Herbert James Davis was a veterinary surgeon

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 and political figure in Ontario

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. He represented Elgin East

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1929 to 1934 as a Conservative

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 member.

He was born in Shelburne

Shelburne, Ontario

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, Dufferin County

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, the son of John Davis and A. Hems, and was educated in Shelbourne and Woodstock

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 and at the Ontario Agricultural College

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 and the Ontario Veterinary College. In 1921, Davis married Clara A. Lindsay. He served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force

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 during World War I

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, enlisting as a private and reaching the rank of lieutenant before his discharge. Davis was a director of the Lindsay and Malahide Telephone Co. Davis served as mayor of Aylmer, Ontario

Aylmer, Ontario

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 from 1927 to 1928 and from 1937 to 1939. He served in the Second Elgin Regiment during World War II

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. Davis died at his home near St. Thomas

St. Thomas, Ontario

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at the age of 60.