Ferdinand David (politician)

Ferdinand David was a building contractor and political figure in Quebec. He represented MontralEst in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1871 to 1875 as a Conservative member.

He was born FerdinandConon David in SaultauRcollet, Lower Canada, the son of DavidFleury David and Ccile Poitras. He was educated locally, also learning the trade of carpentry, and later worked as a painter and coachbuilder in Montreal. David then worked as a building contractor before joining a firm with Svre Rivard, lawyer GustaveAdolphe Drolet and architect Michel Laurent which specialized in real estate and house construction. He served on Montreal city council from 1861 to 1877 David served as chairman of the roads committee and ran unsuccessfully for the post of mayor. He was married twice to Olive Boyer, dit Quintal in 1844 and to Sophie Homier, the widow of Joseph Papin, in 1868. David was involved in the temperance movement of the time. He also was vicepresident of the SaintJeanBaptiste Society at Montreal, president of the Socit de lUnion SaintJoseph de Montral and the Socit de Colonisation de Montral, and a director of the Montreal Northern Colonization Railway. He died in M

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