Michael Alban Farmer (September 27, 1901 – December 27, 1988) was a

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politician, who served in the

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from 1959 to 1970."Michael Alban Farmer"

. A member of the

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, he represented the electoral district of

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from 1959 to 1966, and 6th Queens from 1966 to 1970, and served on the

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as provincial treasurer and attorney general in the government of Walter Shaw."Shaw Appoints P.E.I. Treasurer". ''

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'', January 3, 1963. Born and raised in Kinkora,

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, Farmer was educated at

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, St. Dunstan's University and

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. Prior to his election to the provincial legislature, he worked as a lawyer and as private secretary to provincial Lieutenant Governor George de Blois, served on

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from 1946 to 1952 and mounted two unsuccessful campaigns for mayor of Charlottetown.

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