Theodore Davie

Theodore Davie
Theodore Davie
	The Hon. Theodore Davie
10th Premier of British Columbia
	In office; July 2, 1892 – March 2, 1895
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant Governor	Hugh Nelson; Edgar Dewdney
Preceded by	John Robson
Succeeded by	John Herbert Turner
MLA for Victoria City
	In office; July 24, 1882 – June 13, 1890 Serving with Robert Beaven, Simeon Duck, Montague William Tyrwhitt-Drake, Edward Gawler Prior, John Herbert Turner
Preceded by	James Smith Drummond
Succeeded by	John Grant
MLA for Cowichan
	In office; June 13, 1890 – July 7, 1894 Serving with Henry Croft
Preceded by	William Smithe
Succeeded by	district abolished
MLA for Cowichan-Alberni
	In office; July 7, 1894 – February 23, 1895 Serving with James Mitchell Mutter
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Thomas Anthony Wood
Personal details
Born	March 22, 1852; Brixton, England
Died	March 7, 1898 (aged 45); Victoria, British Columbia
Political party	None
Spouse(s)	Blanche Baker (m. 1874); Mary Alice Yorke (m. 1884)

The Hon. Theodore Davie (Brixton, London March 22, 1852 – March 7, 1898 Victoria, British Columbia) was a British Columbia lawyer, politician, and jurist. He practised law in Cassiar and Nanaimo before settling in Victoria and becoming a leading criminal lawyer. He was the brother of Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, who served as premier of British Columbia from 1887 to 1889. Theodore Davie was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1882. In 1889, he became Attorney-General under Premier John Robson, and succeeded Robson as premier in 1892.

Davie's government passed a Redistribution Bill to give the mainland of the province greater representation in the legislature. His government also provided financial incentives to the railways in an effort to stimulate the economy. The Davie government also approved the construction of the province's parliament buildings in Victoria despite pressure to move the capital to the mainland.

Davie served as premier until 1895 when he resigned to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia succeeding the province's first Chief Justice, Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie.

Theodore Davie is interred in the Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, British Columbia.

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