David Rogers (November 15, 1829 – October 22, 1909) was a

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and politician on

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is an island Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. While it is the smallest province by land area and population, it is the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...

. He represented

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in the

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from 1890 to 1893 as a

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. He was born in

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, the son of Joseph Rogers and Margaret James, and came to the island with his parents in 1831. Rogers was a justice of the peace and served as chairman of the town council for Summerside. Rogers worked for merchant and shipbuilder

James Colledge Pope James Colledge Pope, (June 11, 1826 – May 8, 1885) was a land proprietor and politician on Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada. He served as premier of the colony from 1865 to 1867, and from 1870 to 1873. He was premier of PEI in 1873 when ...

, later becoming a partner and then purchasing Pope's business. He was married twice: to Annie Hester Gourlie in 1861 and to Rosina Gertrude Brine in 1886. Rogers served as a member of the province's Executive Council. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1893. Rogers died in Summerside at the age of 79. His brother

Benjamin Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...

also served in the provincial assembly and became Lieutenant Governor for the province.

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Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs 1829 births 1909 deaths 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island {{PrinceEdwardIsland-politician-stub