Horace Davies

Horace Davies
Horace Davies
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly; for Maryborough
	In office; 28 November 1953 – 4 June 1971
Preceded by	David Farrell
Succeeded by	Gilbert Alison
Personal details
Born	Horace Jason Davies; 17 July 1903; Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Died	4 June 1971 (aged 67); South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political party	Labor
Spouse(s)	Ruby Ellis (m. 1935)
Occupation	School teacher

Horace Jason Davies (17 July 1903 – 4 June 1971) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Davies was born in Gympie, Queensland, the son of John Jason Davies and his wife Ellen Christiana (née Christensen).[1] He was educated at Woongarra State School and, except for a two-year period when he was an exchange teacher with the London County Council between 1935–1937, for his entire working life taught at schools across Queensland.[1]

On 13 November 1935 he married Ruby Ellis and together had one daughter. Davies died of an enlarged heart in June 1971[1] and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[2]

Public career

When David Farrell the member for Maryborough in the Queensland Legislative Assembly died in 1953, Davies won the by-election held in November of that year to find a replacement. Neither the Liberal Party nor the Country Party contested the by-election and Davies easily defeated his lone opponent, Ralph Stafford, an alderman on the Maryborough City Council who stood as an independent.[3]

Davies went on to represent the electorate until his own death in 1971. During his time in parliament he was the Opposition Whip from 1960 until his death and also the Shadow Minister for Education. He was a musician of wide accomplishment and was conductor of the Maryborough Choral Society. He was also President of the Wide Bay National Fitness Club and patron and founder of the Maryborough and Hervey Bay Blue Nursing Service.

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References

"Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
Horace Jason Davies ( - 1971) — Heaven Address. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
"LABOUR LIFTS MAJORITY CITY BY-ELECTION". Maryborough Chronicle (25, 507). Queensland, Australia. 30 November 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by David Farrell	Member for Maryborough 1953–1971	Succeeded by Gilbert Alison

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[qp-1] "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2016.

[heaven1-2] Horace Jason Davies ( - 1971) — Heaven Address. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

[1953byelection-3] "LABOUR LIFTS MAJORITY CITY BY-ELECTION". Maryborough Chronicle (25, 507). Queensland, Australia. 30 November 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.