Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Benjamin Rogers | |
Order: | 9th |
Office: | Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island |
Term Start: | June 1, 1910 |
Term End: | June 2, 1915 |
Predecessor: | Donald Alexander MacKinnon |
Successor: | Augustine Colin Macdonald |
Governor General: | The Earl Grey The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn |
Premier: | Francis Haszard Herbert James Palmer John Alexander Mathieson |
Office1: | MLA (Councillor) for 1st Prince |
Predecessor1: | new riding |
Successor1: | James Birch |
Term Start1: | December 13, 1893 |
Term End1: | July 28, 1897 |
Predecessor2: | James Birch |
Successor2: | John Agnew |
Term Start2: | December 12, 1900 |
Term End2: | December 7, 1904 |
Birth Date: | 7 August 1837 |
Birth Place: | Bedeque, Prince Edward Island Colony |
Death Place: | Alberton, Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Spouse: | |
Party: | Liberal |
Relations: | David Rogers (brother) |
Children: | Francis G., Frederick C., Charles R., Addie Y., Sibella Maggie, and Reginald Hiber |
Residence: | Alberton, Prince Edward Island |
Occupation: | bookkeeper, merchant, farmer |
Profession: | Politician |
Cabinet: | Provincial Secretary of the Treasury (1900-1904) Commissioner of Agriculture (1900-1904) |
Benjamin Rogers (August 7, 1837 - May 16, 1923) was a merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island from 1878 to 1893 and represented 1st Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1893 to 1897 and from 1900 to 1904 as a Liberal member. He was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1910 to 1915.
He was born in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, the son of Joseph Rogers, who had emigrated from Wales. Rogers was an export merchant. He also served as a justice of the peace and Commissioner of Small Debts. In 1862, he married Susannah Abell Hubbard. He was leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 1883 to 1891 and became a member of the province's Executive Council, serving as Commissioner of Agriculture and Provincial Secretary Treasurer. Rogers died in Alberton.
His brother David also served in the provincial assembly.