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About Edward Henry Davey
- Edward Henry Davey (January 19, 1854 – March 10, 1911) was an architect and politician born in St.
- John’s, Newfoundland.
- He is best known, along with his brother George, as a builder of the city of St.
- John's after the great fire of 1892. Davey was educated at the Central School in St.
- John’s and underwent an apprenticeship with his father, also a carpenter, forming a partnership between father and son.
- Upon the death of his father, he went into business with his brother George and to form E.H.
- and G.
- Davey, Contractors, Builders and Ships Joiners.
- The company’s offices were located at 111 Bond Street with wharf and stores situated on the St.
- John’s waterfront. In the aftermath of the great fire of 1892, there was great demand for architects, contractors and builders.
- The Davey brothers were at the forefront of this massive effort and were responsible for many of the new buildings that were erected in the months following the fire: The Church of England Orphanage the British Hall the restoration of the Church of England Cathedral of St.
- John the BaptistBy 1900, the company was very successful and Davey decided to enter politics.
- In the November 8, 1900, both Davey and his running mate, Henry Gear, won the dual district of Burin for the Liberal Party, led by Robert Bond.
- Davey spent 11 years as MHA for Burin.
- He was re-elected in the general election of 1904.
- Davey and Gear were returned to the House of Assembly in the famous tie-election of 1908.
- He was re-elected in the 1909 election. Davey was involved in many facets of the Church of England, serving on the Diocesan Synod for Newfoundland, as a member of the Vestry at the Cathedral and as a member of the Cathedral Restoration Committee.
- He was a long-time member of St.
- John’s Lodge No.
- 5 of the Society of United Fishermen, a philanthropic and fraternal organization founded in Heart’s Content in 1871.
- Davey was also a very good cricket player and was elected president of the Avalon Cricket Club in 1891.
- He was also quite prominent in the Freemasons.
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