{{Short description|Canadian Supreme Court judge (1885–1944)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Henry Hague Davis | image = Henry Hague Davis.jpg | image_size = | caption = | office = Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | term_start = January 31, 1935 | term_end = June 30, 1944 | predecessor = Robert Smith | successor = James Wilfred Estey | appointer = | nominator = Richard Bedford Bennett | office2 = 9th President of the Canadian Bar Association | term_start2 = 1936 | term_end2 = 1937 | predecessor2 = G.H. Montgomery, K.C. | successor2 = J.W. de B. Farris, K.C. | office3 = 8th President of the Ontario Bar Association | term_start3 = 1934 | term_end3 = 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}} | death_place = | spouse = | alma_mater = University of Toronto | honorific_prefix = The Honourable }} '''Henry Hague Davis''' (September 10, 1885 – June 30, 1944) was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
== Early life ==
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.<ref name="scc bio">{{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 }}</ref> 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 corporate law and criminal defence. In 1933, he was appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal where he was described as being perceptive and having a "discriminating mind."{{sfn|Snell|Vaughan|1985|p=148}}
== Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada ==
On January 31, 1935, Prime Minister R.B. Bennett appointed Davis to the Supreme Court at the age of 49, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Justice Robert Smith on December 6, 1933.{{sfn|Snell|Vaughan|1985|p=148}} Snell and Vaughan note that no records exist explaining the one year delay for the appointment for a replacement of Justice Smith.{{sfn|Snell|Vaughan|1985|p=148}}
Davis had been actively involved in the Canadian Bar Association while in practice,<ref name="scc bio" /> and maintained that involvement while on the Bench. He was president of the Ontario Bar Association when appointed to the Court,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oba.org/About-US/History |title=Ontario Bar Association: History |access-date=2014-11-24 |archive-date=2015-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908043719/http://www.oba.org/About-US/History |url-status=dead }}</ref> and finished his term in that office. He then served as national President of the Canadian Bar Association while on the Supreme Court.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cba.org/Who-We-Are/Governance/President-Executive/Past-CBA-Presidents |title=Canadian Bar Association: Past Presidents |access-date=2016-01-07 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305223527/http://www.cba.org/Who-We-Are/Governance/President-Executive/Past-CBA-Presidents |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Justice Davis served until his death on June 30, 1944, in Ottawa.<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 3, 1944|title=Justice Davis Dies at Ottawa|page=13|work=Windsor Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86488093/justice-davis-dies-at-ottawa/}}</ref>
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== Further reading == {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book |title=Captive Court: A Study of the Supreme Court of Canada |last=Bushnell |first=Ian |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-7735-0851-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/captivecourtstud0000bush |url-access=registration}} * {{Cite book |title=The Supreme Court of Canada: History of the Institution |last1=Snell |first1=James G. |last2=Vaughan |first2=Frederick |publisher=The Osgoode Society |year=1985 |isbn=978-0-8020-3417-5 |location=Toronto |url=https://archive.org/details/supremecourtofca0000snel |url-access=registration}} {{refend}}
== External links == * [https://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/about-apropos/judges-juges/list-liste/henry-hague-davis/ Supreme Court of Canada biography]
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