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Nicholas Flood Davin

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Kilfinane, Ireland

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Nicholas Flood Davin, KC (13 January 1840 – 18 October 1901) was an Irish-Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician.

Davin was the first MP for Assiniboia West, NWT (1887–1900), and was known as the voice of the North-West. He also founded and edited the Regina Leader, the first newspaper in Assiniboia, and tried to gain provincial status for the NW territories.

Davin is considered one of the architects of the Canadian Indian residential school system. In 1879 he wrote the Report on Industrial Schools for Indians and Half-Breeds, otherwise known as The Davin Report, in which he advised the federal government to institute residential schools for Indigenous children. In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission concluded that the assimilat ...more

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	The Irishman in Canada it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1877 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fair Grit, Or The Advantages Of Coalition: A Farce liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homes for millions [microform]: the resources of the great Canadian North-West : the reasons why agriculture is profitable there and why farmers are porsperous and independent 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1891 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Report on Industrial Schools for Indians and Half-breeds 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speech of N.F. Davin, M.P., on the Address, Ottawa, Friday 24th March, 1899 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Album Verses and Other Poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secretary of the Royal Society of Canada: A Literary Fraud by Nicholas Flood Davin, John George Bourinot, Royal Society of Canada (Creator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speech of Mr. N.F. Davin, M.P., on Home Rule for Ireland, Delivered in the House of Commons, Ottawa, April 22nd and 26th, 1887 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ireland and the Empire: A Speech, Delivered Before the St. Patrick's Society, in Nordheimer's Hall, Montreal, on St. Patrick's Day, 1885 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Memory of the Queen: An Address Delivered in the Town Hall, Regina, on the 2nd of February, 1901, the Day of the Funeral of Her Late Imperial Majesty 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1901 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars