Harry Davies (politician)

Harry Herbert Davies (9 June 1878 – 31 August 1957) was a Southern Rhodesian Labour politician and Leader of the Opposition in the territory's Legislative Assembly from 1929 to 1944.

[1] Originally from Wales, he moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1920 and became an estate agent in Bulawayo.

[3] After standing successfully in Bulawayo South in the 1928 election, he sat in the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly for 20 years.

[2] Davies's co-operation with Huggins infuriated many of his Labour contemporaries and caused an acrimonious split in the party.

[4] Davies's political career ended after his defeat in Hillside by Julian Greenfield of Huggins's United Party in the 1948 general election.