Charles Edward Tisdall

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Charles Edward Tisdall (9 April 1866 – 17 March 1936) was the 19th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1922 to 1923. He was born in Birmingham, England and moved to Vancouver in April 1888. In 1899 he was elected Chairman of the Vancouver Board of Trade.

In 1907, Tisdall married Edith B. White.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1915 |year=1915 |last=Chambers |first=Ernest J}}

He was a member of the province's legislative assembly with the British Columbia Conservative Party. Tisdall represented Vancouver City in the assembly from 1898 to 1900 and from 1909 to 1916.{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf |title=Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 |publisher=Elections BC |accessdate=2011-07-27}} In December 1915, he was named Minister of Public Works and Minister of Railways in the provincial cabinet; in the resulting by-election held in March 1916, Tisdall was defeated by Malcolm Archibald Macdonald.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1916 |year=1916 |last=Chambers |first=Ernest J}} He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in the general election held in September 1916.

He became mayor under a new "proportional representation" voting the city introduced in 1921.Edmonton Bulletin, 7 January 1921 Tisdal was re-elected in the December 1922 election. Four rounds of voting were required before the winner was determined. In a plebiscite held June 1923, Vancouver voters voted to abandon STV. And the 1924 election was held using the FPTP system.{{cite news | publisher=Vancouver Sun| date=30 November 2002 | page=B4 | first=John | last=Mackie | title=The mayors of Vancouver }}; Edmonton Bulletin, 14 December 1922

Tisdall served as a Vancouver alderman and died while serving in that capacity. He was also serving for the city's parks board.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Kevin Michael Tisdall son of John Andrew Tisdall from Dublin Ireland is of the same lineage.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}