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Alexander Edmund Batson Davie
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1846 - August 1, 1889
Born in Somerset, England, Alexander Davie was the son of a medical doctor. Moving to Victoria with his parents in 1862, he was called to the British Columbia bar in 1873 and elected to represent the Cariboo in 1875. Appointed Provincial Secretary, he lost his seat in a 1877 bi-election, not to stand and be re-elected in Lillooet in 1882. Davie assumed the Premiers office upon William Smithes death in March 1887. He himself died in 1889, after a lengthy illness.
Affiliated: 1874
Cariboo Lodge No. 4, Barkerville
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