Thomas Osborne Davis (16 August 1856 – 23 January 1917) was a

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Member of Parliament in the

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representing the Provisional District of Saskatchewan, and later a member of the

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. He was tutored by his father Samuel Davis and became a general merchant at

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. 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. Davis' daughter Alice was married to hockey executive and banker H. J. Sterling.

Legacy

The hamlet of

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was named after him.

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