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Alban Farmer

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Alban Farmer
Councillor for 5th Queens
In office
1959–1966
Preceded byAlex MacIsaac
Succeeded byElmer Blanchard
Councillor for 6th Queens
In office
1966–1970
Preceded byfirst member
Succeeded byJohn H. Maloney
Personal details
Born
Michael Alban Farmer

(1901-09-27)September 27, 1901
Kinkora, Prince Edward Island
DiedDecember 27, 1988(1988-12-27) (aged 87)
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Occupationlawyer

Michael Alban Farmer (September 27, 1901 – December 27, 1988) was a Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1959 to 1970.[1] A member of the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party, he represented the electoral district of 5th Queens from 1959 to 1966, and 6th Queens from 1966 to 1970, and served on the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as provincial treasurer and attorney general in the government of Walter Shaw.[2]

Born and raised in Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Farmer was educated at Prince of Wales College, St. Dunstan's University and Dalhousie University.[1] Prior to his election to the provincial legislature, he worked as a lawyer and as private secretary to provincial Lieutenant Governor George de Blois,[1] served on Charlottetown City Council from 1946 to 1952 and mounted two unsuccessful campaigns for mayor of Charlottetown.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Michael Alban Farmer". Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.
  2. ^ "Shaw Appoints P.E.I. Treasurer". The Globe and Mail, January 3, 1963.