| 词条 | David Best (politician) |
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Born in Derry, the son of David Best and Martha Peden,[3] Best was educated at Foyle College, worked for the British civil service and then moved to Canada in 1911. He worked as an accountant and printing salesman, and was elected as the reeve of St. James, Manitoba in 1938.[2] In 1907, he married Rachel Watterson.[3] Best was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1941.[1] Prior to this election, the Conservative Party of Manitoba entered a coalition government led by the Liberal Progressive Party and also including the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and Social Credit.[3] A number of Conservatives opposed joining the coalition, and ran for the legislature against their party's position. Best was one of three anti-coalition Conservatives elected to the legislature in 1941. He defeated CCF incumbent James Aiken in Assiniboia[1] by 274 votes, and served as an opposition member for the parliament that followed. In 1943, the Conservative Party changed its name to the Progressive Conservative Party. Best ran in the 1945 provincial election as an official Progressive Conservative candidate, but lost to CCF candidate Ernest Draffin[1] by 180 votes. He died at home in Winnipeg at the age of 68.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html#B0 |title=MLA Biographies - Deceased |work=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407053521/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html |archivedate=2014-04-07 |df= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Best, David}}2. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://manitobia.ca/content/en/newspapers/WPT/1943/03/18/articles/128.xml/iarchives |title=Under The Golden Boy, Manitoba’s M.L.A.'s |newspaper=Winnipeg Evening Tribune |date=March 18, 1943 |page=13 |accessdate=2013-04-17}} 3. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQ3Nhdnv5sC&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32 |title=Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters |last=Adams |first=Christopher |year=2008 |ISBN=0887553559 |publisher=University of Manitoba Press |page=32 |accessdate=2013-04-18}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/best_da.shtml |title=David Alexander Best (1880-1949) |publisher=Manitoba Historical Society |accessdate=2013-04-17}} 4 : 1880 births|1949 deaths|Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs|People educated at Foyle College |
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