The Hon. David Tisdale
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Norfolk South
In office 1887–1904
Preceded by	Joseph Jackson
Succeeded by	Electoral district was abolished
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Norfolk
In office 1904–1908
Preceded by	Electoral district was created
Succeeded by	Alexander McCall
Personal details
Born	(1835-09-08)September 8, 1835 Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada
Died	March 31, 1911(1911-03-31) (aged 75) Simcoe, Ontario[1]
Political party	Conservative
Cabinet	Minister of Militia and Defense (1896)

David Tisdale, PC (September 8, 1835 – March 31, 1911) was a Canadian politician.^[2]

Biography

Born in Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada,^[2] the son of Ephraim Tisdale and Hannah Price,^[1] he was educated at the Simcoe Grammar School and called to the Ontario bar in 1858. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1872. He served in the Canadian Militia at the time of the Trent Affair in 1861, was promoted Captain in 1862 and at Niagara in 1865. He also did service during the Fenian raids in 1866. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 39th Norfolk Battalion of Rifles on September 28, 1866. He retired, retaining his rank, in 1876.^[3] He served on the town council for Simcoe, also serving as reeve and as a member of the council for Norfolk County. Tisdale was president of the Crown Life Insurance Company, the St. Clair and Erie Ship Canal Company and the Wawa Gold Mining Company.^[1]

He ran but was defeated for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1874 federal election in the riding of Norfolk North, but was elected in 1887 in Norfolk South. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1891, 1896, 1900, and 1904. In 1896, he was the Minister of Militia and Defence.^[2]

Tisdale married Sarah Araminta Walker in 1858.^[1]