Donald Farquharson (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Lot 48, Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island, Canada
About Donald Farquharson (politician)
- 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- It would not be repealed until 1948.
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