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- Robert_Atkinson_Davis abstract "Robert Atkinson Davis (March 9, 1841 – January 7, 1903) was a businessman and Manitoba politician who served as the fourth Premier of Manitoba.Davis was born in Dudswell, in the eastern townships of Lower Canada (now Quebec). As a young man, he worked in the mining fields of the US Rockies. He moved to Red River on 10 May 1870, and reportedly had a friendly meeting with Louis Riel shortly before the end of the Red River Rebellion. This meeting took place after Davis swam across the Red River to where Riel was hiding and called out to the guards in French, and the entire meeting took place in French as Davis was bilingual. Davis purchased a hotel in September 1870. This investment proved very profitable, and he was soon able to open several other stores in Winnipeg.Davis assumed a significant role in Manitoba politics after the death of his first wife in 1872. He emerged as a spokesman for the province's recent Ontario immigrants, who opposed the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly on transportation and opposed the continued prominence of the Métis in Manitoba politics. Davis challenged HBC commissioner Donald Alexander Smith for the Presidency of the Provincial Agricultural Association in 1872. He lost this race, but was elected to both the Protestant school board and the new Winnipeg Board of Trade in February 1873. Davis also helped create the Manitoba society called \"The Grange\" in 1874.In April 1874, Davis won a by-election to the provincial legislature for the riding of Winnipeg & St. Johns (replacing Smith, who had resigned). He soon emerged as leading figure in the opposition, and on July 2, 1874, supported a non-confidence motion which brought down the government. The next day, Marc-Amable Girard was called to lead a ministry based on principles of \"responsible government\". Davis became the Provincial Treasurer, and sought to achieve debt elimination and \"better terms\" from Ottawa.The Girard government fell apart in November–December 1874 as a result of ethnic tensions. Davis, the only minister not to resign during this crisis, was called upon to form a new government. Like his predecessors, he recognized the importance of demographic balance and appointed French-Canadian Joseph Royal as his Provincial Secretary.Davis was re-elected for Winnipeg in Manitoba's second general election (December 30, 1874), defeating Thomas Scott (not to be confused with the Thomas Scott executed by Louis Riel's provisional government) by 198 votes to 183. His ministry won the support of the \"French party\", but did not attain an overall majority in parliament until Davis formed a new alliance with former minister John Norquay. The Davis government was primarily opposed by the anglophone allies of John Christian Schultz, who were led in parliament by Orangeman Francis Cornish. Through his alliance with Royal, Davis could count on support from the \"French party\" throughout his term in office.As Premier, Davis continued his policy of debt reduction (for which he attained an increased Federal subsidy), and convinced the unelected Legislative Council to vote itself out of existence in January 1876. He supported a proposal that the planned transcontinental railway run through Winnipeg rather than Selkirk. After John A. Macdonald was re-elected as Canada's Prime Minister in 1878, this change was accomplished.Davis resigned as Premier in 1878, and subsequently became a successful businessman in Chicago. He argued in favour of Canada–US free trade in 1883, and spent much of the 1890s travelling on the profits of his business. He died of Bright's Disease in 1903 in Phoenix, Arizona.".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis almaMater McGill_University.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis birthDate "1841-03-09".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis birthPlace Dudswell,_Quebec.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis birthPlace Lower_Canada.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis deathDate "1903-01-07".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis deathPlace Arizona.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis deathPlace Phoenix,_Arizona.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis monarch Queen_Victoria.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis office "Member of theLegislative Assembly of ManitobaforWinnipeg and St. John".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis office "Member of theLegislative Assembly of ManitobaforWinnipeg".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis office "Premier of Manitoba".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis office "Provincial Treasurer (1874–1878)".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis orderInOffice "4th".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis party Non-partisan_democracy.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis predecessor Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis predecessor Marc-Amable_Girard.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis successor John_Norquay.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis successor Thomas_Scott_(Manitoba_politician).
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis termPeriod Robert_Atkinson_Davis__1.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis termPeriod Robert_Atkinson_Davis__2.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis termPeriod Robert_Atkinson_Davis__3.
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- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Alexander_Morris.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Arizona.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Brights_disease.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Category:1841_births.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Category:1903_deaths.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Businesspeople_from_Chicago,_Illinois.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Deaths_from_nephritis.
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- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Chicago.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Dudswell,_Quebec.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Francis_Evans_Cornish.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Hudsons_Bay_Company.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink John_A._Macdonald.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink John_Christian_Schultz.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink John_Norquay.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Joseph-Édouard_Cauchon.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_Royal.
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- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Manitoba.
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- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink McGill_University.
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- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Non-partisan_democracy.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Ontario.
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- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Phoenix,_Arizona.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Premier_of_Manitoba.
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- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Provincial_Secretary.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Provincial_Treasurer.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Quebec.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Queen_Victoria.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Red_River_Rebellion.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Red_River_Valley.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Rocky_Mountains.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Selkirk,_Manitoba.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Scott_(Manitoba_politician).
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Scott_(Orangeman).
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Winnipeg.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Winnipeg_(provincial_electoral_district).
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Winnipeg_and_St._John_(Manitoba_electoral_district).
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Robert A. Davis".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Robert Atkinson Davis".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Robert Davis".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis almaMater McGill_University.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis birthDate "1841-03-09".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis birthPlace Dudswell,_Quebec.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis birthPlace Lower_Canada.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis cabinet "Provincial Treasurer".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis children "2".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis deathDate "1903-01-07".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis deathPlace Arizona.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis deathPlace Phoenix,_Arizona.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis imagesize "180".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis lieutenantGovernor Alexander_Morris.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis lieutenantGovernor Joseph-Édouard_Cauchon.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis monarch Queen_Victoria.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis name "Robert Atkinson Davis".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis nationality "Canadian".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis occupation "schoolteacher, businessman".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis office "Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Winnipeg and St. John".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis office "Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Winnipeg".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis office "Premier of Manitoba".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis order "4".
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis party Non-partisan_democracy.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis predecessor Donald_Smith,_1st_Baron_Strathcona_and_Mount_Royal.
- Robert_Atkinson_Davis predecessor Marc-Amable_Girard.