- Donald Farquharson (politician)
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Donald Farquharson 8th Premier of Prince Edward Island In office
August 1898 – December 29, 1901Monarch Victoria
Edward VIILieutenant Governor George Howlan
Peter McIntyrePreceded by Alexander B. Warburton Succeeded by Arthur Peters Personal details Born July 27, 1834
Mermaid, Prince Edward IslandDied June 26, 1903 (aged 68) Political party Liberal Donald Farquharson (July 27, 1834 – June 26, 1903) served as the eighth Premier of Prince Edward Island.
A native of Mermaid, Farquharson had been a teacher and then a businessman involved in wholesale and shipping. He was elected to the legislature as a Liberal in 1876 and joined the government of Louis Henry Davies in 1878 until the Davies administration fell the next year. Farquharson sat in opposition until the Liberals won the 1891 election. He became Premier in August 1898 but, in 1901, he was persuaded to run in a by-election to the federal House of Commons since PEI Liberals hoped that as a former Premier, he would be elevated to the Canadian cabinet guaranteeing the island's representation in government. Farquharson won the by-election but Sir Wilfrid Laurier appointed a westerner to cabinet instead leaving Farquharson on the backbenches until his death in 1903.
During Farquharson's premiership the provincial legislature passed the Prohibition Act (or Scott Act) which implemented a complete ban on alcohol sales and production in the province starting in 1901. It would not be repealed until 1948.
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Preceded by
Alexander B. WarburtonPremier of Prince Edward Island
1898–1901Succeeded by
Arthur PetersCrown Colony of Prince Edward Island (1850–1873) Province of Prince Edward Island (1873–present) Pope · Owen · Davies · A. Macdonald · Sullivan · McLeod · F. Peters · Warburton · Farquharson · A. Peters · Haszard · J. Palmer · Mathieson · Arsenault · Bell · Stewart · Saunders · Lea · Stewart · MacMillan · Lea · T. Campbell · Matheson · Shaw · A. Campbell · B. Campbell · MacLean · Lee · J. Ghiz · Callbeck · Milligan · Binns · R. Ghiz
Categories:- 1834 births
- 1903 deaths
- Canadian Presbyterians
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Prince Edward Island
- People from Queens County, Prince Edward Island
- Premiers of Prince Edward Island
- Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs
- Prince Edward Island Liberal Party leaders
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