Wayne Davis was born and raised in Drumheller, Alberta and joined the RCMP in 1967. He served eight years as a community police officer in Duncan and Sidney, British Columbia before transitioning into the Administration field. He spent another ten years in progressively higher-ranking managerial roles in Finance and Administration in Victoria, Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto and during his service received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from UBC. Wayne attained the rank of Staff-Sergeant and after a successful and excellent 18-year career he was discovered to be gay and in 1986 was forced out the RCMP as part of the “LGBT purge”

The same year he left the RCMP Wayne took on a career in the Public Service of Canada serving in various departments in managerial positions in Human Resources, Finance and Administration until he retired in 2004. He then enjoyed a third career spending 10 years as the Director of Administration for the University of British Columbia Department of Surgery and in 2015 retired for good. 

In his retirement Wayne dedicates is time to volunteering for organizations that support social issues around the LGBTQ2S+ and Seniors Communities and working with individuals challenged by Mental Health issues. He is honoured to serve as a Director of the newly established LGBT Purge fund that was established as part of the LGBT Purge Class Action lawsuit settlement. The $15 to 25 m fund will support purge-related reconciliation and other measures.