Harold Davies was born in England in 1882. He attended Liverpool Institute and held an Oxford University certificate. Mr. Davies came to Sintaluta, SK in 1911 and to Regina in 1913. In 1914 he enlisted as a private. In 1915 he went overseas with the 28th Battalion. While in action in France and Belgium he was wounded three times. In 1917 he was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous bravery, the Mons Star and the general service and victory medals. Following the war he continued actively with the reserve army.
In 1920 Mr. Davies joined the staff of the Moose Jaw Times Herald newspaper as city editor and reporter. In 1922 he married Lilian Wilkinson of Moose Jaw. The couple had three sons, James, Harold Jr. and Philip. In 1962, the Canadian Press presented Mr. Davies with a 25 year correspondent award. He was a past master of Doric Lodge Masons and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion. He retired in 1965 and passed away in 1967 in Moose Jaw.

Robertson William Davies, born at Thamesville, Ontario on 28 Aug 1913; died at Toronto 2 December 1995. Davies is acknowledged as an outstanding essayist and brilliant novelist. Third son of Senator William Rupert Davies, Robertson Davies participated in stage productions as a child and developed a lifelong interest in drama. He attended Upper Canada College 1926-32 and went on to Queen's University 1932-35 as a special student not working towards a degree. At Balliol College, Oxford, he received the BLit in 1938. His thesis, "Shakespeare's Boy Actors", appeared in 1939, a year in which he pursued an acting career outside London. He spent 1940 playing minor roles and doing literary work for the director at the Old Vic Repertory Company in London. That year he married Brenda Mathews, a woman he had met at Oxford, who was then working as stage manager for the theatre.

William Davies was born in 1916. In 1956 Davies entered politics and was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Moose Jaw City under the government of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. On August 29, 1960 he was appointed Minister of Public Works and served in this capacity until September 7, 1962. He then became Minister of Public Works serving until May 22, 1964. From 1967 to 1971 he served as a New Democratic Party M.L.A. for Moose Jaw South.