The Right Hon. Sir Louis Henry Davies

Sir Louis Henry Davies, PC, KCMG (May 4, 1845 – May 1, 1924) was a Prince Edward Island (PEI) lawyer, businessman and politician. The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC (Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada (CPR sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or the Privy Council The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Prince Edward Island (ˌprɪns ˌɛdwɚd ˈaɪlɨnd ( PEI or P He served as lead counsel for the Prince Edward Island Land Commission, which was established in 1875 to settle the problem of absentee land ownership and to provide tenants of the Island with clear title to their lands.

He was born in Charlottetown, the son of Benjamin Davies and Kezia Attwood Watts. Charlottetown (ˈʃɑrlɪtaʊn (2006 population 32174 is a Canadian city and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, making it the seat Benjamin Davies (1813 &ndash 1904 was a political figure in Prince Edward Island.

Davies was first elected to the House of Assembly as a Liberal in 1872 just prior to PEI entering Canadian confederation. The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island is one of two parts of the General Assembly, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor. The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party is a left of center political party in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the With the issue of confederation resolved and the land question settled as a result of Canada's promise to fund land reform, the major issue remaining on the island was that of school funding and whether the school system should be entirely secular and public or whether separate schools for Catholics should be permitted. Land reforms (also Agrarian reform, though that can have a broader meaning is an often- controversial alteration in the societal arrangements whereby government A separate school is a publicly funded School which includes religious Education in its curriculum as opposed to a Private school or Public Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". The issue divided both parties, and had led to the collapse of one government.

Following the defeat of the Conservative government of Lemuel Cambridge Owen in 1876, Davies established a coalition government of Protestant Liberals and Conservatives with himself as Premier and Attorney-General. The Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party is one of two major political parties on Prince Edward Island. Lemuel Cambridge Owen ( November 1, 1822 &ndash November 26, 1912) was a Prince Edward Island shipbuilder banker merchant and politician A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a Cabinet of a parliamentary Government in which several parties cooperate Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. A premier is a title for the Head of government in some countries In most Common law jurisdictions the Attorney General, or Attorney-General, is the main legal advisor to the government and in some jurisdictions may in addition The Davies government was formed to enact a Public Schools Act which made school attendance compulsory, and created a non-sectarian public school system. The act was passed in 1877 and, with the issue around which the coalition had been formed having been resolved, the coalition itself began to unravel. Davies' government reformed the civil service and brought in financial reforms before being defeated by the Conservatives in a Motion of No Confidence in 1879. A motion of no confidence (also vote of no confidence, censure motion, no-confidence motion, or confidence motion) is a Parliamentary motion

Davies won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1882 federal election as a Liberal. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and The Canadian federal election of 1882 was held on June 20, 1882 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 5th Parliament The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political When the Liberals formed government after the 1896 election under Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Davies became minister of marine and fisheries. The Canadian federal election of 1896 was held on June 23, 1896 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 8th Parliament In 1901, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada ( French: Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal in the Canadian In 1918, he became Chief Justice, and held that position until his death in Ottawa in 1924. The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality.

Davies was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1897. Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

As of 2006, he is the only Prince Edward Islander to serve on the Supreme Court. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The PEI Supreme Court building in Charlottetown is named in his honour.

External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
• Supreme Court Biography