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'''Evan Alexander Davies''' (25 June 1889 – 11 February 1948) was an Australian politician. He was a [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor Party]] member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] from 1930 until 1932, representing the electorate of [[electoral district of Ryde|Ryde]].
Davies was born in [[Abertillery]] in [[Wales]], and migrated to Australia in 1920. He worked as a miner on the Southern coalfields, and served as councillor and vice-president of the Southern Districts [[Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation|Miners' Federation]]. He subsequently moved to [[Ryde, New South Wales|Ryde]], where he was active in Labor politics as a member of the party's Gladesville branch and Ryde electorate council.
Davies entered state politics at the [[1930 New South Wales state election|1930 election]], when he won the Nationalist-held seat of [[electoral district of Ryde|Ryde]] amidst Labor's major election victory under [[Jack Lang (Australian politician)|Jack Lang]]. His career was to be short-lived, however; Davies lost his seat to the [[United Australia Party]]'s [[Eric Spooner]] in 1932, one of many Labor MLAs to lose their seats that year amidst a devastating Labor loss, following Lang's dismissal as Premier by the state Governor. He again contested Ryde in 1935, but lost to Spooner a second time.
Later in life Davies was the licensee of the Albion Hotel at [[Armidale, New South Wales|Armidale]]. He died at Armidale in 1948.<ref name=nsw>{{cite NSW Parliament |title = Mr Evan Alexander Davies |id=1486 |former=Yes | accessdate=22 May 2019}}</ref><ref name=elections>{{Cite NSW election |title=Index to Candidates |year=CandidateIndexes |district=CandidateIndex12 |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref>
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