Jack Davis (Canadian politician)
John "Jack" Davis PC ( born July 31, 1916 in Kamloops, British Columbia; † 27 March 1991) was a Canadian economist, engineer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada and the British Columbia Social Credit Party, the twelve years deputy of the lower house and several times was a minister. Later he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as well as several years a minister in the provincial government of British Columbia.
Life
After schooling Davis graduated, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) and a Master of Arts ( MA). In addition, he completed his studies at the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. ) and a postgraduate degree in landscape architecture with a Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA ). Due to its student services he received in 1939 a Rhodes scholarship to study at St John's College, University of Oxford. In the meantime, took Davis as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War. In addition, he acquired in 1942 at McGill University a Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D.) with a thesis on RDX as well as a Doctor of Science ( D.Sc. ) and worked as an economist and as a engineer.
In the general election of June 18, 1962 Davis was first elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party for the Members of the House and took there first the constituency Coast- Capilano, and most recently since the election of 25 June 1968 constituency Capilano until his defeat in the general election on July 8, 1974.
Less than a year after his first election, he took over in May 1963 his first government post and was until September 1965 Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and, later, from January to September 1966 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Mines and technical review before from October 1966 to April in 1968 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources was.
On April 26, 1968 Davis was appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Minister without Portfolio in the 20th Canadian Cabinet and was at that then after a cabinet reshuffle on July 6, 1968 to March 31, 1969 Minister of Fisheries and then Minister of Fisheries and Forestry, before he last held the post of Minister of the Environment between 11 June 1971 to 7 August 1974.
After retiring from government and the House of Commons, he left some time later the Liberal Party and became instead a member of the British Columbia Social Credit Party, the Provincial Association of Social Credit Party of Canada. For this he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on December 11, 1975 represented there until September 15, 1978 and then again between May 10 1979 and March 27, 1991 the constituency of Vancouver - Seymour.
On December 22, 1975 Davis was the Prime Minister of British Columbia, Bill Bennett, first appointed as Minister of Transport and Communications in the provincial government of British Columbia, in which he, after a government reshuffle on 29 October 1976 to April 3, 1978 Minister for energy, transport and communication was. The provincial government formed by Bill Vander Zalm Davis Bennett's successor finally was from November 1986 to March 27, 1991 Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.