{{Short description|Canadian politician (1865–1932)}} {{for|the Scottish footballer|Dave Warnock}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder | name = David Warnock | image = David Warnock.png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1865|04|11}} | birth_place = Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1932|08|23|1865|04|11}} | death_place = White Rock, British Columbia | resting_place = | occupation = Veterinarian, politician | spouse = {{Marriage|Annie Whitelaw|October 1897}} | children = 2 | awards = | education = {{Plainlist| * Hamilton Academy * West of Scotland Technical College }} | party = | office1 = Member of the House of Commons of Canada | constituency1 = Macleod | term_start1 = 1911 | term_end1 = 1917 | office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency2 = Pincher Creek | term_start2 = 1909 | term_end2 = 1911 }}
'''David Warnock''', OBE (April 11, 1865 – August 23, 1932) was a politician and veterinarian from Alberta, Canada. He was educated at the Hamilton Academy, Lanarkshire, Scotland and at the West of Scotland Technical College (eventually becoming in 1964 the University of Strathclyde), graduating MRCVS. In 1889 he emigrated to the North West Territories, Canada.<ref>{{cite journal | pmc = 1790447 | pmid=17422331 | volume=24 | title=Veterinarians of the north-west territories and alberta | journal=Can Vet J | pages=357–61 | last1 = Love | first1 = BI| year=1983 | issue=11 }}</ref>
==Early life== David Warnock was born on April 11, 1865, in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. He married Annie Whitelaw in October 1897 and they had two children. He moved to Alberta in December 1889 and to British Columbia on March 27, 1919.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTkzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1179 |title=Who's Who in Canada, Volume 16 |editor1-first=Charles Whately |editor1-last=Parker |editor2-first=Barnet M. |editor2-last=Greene |publisher=International Press |pages=1179–1180 |year=1922 |access-date=2020-07-18 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
He served as the first president of the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association from 1906 to 1916.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avma.ab.ca/about/council.htm | title =AVMA Past Presidents publisher Alberta Veterinary Medical Association | access-date = 2007-08-02}}</ref>
==Political career== Warnock was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Pincher Creek electoral district in the 1909 Alberta general election. He won the a very tight race by less than 100 votes. Less than a year later he resigned his seat and took the opportunity to run in the 1911 Canadian federal election.
In that federal election he ran in the Macleod district defeating incumbent Member of Parliament John Herron. He served one full term in the House of Commons of Canada and did not run again.
Warnock was invested O.B.E. in June 1918 and in 1919 was appointed Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Government of British Columbia, a position he held until a few weeks before his death.<ref>{{cite journal | pmc = 1790447 | pmid=17422331 | volume=24 | title=Veterinarians of the north-west territories and alberta | journal=Can Vet J | pages=357–61 | last1 = Love | first1 = BI| year=1983 | issue=11 }}</ref>
He died on August 23, 1932, drowning after jumping from a coastal steamer near White Rock.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55611290/former-mps-body-is-found/ |title=Former M.P.'s Body is Found |newspaper=Calgary Herald |location=New Westminster, British Columbia |agency=CP |page=13 |date=1932-08-27 |access-date=2020-07-18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing] * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=1496}}
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