Thomas Davis
Davis in 1901/1902
Senator
In office
1 September 1905  23 January 1917
ConstituencySaskatchewan
Senator
In office
30 September 1904  31 August 1905
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byWillie Adams
ConstituencyNorthwest Territories
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Saskatchewan
In office
18 December 1896  29 September 1904
Preceded byWilfrid Laurier
Succeeded byJohn Henderson Lamont
Majority741
Personal details
Born
Thomas Osborne Davis

(1856-08-16)16 August 1856
Sherrington, Canada East, Province of Canada
Died23 January 1917(1917-01-23) (aged 60)
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political partyLiberal
OccupationMerchant, politician
CommitteesSelect Committee on Resources of the Territory between Labrador and the Rocky Mountains

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]

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 2 Thomas Osborne Davis – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. 1 2 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 access icon


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