Thomas Osborne Davis (Canadian politician)

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Thomas Davis
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Davis (1901/02)
Senator
In office
September 1, 1905 – January 23, 1917
ConstituencySaskatchewan
Senator
In office
September 30, 1904 – August 31, 1905
Preceded byNew position
Succeeded byWillie Adams
ConstituencyNorthwest Territories
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Saskatchewan
In office
December 18, 1896 – September 29, 1904
Preceded byWilfrid Laurier
Succeeded byJohn Henderson Lamont
Majority741
Personal details
Born
Thomas Osborne Davis

(1856-08-16)August 16, 1856
Sherrington, Canada East, Province of Canada
DiedJanuary 23, 1917(1917-01-23) (aged 60)
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Political partyLiberal
OccupationMerchant, politician
CommitteesSelect 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[]

  1. ^ a b Thomas Osborne Davis – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ a b Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  3. ^ Quiring, Brett. Davis, Thomas Clayton (1889–1960). University of Regina. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Death Claims Sister of Former Envoy to Japan". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia. 29 October 1959. p. 21.Free to read


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