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Thomas Osborne Davis (Canadian politician)

Thomas Osborne Davis (Canadian politician)

Canadian politician

Thomas Osborne Davis (16 August 1856 – 23 January 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]

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


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