David Tisdale
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1835–1911)}}
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| name = David Tisdale
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| constituency_MP = Norfolk South
| parliament = Canadian
| predecessor = Joseph Jackson
| successor = Electoral district was abolished
| term_start = 1887
| term_end = 1904
| constituency_MP2 = Norfolk
| parliament2 = Canadian
| predecessor2 = Electoral district was created
| successor2 = Alexander McCall
| term_start2 = 1904
| term_end2 = 1908
| birth_date = {{birth date|1835|09|08}}
| birth_place = Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1911|03|31|1835|09|08}}
| death_place = Simcoe, Ontario
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| party = Conservative
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| cabinet = Minister of Militia and Defense (1896)
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David Tisdale, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (September 8, 1835 – March 31, 1911) was a Canadian politician.
Biography
Born in Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada, the son of Ephraim Tisdale and Hannah Price,{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}} 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 Rifles on September 28, 1866. He retired, retaining his rank, in 1876.[https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame00montuoft The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904] 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 ran but was defeated for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1874 federal election in the riding of Norfolk North, but was elected in 1887 in Norfolk South. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1891, 1896, 1900, and 1904. In 1896, he was the Minister of Militia and Defence.{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=2748|nolist=yes}}
Electoral record
{{1887 Canadian federal election/Norfolk South}}
{{1891 Canadian federal election/Norfolk South}}
{{1896 Canadian federal election/Norfolk South}}
{{1900 Canadian federal election/Norfolk South}}
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Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
Category:People of the Fenian raids
Category:People from Norfolk County, Ontario
Category:Canadian King's Counsel
Category:19th-century mayors of places in Ontario
Category:Canadian Militia officers
Category:19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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