Dexter Davies

{{Short description|Australian politician (1951–2018)}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}

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| name = Dexter Davies

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| office = Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council

| term_start = 10 August 1998

| term_end = 21 May 2001

| predecessor = Eric Charlton

| constituency = Agricultural

| birth_name = Dexter Melvyn Davies

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1951|4|10}}

| birth_place = Kellerberrin, Western Australia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2018|3|17|1951|4|10}}

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| death_cause = Lung cancer

| nationality = Australian

| party = National Party

| spouse = {{marriage|Effie South|14 January 1972}}

| children = Mia Davies

| education = Wesley College

| alma_mater = Western Australian Institute of Technology

| occupation = Australian rules footballer

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Dexter Melvyn Davies (10 April 1951 – 17 March 2018) was an Australian politician.

Davies was born in Kellerberrin, Western Australia, and was a farmer and consultant before entering politics. He also played Australian rules football at a high level, appearing in 14 games for {{WAFL|EF}} in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) between the 1969 and 1971 WANFL seasons.{{WAFL FootyFacts}}[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/intranet/libpages.nsf/WebFiles/Fact+Sheets+HN11+Footballers+in+the+House/$FILE/HN11+Footballers+in+the+House.pdf Footballers in the House] – Parliamentary Library of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 July 2015. In 1998, Davies was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in a countback as a National Party member for Agricultural. He was defeated in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Davies,+Dexter+Melvyn?opendocument|title=The Hon. Dexter Melvyn Davies MLC|publisher=Parliament of Western Australia}}

His daughter, Mia Davies, also became a member of parliament, and the first woman to lead the WA Nationals.

Davies died, aged 66, from lung cancer on 17 March 2018.{{cite news|last1=Bettles|first1=Colin|title=Vale Dexter Davies a 'larger than life' rural and sports champion|url=http://www.theland.com.au/story/5295674/vale-dexter-davies-a-larger-than-life-rural-and-sports-champion/?cs=5375|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=The Land|date=20 March 2018|language=en}}