predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp death_date death_place party birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
electoral district created canadian thomas walter scott kilfinane -lrb- republic of ireland -rrb- assiniboia west 18 october 1901 winnipeg , manitoba liberal-conservative 13 january 1840 1887 nicholasflooddavinmp.jpg nicholas flood davin
 1900 nicholas flood davin
nicholas flood davin

nicholas flood davin -lrb- january 13 , 1840 -- october 18 , 1901 -rrb- nicholas flood davin was a lawyer , journalist and politician , born at kilfinane , ireland .
the first mp for assiniboia west -lrb- 1887 -- 1900 -rrb- , davin was known as the voice of the north-west .
a spellbinding speaker , davin founded and edited the `` regina leader '' , the first newspaper in assiniboia .
he tried to gain provincial status for the territory .
davin produced 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 native youth ; a recommendation that decimated canadian aboriginal families .
