predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name occupation
william dowler morris fred cook 6 october 1913 ottawa , canada west ottawa , ontario mayor of ottawa november 1 , 1856 1901 james davidson.jpg james davidson -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-
 1901 james davidson timber trade and manufactured doors ; alderman
james davidson -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-

james davidson -lrb- november 1 , 1856 -- october 6 , 1913 -rrb- was mayor of ottawa , canada in 1901 .
he was born in ottawa in 1856 .
with his brothers , he worked in the timber trade and manufactured doors .
he served as alderman from 1898 to 1907 ; he became mayor when w.d. morris was forced to resign .
davidson was replaced by fred cook two months later .
he died in ottawa of a heart attack in 1913 and was buried in the beechwood cemetery .
