Thomas Clayton Davis (September 6, 1889 – January 21, 1960) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, diplomat and political figure in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1925 to 1939 as a

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. He was born in

(then a district of the

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), the son of Thomas Osborne Davis, and was educated there and at St. John's College and

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. Davis then practised law in Prince Albert and later served two terms as alderman for the city; he was mayor from 1921 to 1924. Davis served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs and as Attorney General. He helped convince

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to create

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, which was opened in 1928. In 1929, Davis defeated

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to retain his seat in the provincial assembly. He resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1939 to become a judge in the

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. Davis' judicial career ended in 1940 when he was named federal Deputy Minister of War Services; however, he did not resign from the Court of Appeal until 1948. He was named Canadian High Commissioner to Australia in 1943 and went on to serve as ambassador to China, Japan and West Germany. Davis retired from diplomatic service in 1957, moving to

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* Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 1889 births 1960 deaths Pre-Confederation Saskatchewan people Attorneys general of Saskatchewan Mayors of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Judges in Saskatchewan High commissioners of Canada to Australia Ambassadors of Canada to China Ambassadors of Canada to Japan Ambassadors of Canada to West Germany 20th-century mayors of places in Saskatchewan Canadian federal deputy ministers 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{Liberal-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub