Career
Born in 1926, Davies was a union official for the Western Australian Railway Officers" Union before he was elected to the Western Australian parliament in a by-election for Victoria Park in 1961. In 1978, the Labor Party elected him as party leader in Western Australia, and he served as Leader of the Opposition until he was ousted by Brian Burke in 1981. Davies retired from parliament in 1986.
He served as Agent-General for Western Australia in London from 1986 to 1990.
He died in July 2011.
