Harry Alfred Darby

DARBY, HARRY ALFRED, farmer, fox breeder, and telephone company president; b. 27 November 1865 in Abrams Village, son of Edwin Darby and Amelia D. Williams; m. first 14 July 1896 Bessie W. Morrison, and they had eight children, Gerald B., Edwin A., Earnest W„ G. Arthur, William A., Walter Eric*, Harry B., and Geraldine; m. secondly M. Thelma Allen, and there were no children; Anglican; d. 25 June 1952 in Summerside. Darby, a Liberal, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1927 for 3rd Prince. He also served as President of the East Prince Liberal Association in 1925 and 1926. Darby was educated in both Abrams Village and Charlottetown. Later in life he resided near Wellington and on King Street in Summerside. A farmer and fox breeder, Darby was the vice-president and secretary-treasurer of the Egmont Bay Dairy Company and the president of the Victor Silver Black Fox Company Limited. He was the president of the Rural Telephone Line and was a member of the Masonic Order. In 1917 Darby served on the Military Tribunal. Harry Darby died 25 June 1952 at his home. Walter Darby*, Harry Darby's son, represented 2nd Prince in the Legislature and served on Executive Council. Bessie Darby, the daughter of Captain Peter Morrison, was born in 1874 and died in 1930. M. Thelma Darby survived her husband.