__NOTOC__ David Samuel Benjamin Stannard (March 31, 1881 – June 14, 1959) was a journalist and advertising representative named to the Los Angeles, California, City Council in 1942 to replace

Harold Harby Harold Harby (September 8, 1894 – November 24, 1978) was elected to the Los Angeles, California, City Council in 1939, but he had to leave office in 1942 when he was convicted of using a city car for a trip out of the state. He was reelected in ...

, who had been stripped of his seat because he used a city car to go on vacation in Montana. "Stannard Wins Council Seat," ''Los Angeles Times,'' May 19, 1942
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Biography

Stannard was born in England of American parents around 1882 and was educated in Saint Louis, Missouri. He came to Los Angeles while young and worked for newspapers in 1915—including the '' Los Angeles Express and Tribune''—and for the

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. He was employed later by an advertising agency that had the

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as one of its accounts. Living at 8932 West Adams Boulevard, at

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, he was married and had one son.

City Council

Tenure

''See also List of Los Angeles municipal election returns, 1943.'' Council Member

of Los Angeles City Council District 11 was ousted from his seat after a grand jury

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and a trial. which found him guilty of using a city car to take a vacation in Colorado. The

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had the duty to appoint a replacement to fill out Harby's term until the next election. It interviewed some twenty candidates, held several secret meetings and finally made the appointment on May 18, 1942, for the term that would end on election day in 1943. Stannard was sworn in immediately. The district covered the

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and

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areas. He ran for election in 1943 and was chosen by the voters to fill Harby's unexpired term—a period of just a few weeks—but a resurrected Harby himself stood in the same election for the two-year term following and was chosen in a close vote over Stannard.

Positions

Defense. In reacting to the then-current

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and considering additional appropriations for civil defense, Stannard told the council that Southern California was a "hostile area" and that the city should not suffer because of lack of preparations. Wells. Stannard submitted a resolution that would have forbidden drilling of oil wells within one-half mile of the ocean beach "to prevent future impairment.""Council Asked to Ban Beach Oil Drilling," ''Los Angeles Times,'' February 26, 1943, page 3
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References

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