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David Alexander Best -LRB- November 21 , 1880 in Derry , Ireland -- February 1 , 1949 -RRB- was a politician in Manitoba , Canada .. Derry. Derry. Ireland. Ireland. Manitoba. Manitoba. Canada. Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1945 as an anti-coalition Conservative .. Manitoba. Manitoba. Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Born in Derry , the son of David Best and Martha Peden , Best was educated at Foyle College , worked for the British civil service and then moved to Canada in 1911 .. Derry. Derry. Canada. Canada. Foyle College. Foyle College. He worked as an accountant and printing salesman , and was elected as the reeve of St. James , Manitoba in 1938 .. Manitoba. Manitoba. reeve. Reeve ( Canada ). St. James. St. James-Assiniboia, Winnipeg. In 1907 , he married Rachel Watterson .. Best was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1941 .. Manitoba. Manitoba. provincial election of 1941. Manitoba general election, 1941. Prior to this election , the Conservative Party of Manitoba entered a coalition government led by the Liberal Progressive Party and also including the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and Social Credit .. Manitoba. Manitoba. Conservative Party of Manitoba. Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba. coalition government. coalition government. Liberal Progressive Party. Manitoba Liberal Party. Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ( Manitoba Section ). Social Credit. Manitoba Social Credit Party. A number of Conservatives opposed joining the coalition , and ran for the legislature against their party 's position .. Best was one of three anti-coalition Conservatives elected to the legislature in 1941 .. He defeated CCF incumbent James Aiken in Assiniboia by 274 votes , and served as an opposition member for the parliament that followed .. James Aiken. James Aiken. Assiniboia. Assiniboia ( provincial electoral district ). In 1943 , the Conservative Party changed its name to the Progressive Conservative Party .. Best ran in the 1945 provincial election as an official Progressive Conservative candidate , but lost to CCF candidate Ernest Draffin by 180 votes .. 1945 provincial election. Manitoba general election, 1945. Ernest Draffin. Ernest Draffin. He died at home in Winnipeg at the age of 68 .