Fred Langdon Davis

Frederick Langdon "Fred" Davis, KC (August 6, 1868 – April 9, 1951) was a lawyer and political figure in Manitoba, Canada. He represented Neepawa in the House of Commons of Canada as a Unionist member.[1]

Fred Langdon Davis
Member of Parliament
for Neepawa
In office
1917–1921
Succeeded byRobert Milne
Personal details
Born(1868-08-06)August 6, 1868
Belleville, Ontario
DiedApril 9, 1951(1951-04-09) (aged 82)
Neepawa, Manitoba
Political partyUnionist
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Ellen Webster
m. 1895
Professionlawyer

He was born in Belleville, Ontario, the son of James A. Davis and Sarah Way. Davis came to Winnipeg in 1881 and studied at the University of Manitoba. He articled in law with Frank Stayner Nugent and then William Egerton Perdue, entered practice in 1893 and was called to the Manitoba bar in 1900. He set up practice in Neepawa. Davis was president of the local board of trade and served on the school board. In 1895, he married Elizabeth Ellen Webster. In 1936, he was named King's Counsel.[2]

During World War I, Davis spoke out in favour of better treatment of "enemy aliens", persons residing in Canada who held citizenship in countries at war with Canada:

If we treat such men as men and brothers, we will make Canadians of them; if we treat them in any other fashion, we will make of them an alien element in Canada.[3]

"Enemy aliens" were interred in labour camps across the country during the war under the authority of the War Measures Act of 1914. The same legislation would later be invoked during World War II and the October Crisis of 1970.[4] He died in Neepawa in 1951.[5]

References
  1. Fred Langdon Davis – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. "Frederick Langdon Davis (1867-1951)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  3. Kordan, Bohdan S (2002). Enemy aliens, prisoners of war: internment in Canada during the Great War. p. 130. ISBN 0-7735-2350-2. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  4. Bélanger, Claude (2004). "War Measures' Act". Readings in Quebec History. Marianopolis College. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  5. https://newspaperarchive.com/ca/manitoba/winnipeg/winnipeg-free-press/1951/04-10/page-4
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