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Hector D. Dobie (September 7, 1860 – April 1954) was a farmer and political figure on
Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...
. He represented
3rd Prince 3rd Prince was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island (french: Assemblée législativ ...
in the
Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island (french: Assemblée législative de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard) is the sole chamber of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The Legislative Assembly meets at Province House, which is locat ...
from 1908 to 1915 as a
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. He was born in
St. John's, Newfoundland St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. The city spans and is the easternmost city in North Ameri ...
, the son of the Reverend Robert T. Dobie, and came to Prince Edward Island with his family in 1875. Dobie married Priscilla Dougherty in 1887. He operated a farm in Lot 14. Dobie was also the director of a dairy company. He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1915. He and his family moved to Fredericton, NB in 1923 where he operated a dairy farm until 1946. He sold most of his Fredericton farm to the federal government for the construction of housing for veterans of World War II. That portion of the city is still referred to as "The Dobie" and the type of houses built there are referred to as "Dobie Houses" throughout New Brunswick.


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* Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs 1860 births 1954 deaths People from Prince County, Prince Edward Island {{PrinceEdwardIsland-politician-stub