Frank R. Davis

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Frank R. Davis
MLA for Lunenburg County
In office
1933–1948
Preceded by John James Kinley
Succeeded by Arthur L. Thurlow
Personal details
Born (1888-08-25)August 25, 1888
Shelburne, Nova Scotia
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Ingonish, Nova Scotia
Political party Nova Scotia Liberal Party
Occupation physician, surgeon

Frank Roy Davis (August 25, 1888 – September 17, 1948) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1948. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Davis was born in 1888 at Shelburne, Nova Scotia.[2] He was educated at Mount Allison University, and Dalhousie University, and was a physician and surgeon by career.[2] He married Elizabeth Euphemia Balcom in 1913.[2]

Davis was elected mayor of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia in 1930.[2] He entered provincial politics in the 1933 election, winning a seat for the dual-member Lunenburg riding with Liberal Gordon E. Romkey.[3] Davis was re-elected in the 1937,[4] 1941,[5] and 1945 elections.[6] He served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Health and Welfare, Registrar General and Minister of Municipal Affairs.[2] He died in office on September 17, 1948.[1][2]

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