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{{short description|Canadian politician (1852-1898)}}
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| name          = Theodore Davie
| image         = Theodore Davie.jpg
| imagesize     = 150px
| caption       = The Hon. Theodore Davie
| order         = 10th [[Premier of British Columbia]]
| term_start    = July 2, 1892
| term_end      = March 2, 1895
| predecessor   = [[John Robson (politician)|John Robson]]
| successor     = [[John Herbert Turner]]
| monarch       = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| lieutenant_governor = [[Hugh Nelson (Canadian politician)|Hugh Nelson]]<br>[[Edgar Dewdney]]
| office1       = [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|MLA]] for [[Victoria City (provincial electoral district)|Victoria City]]
| term_start1   = July 24, 1882
| term_end1     = June 13, 1890
| predecessor1  = [[James Smith Drummond]]
| successor1    = [[John Grant (Canadian politician)|John Grant]]	
| alongside1    = [[Robert Beaven]], [[Simeon Duck]], [[Montague William Tyrwhitt-Drake]], [[Edward Gawler Prior]], [[John Herbert Turner]]
| office2       = [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|MLA]] for [[Cowichan (electoral district)|Cowichan]]
| term_start2   = June 13, 1890
| term_end2     = July 7, 1894
| predecessor2  = [[William Smithe]]
| successor2    = district abolished	
| alongside2    = [[Henry Croft]]
| office3       = [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|MLA]] for [[Cowichan-Alberni]]
| term_start3   = July 7, 1894
| term_end3     = February 23, 1895
| predecessor3  = first member
| successor3    = [[Thomas Anthony Wood]]	
| alongside3    = [[James Mitchell Mutter]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1852|3|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Brixton]], [[England]]
| death_date    ={{Death date and age|1898|3|7|1852|3|22}}
| death_place   = [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]]
| party         = None
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Blanche Baker|1874}}
* {{marriage|Mary Alice Yorke|1884}}
}}
}}
'''Theodore Davie''' (March 22, 1852 in [[Brixton]], [[London]] – March 7, 1898 in [[Victoria, British Columbia]]) was a [[British Columbia]] lawyer, politician, and jurist. He practised law in [[Cassiar, British Columbia|Cassiar]] and [[Nanaimo]] before settling in Victoria and becoming a leading criminal lawyer. He was the brother of [[Alexander Edmund Batson Davie]], who served as premier of British Columbia from 1887 to 1889. Theodore Davie was first elected to the provincial [[legislature]] in 1882. In 1889, he became [[attorney-general]] under [[Premier]] [[John Robson (politician)|John Robson]], and succeeded Robson as premier in 1892.

Davie's government passed a ''Redistribution Bill'' to give the mainland of the province greater representation in the legislature. His government also provided financial incentives to the railways in an effort to stimulate the economy. The Davie government also approved the construction of the province's [[British Columbia Parliament Buildings|parliament buildings]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] despite pressure to move the capital to the mainland.

Davie served as premier until 1895 when he resigned to become [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of British Columbia]] succeeding the province's first Chief Justice, Sir [[Matthew Baillie Begbie]].

==1877 Attempt to settle the Alaska boundary dispute==



Theodore Davie is interred in the [[Ross Bay Cemetery]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia]].

== References ==
*[http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6056 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'']
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030110163746/http://www.knowbc.com/iebc/book/D/davie.ASP Encyclopedia of British Columbia]

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