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Thomas Osborne Davis (Canadian politician)

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Constituency
  
Saskatchewan

Preceded by
  
Wilfrid Laurier

Children
  
Thomas Clayton Davis

Party
  
Liberal Party of Canada

Succeeded by
  
Willie Adams

Name
  
Thomas Davis

Preceded by
  
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Thomas Osborne Davis (Canadian politician)

Role
  
Canadian member of Parliament

Died
  
January 23, 1917, Prince Albert, Canada

Constituency
  
Northwest Territories

Succeeded by
  
John Henderson Lamont

Thomas Osborne Davis (16 August 1856 – 23 January 1917) was a Canadian Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons representing the Provisional District of Saskatchewan, and later a member of the Canadian Senate.

He was tutored by his father Samuel Davis and became a general merchant at Prince Albert, Northwest Territories. In 1885, he married Rebecca Jennings. He served on the town council for Prince Albert and was mayor from 1894 to 1895. Davis died in office in Prince Albert at the age of 60.

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.

Legacy

The hamlet of Davis, Saskatchewan was named after him.

References

Thomas Osborne Davis (Canadian politician) Wikipedia