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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Samuel Davis
|image =
|office = 61st [[List of mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick|Mayor of Saint John]]
|term_start = 1977
|term_end = 1980
|predecessor = Edis A. Flewwelling
|successor2 = [[Bob Lockhart]]
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{birth year|1914}}
|birth_place =
|death_date = {{death date and age|1996|1914}}
|death_place =
|party =
|spouse = Gladys ({{nee|Wiezel}}) Davis
|children =
|alma_mater = [[University of New Brunswick]]<br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[Master of Engineering|M.E.]], 1939)
|religion =
}}
'''Samuel Davis''' (1914 – 1996) was a Canadian municipal politician who served as the 61st [[List of mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick|mayor]] of [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], [[New Brunswick]] from 1977 to 1980. He was first elected as a [[Saint John City Council]] member in 1969, and elected as mayor in 1977. He was the first Jewish mayor of Saint John.
==Life and career==
Samuel Davis was born in 1914, in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], [[New Brunswick]]. His family immigrated to the city.<ref name="TJ-2">{{cite news |last1=Mullen |first1=Mike |title=Young people to benefit from new fund honouring Samuel and Gladys Davis; 'It's the right thing to do,' says son Gary, in encouraging others to follow his example of philanthrophy |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/42...4DPQ/2?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=18 November 2005}}</ref> He was educated at the [[Saint John High School]], from which he graduated and began attending [[vocational school]] to study motor mechanics. He went on to attend the [[University of New Brunswick]] (UNB), where he received an [[honourary degree]],<ref name="TJ-1">{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Gary |title=An alternate proposal |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/42...95PQ/6?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=22 September 2007}}</ref> and moved on to the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] where he received his [[Master of Engineering]] in 1939.<ref name="TJ-2"/> He was employed at UNB as a [[civil engineer]],<ref name="TJ-1"/> and worked during [[World War II]] as an [[aeronautical engineer]].<ref name="TJ-1"/> Additionally, Davis ran a [[shoe store]] on King Street called Wiezel's,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Landry |first1=Mike |title=Remembering a cottage industry near Grand Bay |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/15...5PQ/15?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=10 June 2014}}</ref> named after the maiden name of his wife, Gladys ({{nee|Wiezel}}) Davis.<ref name="TJ-2"/>
Davis would first serve as a school board member,<ref name="TJ-1"/> and was first elected as a [[Saint John City Council]] member in 1969.<ref name="CommunityStories">{{cite web |title=Chapter 9 - Reaching Beyond Saint John: Notable Jews from Saint John |url=https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/...ng-beyond-saint-john-notable-jews-saint-john/ |website=communitystories.ca |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> On May 11, 1977, Davis was elected as [[List of mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick|Mayor of Saint John]] after defeating the incumbent Edis A. Flewwelling.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saint John elects new mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette/146217915/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[The Canadian Press]] |publisher=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |date=11 May 1977 |page=2 |language=en}}</ref> At the time, he served on the Board of Governors of UNB.<ref name="TJ-1"/> Davis was additionally the first Jewish mayor in Saint John.<ref name="CommunityStories"/>
In 1979, Davis presented awards for [[Fred Hodges (politician)|Fred Hodges]], Saint John's first visible minority councilor and civil rights and labour activist.<ref>{{cite news |title=Black leader honored |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard/146217368/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[The Canadian Press]] |publisher=The Standard |date=22 October 1979 |page=16 |language=en}}</ref> during a dinner in his honouring. Davis was defeated in the 1980 election by [[Bob Lockhart]].<ref name="TJ-3">{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Davis |title=Market Square: The untold story |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/42...DPQ/41?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=4 January 1999}}</ref> He continued to serve as a councilor until at least 1989.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cleaves |first1=Herb |title=Steam engine wins hearts in Maine, Canada |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bangor-daily-news/146217228/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[The Bangor Daily News]] |date=5 June 1989 |page=23 |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life and death==
In 1940, Davis became married to his wife, Gladys Wiezel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Sandra |title=New home fits Jewish museum |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/42...EPQ/38?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=7 July 2009}}</ref> Davis died in 1996.<ref name="TJ-2"/> He is one of multiple notable Jewish community members displayed in the [[Saint John Jewish Historical Museum]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Museum promotes tolerence |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/42...5PQ/11?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=7 December 2009}}</ref> In 2005, Davis' son, Gary Davis, established the Gladys and Samuel Davis Fund.<ref name="TJ-2"/>
==References==
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{{succession box |
before= Edis A. Flewwelling |
title= [[List of mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick|Mayor of Saint John]] |
years= 1977-1980 |
after= [[Bob Lockhart]]
}}
{{s-end}}
[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1996 deaths]]
[[Category:Mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:University of New Brunswick alumni]]
[[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:Engineers from New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Jewish mayors of places in Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian Jews]]
Okumaya devam et...
