William Lovel Davis
William Lovel Davis (24 September 1844 – 20 October 1932) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born at Hallingley in Sussex to farmers James and Elizabeth Davis. He was educated at Hailsham, and in 1857 his parents moved to Herstmonceux, where he assisted them farming. He moved to Sydney in 1868, working as an accountant for a decade and then as a land agent.[1] From 1883 he was an alderman at Petersham, serving as mayor from 1885 to 1886.[2] He was a commissioner for New South Wales for the international exhibition in London in 1886.[1]
He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for Canterbury in 1887, but he did not run for re-election in 1889.[3]
In 1902 he married Julia Warren; they had no children. Davis died at Lewisham in 1932 (aged 88).[4][2]
References
- ^ a b "Our New Parliament". Australian Town and Country Journal. 26 February 1887. p. 27. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "Obituary Mr W L Davis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 October 1932. p. 13. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Canterbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "Mr William Lovel Davis (1844-1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.