Henry Davies Hicks CC QC (March 5, 1915 – December 9, 1990) was a lawyer, university administrator, and politician in Nova Scotia.
When Macdonald died, Hicks ran for the Liberal party leadership against interim leader and then Premier Harold Connolly.
As the new premier, Hicks was unable to unite the party and his government was defeated in the 1956 election by Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives.
During Hicks' tenure, the campus underwent a complete transformation as new facilities were built, expanded, or acquired for all areas of the university from academics and research to arts and athletics, as well as student housing.
On the afternoon of December 9, 1990, Hicks and his wife Rosalie were returning to Halifax from the Annapolis Valley when their vehicle crossed the centre line and struck an oncoming car.