Frederick Peters

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frederick Peters (April 8, 1851-July 29, 1919) was a lawyer and Prince Edward Island politician. A Liberal, he won election to the House of Assembly in 1890. He was asked to form a government in 1891 after the Conservative government lost its majority in the house. Peters government abolished both the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly and brought in a new legislative assembly to create a unicameral form of government. Peters served as Premier until resigning in 1897 to move to British Columbia though he retained his seat in the legislature until 1899 despite no longer residing in the province. Frederick's brother, Arthur Peters was also active in politics becoming premier from 1901 to 1908.


Preceded by:
Neil McLeod
1889-1891
Premier of Prince Edward Island
1891-1897
Succeeded by:
Alexander B. Warburton
1897-1898


Premiers of Prince Edward Island Flag of Prince Edward Island
Colony: Coles | Holl | Coles | E. Palmer | Gray | Pope | Coles | Hensley | Haythorne | Pope | Haythorne |
Province: Pope | Owen | Davies | Sullivan | McLeod | F. Peters | Warburton | Farquharson | A. Peters | Haszard | J. Palmer | Mathieson | Arsenault | Bell | Stewart | Saunders | Lea | Stewart | MacMillan | Lea | T. Campbell | Jones | Matheson | Shaw | A. Campbell | B. Campbell | MacLean | Lee | Ghiz | Callbeck | Milligan | Binns
In other languages