George Senze Davidson (born: c. 1850

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- died: 1935) was a hotel owner, farmer and politician from the

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, Canada. He came to Perth County in Canada West with his parents in 1852. From 1870 to 1876, Davidson was printer and publisher of the ''Listowel Banner''. He then moved to

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, where he was a general merchant and served as town mayor, resigning in 1883 to move to the Northwest.'The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891''
JA Gemmill Davidson was first elected to the

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in the

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for the riding of South Qu'Appelle. He ran for a second term in office in the

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defeating

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. Davidson was defeated running for a third term in office by Bulyea in the

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