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Samuel Davis
|image =
|office = 61st [[List of mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick|Mayor of Saint John]]
|term_start = 1977
|term_end = 1980
|predecessor = Edis A. Flewwelling
|successor2 = [[Bob Lockhart]]
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{birth year|1914}}
|birth_place =
|death_date = {{death date and age|1996|1914}}
|death_place =
|party =
|spouse = Gladys ({{nee|Wiezel}}) Davis
|children =
|alma_mater = [[University of New Brunswick]]<br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[Master of Engineering|M.E.]], 1939)
|religion =
}}
'''Samuel Davis''' (1914 – 1996) was a Canadian municipal politician who served as the 61st [[List of mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick|mayor]] of [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], [[New Brunswick]] from 1977 to 1980. He was first elected as a [[Saint John City Council]] member in 1969, and elected as mayor in 1977. He was the first Jewish mayor of Saint John.
==Life and career==
Samuel Davis was born in 1914, in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], [[New Brunswick]]. His family immigrated to the city.<ref name="TJ-2">{{cite news |last1=Mullen |first1=Mike |title=Young people to benefit from new fund honouring Samuel and Gladys Davis; 'It's the right thing to do,' says son Gary, in encouraging others to follow his example of philanthrophy |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/42...4DPQ/2?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=18 November 2005}}</ref> He was educated at the [[Saint John High School]], from which he graduated and began attending [[vocational school]] to study motor mechanics. He went on to attend the [[University of New Brunswick]] (UNB), where he received an [[honourary degree]],<ref name="TJ-1">{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Gary |title=An alternate proposal |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/42...95PQ/6?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=22 September 2007}}</ref> and moved on to the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] where he received his [[Master of Engineering]] in 1939.<ref name="TJ-2"/> He was employed at UNB as a [[civil engineer]],<ref name="TJ-1"/> and worked during [[World War II]] as an [[aeronautical engineer]].<ref name="TJ-1"/> Additionally, Davis ran a [[shoe store]] on King Street called Wiezel's,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Landry |first1=Mike |title=Remembering a cottage industry near Grand Bay |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/15...5PQ/15?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=10 June 2014}}</ref> named after the maiden name of his wife, Gladys ({{nee|Wiezel}}) Davis.<ref name="TJ-2"/>
Davis would first serve as a school board member,<ref name="TJ-1"/> and was first elected as a [[Saint John City Council]] member in 1969.<ref name="CommunityStories">{{cite web |title=Chapter 9 - Reaching Beyond Saint John: Notable Jews from Saint John |url=https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/...ng-beyond-saint-john-notable-jews-saint-john/ |website=communitystories.ca |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> On May 11, 1977, Davis was elected as [[List of mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick|Mayor of Saint John]] after defeating the incumbent Edis A. Flewwelling.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saint John elects new mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette/146217915/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[The Canadian Press]] |publisher=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |date=11 May 1977 |page=2 |language=en}}</ref> At the time, he served on the Board of Governors of UNB.<ref name="TJ-1"/> Davis was additionally the first Jewish mayor in Saint John.<ref name="CommunityStories"/>
In 1979, Davis presented awards for [[Fred Hodges (politician)|Fred Hodges]], Saint John's first visible minority councilor and civil rights and labour activist.<ref>{{cite news |title=Black leader honored |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard/146217368/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[The Canadian Press]] |publisher=The Standard |date=22 October 1979 |page=16 |language=en}}</ref> during a dinner in his honouring. Davis was defeated in the 1980 election by [[Bob Lockhart]].<ref name="TJ-3">{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Davis |title=Market Square: The untold story |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/42...DPQ/41?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=4 January 1999}}</ref> He continued to serve as a councilor until at least 1989.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cleaves |first1=Herb |title=Steam engine wins hearts in Maine, Canada |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bangor-daily-news/146217228/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[The Bangor Daily News]] |date=5 June 1989 |page=23 |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life and death==
In 1940, Davis became married to his wife, Gladys Wiezel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Sandra |title=New home fits Jewish museum |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/42...EPQ/38?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=7 July 2009}}</ref> Davis died in 1996.<ref name="TJ-2"/> He is one of multiple notable Jewish community members displayed in the [[Saint John Jewish Historical Museum]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Museum promotes tolerence |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/42...5PQ/11?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=7 December 2009}}</ref> In 2005, Davis' son, Gary Davis, established the Gladys and Samuel Davis Fund.<ref name="TJ-2"/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-off}}
{{succession box |
before= Edis A. Flewwelling |
title= [[List of mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick|Mayor of Saint John]] |
years= 1977-1980 |
after= [[Bob Lockhart]]
}}
{{s-end}}
[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1996 deaths]]
[[Category:Mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:University of New Brunswick alumni]]
[[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:Engineers from New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Jewish mayors of places in Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian Jews]]
Okumaya devam et...