Thomas Osborne Davis (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]

The Honourable Thomas Davis
Davis in 1901/1902
Senator
In office 1 September 1905 – 23 January 1917
Constituency	Saskatchewan
Senator
In office 30 September 1904 – 31 August 1905
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Willie Adams
Constituency	Northwest Territories
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saskatchewan
In office 18 December 1896 – 29 September 1904
Preceded by	Wilfrid Laurier
Succeeded by	John Henderson Lamont
Majority	741
Personal details
Born	Thomas Osborne Davis (1856-08-16)16 August 1856 Sherrington, Canada East, Province of Canada
Died	23 January 1917(1917-01-23) (aged 60) Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Occupation	Merchant, politician
Committees	Select Committee on Resources of the Territory between Labrador and the Rocky Mountains

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]