William Davidson, 1949

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Creator

Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Negatives

Description

Black and white negative showing a portrait photograph of William Davidson, mayor of Whitby.

Notes

William Davidson was born near Guelph on 2 December 1889 and came to Whitby to assist in the construction of Ontario Hospital in 1913. He was an engineer responsible for the building of steam installations at the hospital.

From 1917 to 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. In 1945, he revived the Whitby Chamber of Commerce and was chairman of the Public Library Board and member of the Public Utilities Commission. He received the Peter Perry award in 1957.

Davidson died at Oshawa on 26 October 1965 and is buried at Mount Lawn Cemetery, Whitby.

Date of Original

1949

Dimensions

Width: 2.5 cm
Height: 3.5 cm

Subject(s)

Mayors
Portrait photographs

Personal Name(s)

Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina ; Davidson, William

Local identifier

A2013_040_1626

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.879831860126 Longitude: -78.9421397143555

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