Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Eliot Davis | |
Order: | Member of the Legislative Council |
Term Start: | 22 June 1934 |
Term End: | 31 December 1950 |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1871 |
Birth Place: | Nelson, New Zealand |
Death Date: | 5 January 1954 |
Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Relations: | Ernest Davis (brother) |
Eliot Rypinski Davis (15 August 1871 – 5 January 1954) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 22 June 1934 to 21 June 1941 when his term ended; then from 8 September 1941 to 7 September 1948 and 8 September 1948 to 31 December 1950 when the Council was abolished. He was appointed by the United/Reform Coalition Government then the First Labour Government.[1]
He was from Auckland, and was a businessman and racehorse owner.[2] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal,[3] and 1953 he received the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[4]
Davis was born in Nelson, son of Moss Davis and brother of Sir Ernest Davis the brewer.[5]