Louis Henry Davies
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The Right Honourable Sir Louis Henry Davies KCMG PC QC |
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The Right Hon. Sir Louis Henry Davies
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| 3rd Premier of Prince Edward Island | |
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In office August 15, 1876 – April 25, 1879 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor | Robert Hodgson |
| Preceded by | Lemuel Owen |
| Succeeded by | William Wilfred Sullivan |
| Leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party | |
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In office 1876 – June 20, 1882 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Haythorne |
| Succeeded by | John Yeo |
| Member of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island for 4th Kings | |
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In office 1872 – August 10, 1876 Serving with A.C. MacDonald, J.E. MacDonald |
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| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | James Robertson |
| Member of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island for 5th Queens | |
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In office August 10, 1876 – April 2, 1879 Serving with George W. Deblois |
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| Preceded by | Frederick Brecken |
| Succeeded by | Neil McLeod |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Queen's County |
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In office June 20, 1882 – February 27, 1883 Serving with John Theophilus Jenkins |
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| Preceded by |
James Colledge Pope Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken |
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In office February 27, 1883 – August 19, 1884 Serving with Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken |
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In office August 19, 1884 – February 22, 1887 Serving with John Theophilus Jenkins |
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In office February 22, 1887 – June 23, 1896 Serving with William Welsh |
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| Succeeded by | abolished 1892 |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for West Queen's |
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In office June 23, 1896 – September 25, 1901 |
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| Preceded by | created 1892 |
| Succeeded by | Donald Farquharson |
| 6th Chief Justice of Canada | |
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In office October 23, 1918 – May 1, 1924 |
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| Nominated by | Robert Borden |
| Preceded by | Charles Fitzpatrick |
| Succeeded by | Francis Alexander Anglin |
| Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
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In office September 25, 1901 – November 23, 1918 |
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| Nominated by | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Preceded by | George Edwin King |
| Succeeded by | Pierre-Basile Mignault |
| Personal details | |
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May 4, 1845 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| Died | May 1, 1924 (aged 78) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Other political affiliations |
Prince Edward Island Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Wiggins (m. 1872) |
| Relations | Benjamin Davies |
| Children | 7 |
| Residence | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| Alma mater | Prince of Wales College (now part of the University of Prince Edward Island) |
| Occupation | lawyer, judge, business person, and publisher |
| Profession | Politician |
| Cabinet | Attorney General (1876–1879) Solicitor General (1869) Minister of Marine and Fisheries (1896–1901) |
| Religion | Anglican |
Sir Louis Henry Davies KCMG PC QC (May 4, 1845 – May 1, 1924) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician, and judge from the province of Prince Edward Island. In a public career spanning six decades, he served as the third Premier of Prince Edward Island, a federal Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister, and as both a Puisne Justice and the sixth Chief Justice of Canada.
Davies was born in Charlottetown, the son of Benjamin Davies and Kezia Attwood Watts. He attended Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown.
In July, 1872, he married Susan Wiggins, a daughter of Dr. A. V. G. Wiggins. She was a member of the Humane Society, the Women's Canadian Historical Society, and similar organizations. The couple had two sons and three daughters.
Davies read law at the Inner Temple in London. He was called to bar in England in 1866, and to the bar of Prince Edward Island a year later. He served as lead counsel for the Prince Edward Island Land Commission, which was established in 1875 to settle the problem of absentee land ownership and to provide tenants of the Island with clear title to their lands.
In 1877, Davies was one of the Canadian counsel who appeared on behalf of the British Government before the Halifax Fisheries Commission, appointed under the Treaty of Washington (1871) to resolve outstanding issues, including fishing rights. The Commission gave an award directing the United States to pay $5,500,000 to the British Government.
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