Harry Davies (politician)

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Harry Herbert Davies (9 June 1878 – 31 August 1957) was a

Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly for 20 years.[2] In 1929 he was elected leader of the Southern Rhodesian Labour Party, thereby becoming Leader of the Opposition, a post he held until 1944.[1]

Re-elected in Bulawayo South in the 1933 and 1934 elections, in 1939 Davies switched to the new Hillside constituency in southern Bulawayo, which he won, and held in 1946.[3] On the outbreak of the Second World War he accepted the Prime Minister Godfrey Huggins's offer to come into a national government with ministers from both sides of the House, and served as Minister of Internal Affairs from 1939 to 1943.[2] Davies's co-operation with Huggins infuriated many of his Labour contemporaries and caused an acrimonious split in the party. The two Labour factions reconciled in 1943 and briefly threatened Huggins's premiership, but a heated dispute over whether Labour should become multiracial led to the party's disintegration in 1944.[4] Davies's political career ended after his defeat in Hillside by Julian Greenfield of Huggins's United Party in the 1948 general election.[3] The former Labour leader died in Salisbury on 31 August 1957, at the age of 79.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Obituary: Mr H H Davies". East Africa and Rhodesia. 34. London: Africana: 18. 1957.
  2. ^ a b c Roberts, R S (1972). Rhodesian History: The Journal of the Central African Historical Association. Vol. 8. Salisbury: Central Africa Historical Association. p. 59.
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  4. ISBN 978-0-413-28350-4
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Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bulawayo South
1928 – 1939 		Succeeded by
New title Member of Parliament for Hillside
1939 – 1948 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Opposition
1934 – 1940 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Internal Affairs
1939 – 1944 		Succeeded by
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