Charles Edward Tisdall, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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19th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia
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About Charles Edward Tisdall
- Charles Edward Tisdall (9 April 1866 – 17 March 1936) was the 19th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1922 to 1923.
- He was born in Birmingham, England and moved to Vancouver in April 1888.
- In 1899 he was elected Chairman of the Vancouver Board of Trade. In 1907, Tisdall married Edith B.
- White.He was a member of the province's legislative assembly with the British Columbia Conservative Party.
- Tisdall represented Vancouver City in the assembly from 1898 to 1900 and from 1909 to 1916.
- He was named Minister of Public Works in the provincial cabinet; in the resulting by-election held in March 1916, Tisdall was defeated by Malcolm Archibald Macdonald.
- He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in the general election held in September 1916.He became mayor under a new "proportional representation" voting the city introduced in 1921.
- Tisdal was re-elected in the December 1922 election.
- Four rounds of voting were required before the winner was determined.
- In a plebiscite held June 1923, Vancouver voters voted to abandon STV.
- And the 1924 election was held using the FPTP system.Tisdall served as a Vancouver alderman and died while serving in that capacity.
- He was also serving for the city's parks board. Kevin Michael Tisdall son of John Andrew Tisdall from Dublin Ireland is of the same lineage
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