Thomas Osborne Davis (Canadian politician)
Thomas Davis | |
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Senator | |
In office September 1, 1905 – January 23, 1917 | |
Constituency | Saskatchewan |
Senator | |
In office September 30, 1904 – August 31, 1905 | |
Preceded by | New position |
Succeeded by | Willie Adams |
Constituency | Northwest Territories |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saskatchewan | |
In office December 18, 1896 – September 29, 1904 | |
Preceded by | Wilfrid Laurier |
Succeeded by | John Henderson Lamont |
Majority | 741 |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Osborne Davis August 16, 1856 Sherrington, Canada East, Province of Canada |
Died | January 23, 1917 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada | (aged 60)
Nationality | Canadian |
Political party | Liberal |
Occupation | Merchant, politician |
Committees | Select Committee on Resources of the Territory between Labrador and the Rocky Mountains |
Thomas Osborne Davis (August 16, 1856 – January 23, 1917) was a Canadian Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada representing the Provisional District of Saskatchewan, and later a member of the Senate of Canada.[1]
He was tutored by his father Samuel Davis and became a general merchant at Prince Albert, Northwest Territories. In 1885, he married Rebecca Jennings.[2] He served on the town council for Prince Albert and was mayor from 1894 to 1895.[1]
Davis died in office in Prince Albert at the age of 60.[2] His son Thomas Clayton Davis also served as mayor of Prince Albert, going on to serve in the Saskatchewan assembly, as a Saskatchewan judge and as an ambassador for Canada.[3] Davis' daughter Alice was married to hockey executive and banker H. J. Sterling.[4]
Legacy[]
The hamlet of Davis, Saskatchewan was named after him.
References[]
- ^ a b Thomas Osborne Davis – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ a b Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- ^ Quiring, Brett. Davis, Thomas Clayton (1889–1960). University of Regina. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "Death Claims Sister of Former Envoy to Japan". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia. 29 October 1959. p. 21.
- Canadian senators from Saskatchewan
- Canadian senators from the Northwest Territories
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Liberal Party of Canada senators
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from the Northwest Territories
- Pre-Confederation Saskatchewan people
- Mayors of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
- Canadian merchants
- 1856 births
- 1917 deaths
- 19th-century Canadian politicians
- 20th-century Canadian politicians
- Northwest Territories politician stubs
- Saskatchewan mayor stubs