Herbert James Palmer

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Herbert James Palmer

11th Premier of Prince Edward Island
In office May 16, 1911 – December 2, 1911
Monarch	George V
Lieutenant Governor	Benjamin Rogers
Preceded by	Francis Haszard
Succeeded by	John A. Mathieson
Personal details
Born	(1851-08-26)August 26, 1851 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Died	December 22, 1939(1939-12-22) (aged 88) Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Ada Millicent Patena (m. 1880)
Relations	Edward Palmer (father)
Children	Helen Isabel, Beatrice Adele, Philip Errol, Harold Leonard, and Charles Nevill Tremain
Residence	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Alma mater	Prince of Wales College University of King's College
Occupation	lawyer and director
Profession	Politician
Religion	Anglican

H. James Palmer (August 26, 1851 – December 22, 1939) was the 11th Premier of Prince Edward Island and the son of former colonial Premier Edward Palmer.

Born in Charlottetown, Palmer was educated at Prince of Wales College and then at King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia.

He was called to the bar in 1876 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1878. Palmer entered the provincial legislature as a Liberal upon winning a seat in the election of 1900. He served as Attorney-General at various times except between 1904 and 1908 when he was out of office. In May 1911 he became premier when Francis Longworth Haszard was appointed to the Supreme Court of the province. At the time, members of the legislature were required to resign their seats and run for re-election in a by-election. Palmer did so but was defeated in the December by-election. He resigned as premier and returned to his law practice. The loss of Palmer's seat also caused the Liberal government to lose their majority in the legislature and the lieutenant governor asked the leader of the opposition, John A. Mathieson, to form a new government.

References

Preceded by Francis Longworth Haszard	Premier of Prince Edward Island 1911	Succeeded by John A. Mathieson

v t e Premiers of Prince Edward Island

Crown Colony of Prince Edward Island (1850–1873)	Coles Holl Coles E. Palmer Gray Pope Coles Hensley Haythorne Pope Haythorne

Province of Prince Edward Island (1873–present)	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 J. Ghiz Callbeck Milligan Binns R. Ghiz

Persondata
Name	Palmer, Herbert
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian politician
Date of birth	August 26, 1851
Place of birth	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Date of death	December 22, 1939
Place of death	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

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