Surname: DAVIES
Given Names: John George
Title and Honours: Sir (CMG 1901; KCMG 1909)
Qualifications:
Date and Place of Birth: 17 February 1846 - Melbourne, Victoria
Date of Death: 12 November 1913 - Hobart, Tasmania
House of Assembly: (1) 27 August 1884 (2) 30
April 1909
Electorate: (1) Fingal (2) Denison
Party: Anti-Socialist (1902-12); Liberal (1912-14)
Positions Held: Chair Committees 1892-1903; Speaker 1903-12
Minister: No
Date of Departure: (1) 30 April 1909 (2) 12 November 1913
Reason for Departure: (1) Seat abolished. Stood for Denison.
Successful. (2) Died in office.
Comments: One of the family of Davies Brothers
of the Mercury Limited (including C.E. Davies, MLC).
Three times Lord Mayor of Hobart.
House of Assembly Long Room Picture: R
Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
Additional Reference Material:
A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968.
Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.
