Kenneth Walter Davidson is a former political figure in British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada. He represented Delta

Delta (provincial electoral district)

Delta was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia based on the municipality of Delta at the mouth of the Fraser River between the city of Vancouver and the US border...

 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 from 1975 to 1991 as a Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

 member.

He was born in Georgetown, Ontario

Georgetown, Ontario

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, the son of David Douglas Davidson and Helen Tessman, and was educated in Welland

Welland, Ontario

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 and at the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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. He was a city planner for Vancouver and a director for the Vancouver public library. Davidson lived in Delta

Delta, British Columbia

Delta is a district municipality in British Columbia, and forms part of Metro Vancouver. Located south of Richmond, it is bordered by the Fraser River to the north, the United States to the south and the city of Surrey to the east...

. He was speaker for the assembly

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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from 1982 to 1986.