Henry Hague Davis

{{Short description|Canadian Supreme Court judge (1885–1944)}}

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| name = Henry Hague Davis

| image = Henry Hague Davis.jpg

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| office = Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

| termstart = January 31, 1935

| termend = June 30, 1944

| predecessor = Robert Smith

| successor = James Wilfred Estey

| appointer =

| nominator = Richard Bedford Bennett

| office2 = 9th President of the Canadian Bar Association

| termstart2 = 1936

| termend2 = 1937

| predecessor2 = G.H. Montgomery, K.C.

| successor2 = J.W. de B. Farris, K.C.

| office3 = 8th President of the Ontario Bar Association

| termstart3 = 1934

| termend3 = 1935

| predecessor3 = Dalton Lally McCarthy, K.C.

| successor3 = Ward Wright, K.C.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1885|09|10}}

| birth_place = Brockville, Ontario

| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|06|30|1885|09|10}}

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| alma_mater = University of Toronto

| honorific_prefix = The Honourable

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Henry Hague Davis (September 10, 1885 – June 30, 1944) was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Born in Brockville, Ontario, the son of William Henry Davis and Eliza Dowsley, he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1907, a Master of Arts in 1909 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1911 all from the University of Toronto.{{Cite web |url=http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/court-cour/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=henry-hague-davis |title=Supreme Court of Canada Biography: Henry Hague Davis |access-date=2014-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095228/http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/court-cour/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=henry-hague-davis |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }} He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1911 and then proceeded to practice law with the firm of Kilmer, McAndrew & Irving in Toronto. In 1933, he was appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal.

In early 1935, he was appointed to the Supreme Court. For reasons unknown, it had taken the federal government over a year to appoint Davis to replace Justice Smith, who had retired in late 1933.{{Cite book|author=James G. Snell|author2=Frederick Vaughan|title=The Supreme Court of Canada: History of the Institution|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=1985|isbn=0802034179|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/supremecourtofca0000snel}}, p. 148.

Davis had been actively involved in the Canadian Bar Association while in practice, and maintained that involvement while on the Bench. He was president of the Ontario Bar Association when appointed to the Court,[http://www.oba.org/About-US/History Ontario Bar Association: History] and finished his term in that office. He then served as national President of the Canadian Bar Association while on the Supreme Court.[https://www.cba.org/Who-We-Are/Governance/President-Executive/Past-CBA-Presidents Canadian Bar Association: Past Presidents]

Justice Davis served until his death on June 30, 1944, in Ottawa.{{Cite news|date=1944-07-03|title=Justice Davis Dies at Ottawa|page=13|work=Windsor Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86488093/justice-davis-dies-at-ottawa/}}