Williams Higgins was a Canadian journalist, politician, and author.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of William B. Higgins and Mary Anne Williams, Higgins moved to Brooklyn with his parents and was educated there. He went to San Francisco, California in 1852 and in 1856 he founded the Morning Call newspaper, which he sold in 1858, when he moved to British Columbia. He settled in Victoria, British Columbia and was editor and proprietor of the British Colonist. He organized and was first president of the Victoria fire department and was a member of the Board of Education from 1866 to 1869.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the electoral district of Esquimalt in 1886. He was re-elected in 1890 and 1898. From 1890 to 1898, he was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was defeated in 1900.
He later wrote two books: The mystic spring and other tales of western life and The passing of a race and more tales of western life.
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- Born
- Nov 30, 1834
Halifax - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Died
- Nov 30, 1917
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on July 23, 2013
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