Thomas Davies (Australian politician)

Thomas Henry Davies DSO MC (30 October 1881 – 11 September 1942) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Beaconsfield. A decorated World War I veteran, he was first elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1929 as a Labor member for Bass at a by-election following Allan Guy's move to federal politics. He served as a minister from 1934 until his death in 1942 in George Town.[1]

Davies' initial election to the House of Assembly in 1929 occurred under unusual circumstances. The relevant ballot papers for Bass from the 1928 state election had been destroyed in a flood, meaning the standard recount procedure for Guy's replacement (which should have elected Davies) could not be conducted. Instead, a by-election was mandated by Tasmanian electoral law. The Nationalist Party opted not to contest the by-election in the interests of fairness, allowing Davies to be declared elected unopposed.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Davies, Thomas Henry". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ^ Taylor, Greg (2020). "Casual vacancies under proportional representation" (PDF). UNSW Law Journal. Vol. 43, no. 4. p. 1454-1455.
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