Alban Farmer Explained

Alban Farmer
Birth Date:27 September 1901
Birth Place:Kinkora, Prince Edward Island
Birth Name:Michael Alban Farmer
Office1:Councillor for 5th Queens
Term Start1:1959
Term End1:1966
Predecessor1:Alex MacIsaac
Successor1:Elmer Blanchard
Office2:Councillor for 6th Queens
Term Start2:1966
Term End2:1970
Predecessor2:first member
Successor2:John H. Maloney
Occupation:lawyer

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.peildo.ca/fedora/repository/leg:20924 "Michael Alban Farmer"
  2. "Shaw Appoints P.E.I. Treasurer". The Globe and Mail, January 3, 1963.