Benjamin Davies (politician)

He was born in Charlottetown, the son of Nathan Davies, an immigrant from Wales of Huguenot descent, and Amelia MacNutt.^[1] In 1813, he married Kezia Attwood Watts. Davies married Eliza Francis Cooke in 1854 after the death of his first wife. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the militia cavalry. Davies served in the province's Executive Council as Postmaster General, Colonial Secretary and chairman of the Railway Board.

He operated shipbuilding yards, owned a number of ships and was also an exporter of goods. Davies became ill during the winter of 1903-4 and died in Charlottetown later that year.^[1]

His son Louis Henry Davies became premier of Prince Edward Island and later served in the Supreme Court of Canada.

• Morgan, Henry J., ed. (1875). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion (Tenth ed.). Montreal Printing and Publishing Company. p. 640.

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