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Frank R. Davis
Frank Roy Davis (August 25, 1888 – September 17, 1948) was a Canadians, Canadian provincial politician from Nova Scotia. He represented the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Lunenburg (provincial electoral district), Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1948. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Davis was born in 1888 at Shelburne, Nova Scotia. His parents were Joseph Hiram Davis and the former Eva Trueman. He was educated at Mount Allison University and Dalhousie University, and was a physician and surgeon by career. He married Elizabeth Euphemia Balcom in 1913. Davis was elected mayor of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia in 1930. He entered provincial politics in the 1933 Nova Scotia general election, 1933 election, winning a seat for the dual-member Lunenburg riding with Liberal Gordon E. Romkey. Davis was re-elected in the 1937 Nova Scotia general election, 1937, 1941 Nova Scotia general election, 1941, and 1945 Nova Scotia gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Shelburne is a town located in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. History Shelburne lies at the southwest corner of Nova Scotia, at roughly the same latitude as Portland, Maine in the United States. The Mi'kmaq call the large and well-sheltered harbour ''Logumkeegan'' or ''Sogumkeagum.'' The first Europeans to make a settlement on these shores were the French Acadians. They set up a small fishing settlement known as Port Razoir in the late 17th century, named after the harbour's resemblance to an open razor. Early European settlers had small subsistence farms, but most of the inhabitants' income from that time to the present has been derived from the sea. The Acadian fishing settlement was abandoned after repeated raids from New England colonists during Queen Anne's War in 1705, in which five Acadians were taken prisoner, and again in 1708. Raid on Port Roseway (1715) On May 14, 1715, New England naval commander Cyprian Southack attempted to create a permanent fishing station a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
