death_date death_place birth_place office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
30 november 1917 victoria , british columbia halifax , nova scotia member esquimalt of the legislative assembly of british columbia for 30 november 1834 1886 david williams higgins
 1900 david williams higgins
david williams higgins

david williams higgins -lrb- 30 november 1834 -- 30 november 1917 -rrb- was a canadian journalist , politician , and author .
born in halifax , nova scotia , the son of william b. higgins and mary anne williams , higgins moved to brooklyn with his parents and was educated there .
he went to san francisco , california in 1852 and in 1856 he founded the `` morning call '' newspaper , which he sold in 1858 , when he moved to british columbia .
he settled in victoria , british columbia and was editor and proprietor of the `` british colonist '' .
he organized and was first president of the victoria fire department and was a member of the board of education from 1866 to 1869 .
he was elected to the legislative assembly of british columbia for the electoral district of esquimalt in 1886 .
he was re-elected in 1890 and 1898 .
from 1890 to 1898 , he was speaker of the legislative assembly of british columbia .
he was defeated in 1900 .
he later wrote two books : `` the mystic spring and other tales of western life '' -lrb- toronto , 1904 -rrb- and `` the passing of a race and more tales of western life '' -lrb- toronto , 1905 -rrb- .
