Francis Haszard

Francis Haszard

Francis Longworth Haszard (November 20, 1849 – July 25, 1938) was a Prince Edward Island politician and jurist. Haszard's family had been United Empire Loyalists moving to PEI from the United States after the American Revolution.

He had been a magistrate in Charlottetown before being elected to the provincial legislature for the first time in 1904 as a Liberal. In 1908, he was asked by the lieutenant-governor to become Premier after the death of Arthur Peters.

The Liberals had been in power since 1891 and their majority in the legislature had eroded over time. By the time Haszard became Premier the Liberals and opposition Conservatives had almost equal strength in the house.

Haszard represented PEI at the Maritime and Inter-Provincial conferences held in 1910 and attempted to obtain a better deal for the province from the federal government.

Haszard left politics in 1911 to accept an appointment to the province's Supreme Court and as Master of the Rolls. He retired from the bench in 1930.


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