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Members’ biographical register

Thomas Arthur Lewis Davy

House

MLA

Party

Nationalist Acting president United (Nationalist) Party 1926–1927 President 1927

Date first elected

22 March 1924

Year Retired/Resigned

1933

Electorate(s)

West Perth

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA West Perth, 22 March 1924–18 February 1933

Office

Attorney General, 29 April 1930–18 February 1933
Minister for Education, 14 October 1931–18 February 1933
Deputy leader, Nationalist Party, 1927–1933

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Birth date

1 May 1890

Place of birth

Auckland, New Zealand

Death date

18 February 1933

Cause of death

Place of death

Savoy Hotel, Perth, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

1895

Parents

Thomas George, medical practitioner, and Emily Gates

Marriage and Family

Married 21 December 1915, London, England to Penelope Ethel Sholl (born circa August 1891 and died 31 December 1987, Cottesloe), daughter of Horace William and Jessie Cave
Children: one son and two daughters

Religion

Church of England

Education

Coolgardie, private school Fremantle, then Perth High (later Hale) School
University of Adelaide
Rhodes scholar, 1909
Exeter College, Oxford

Occupation

Lawyer

Employment History

Admitted to the Bar, 1913, Gray’s Inn (barrister)
WA Bar, 1914
Captain Royal Field Artillery, 1915–1918
Distinguished war service in France and India
In law practice with Northmore, Hale, Davy and (later) Leake
City solicitor for Perth
King's Counsel, March 1932

Local Government

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

To United Kingdom, 1894 and then to Western Australia the following year
Member, Board of Governors High (Hale) School, 1920, chairman for many years
State executive, Returned Services League, honorary solicitor, 1923–1933

References

D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 61.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 28 June 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=fabfe646-951d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c3d1

Bibliography

Further Information

David Black, 'Davy, Thomas Arthur Lewis (1890–1933)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davy-thomas-arthur-lewis-5919/text10083, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 17 December 2015
"Mr T.A.L. Davy dead. Tragic Suddenness. Widespread Regret Expressed." The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Monday 20 February 1933 p 9. Trove Accessed 17 December 2014.