David J. Dyson

David J. Dyson (September 12, 1863 – March 12, 1949) was the 25th Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba for several days in 1917. His family owned Dyson and Gibson Spice Mills, the makers of Seven Day Pickles.

Dyson was originally declared mayor as a result of the January 1917 municipal election but was unseated on January 5, 1917, due to a recount and Frederick Harvey Davidson was sworn in as Mayor on January 8, 1917. Dyson is accordingly the shortest serving mayor in Winnipeg's history.

Dyson is the great-great-grandfather of CNN journalist Jake Tapper.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "The Hellfire Club: 10 things we learned about Jake Tapper's politically fuelled new novel | CBC Radio".
  2. ^ @jaketapper (1 July 2018). "Happy #CanadaDay to my 🇨🇦 friends and family and viewers and readers! Here's an article about my great great grandf…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Preceded by
Richard Deans Waugh
 Mayor of Winnipeg, MB
1917 		Succeeded by
Frederick Harvey Davidson
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