was dropped, were eliminated from the legislature completely). In response to this catastrophe, Duggan's Conservatives formed an alliance with the Liberals, the Unity League, whereby candidates of the parties would not run against each other, these were identified as Independents on election results as the Unity League did not have official party status. In the 1940 election, there were nineteen independents elected, including Duggan. During his last full term in the legislature, Duggan was involved in the Bankers' Toadies incident. He brought to the house's attention a government-sponsored leaflet that named him and eight other men (William Antrobus Griesbach among them) as "Banker's Toadies" and urged readers to "exterminate them". This incident saw two men, including Social Credit MLA Joseph Unwin, prosecuted for criminal libel and counselling murder. Personal life, death, and legacy Duggan was active with the Baptist Church, the Rotary Club, the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, and the Red Cross. He died May 4, 1942 while still an MLA. He was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Edmonton. In 2004, Edmonton City Council passed a motion directing its Names Advisory Committee to strike a subcommittee whose purpose would be, among other things, to honour Duggan by naming a city feature after him. References External links Edmonton Public Library Biography of David Duggan City of Edmonton biography of David Duggan Edmonton Economic Development Corporation's account of CJCA's first broadcast History of the "Banker's Toadies" case Minutes of the Edmonton City Council meeting at which the Names Advisory Committee was directed to honour Duggan 1879 births 1942 deaths People from Builth Wells Businesspeople from Edmonton Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Canadian Baptists Leaders of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Mayors of Edmonton People from Powys Welsh emigrants to Canada Welsh politicians 20th-century Canadian politicians