Ned Davis (politician)
{{short description|Australian politician}}
{{For|persons of a similar name|Ned Davis (disambiguation){{!}}Ned Davis}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Ned Davis
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Edward William Davis - Queensland politician.jpg
|caption =
| constituency_AM1 = Barcoo
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 1 May 1943
| term_end1 = 10 April 1961
| predecessor1 = Frank Bulcock
| successor1 = Eugene O'Donnell
|birth_date = 1886
|birth_place = Yarrangundy, New South Wales, Australia
|death_date = {{death year and age|1961|1886}}
|death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
|restingplace =
|birthname = Edward William Davis
|nationality = Australian
|party = Labor
|otherparty =
|spouse = Mary Ann McLauchlan Williamson (m.1919)
| known_for =
| occupation = Trade union organiser
| relations =
| alma_mater =
}}
Edward William Davis (1886 – 10 April 1961) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=4006858196|accessdate=27 February 2015|archive-date=22 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222081949/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=4006858196|url-status=live}}
Politics
Davis represented the seat of Barcoo from 1943 till his death in 1961. He was the western district secretary of the Australian Workers' Union before his election, and had previously been an organiser in western Queensland.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71450116 |title=Labor Can Govern And Govern Well |newspaper=The Worker |volume=54 |issue=2911 |location=Brisbane |date=19 April 1943 |accessdate=7 August 2016 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=22 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222082032/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71450116 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71451000 |title=NED DAVIS HAS EASY WIN |newspaper=The Worker |volume=54 |issue=2913 |location=Brisbane |date=3 May 1943 |accessdate=7 August 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=22 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222082031/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71451000 |url-status=live }}
References
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{{s-ttl |title= Member for Barcoo|years=1943–1961}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:20th-century Australian politicians
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