James Edwin Robertson

ROBERTSON, M.D., HONOURABLE JAMES EDWIN, doctor and surgeon, b. 8 October 1840 in New Perth, son of Peter Robertson and Annie McFarlane; m. 11 November 1878 Elizabeth McFarlane, and they adopted one son; Baptist; d. 30 October 1915 in Montague. Robertson, a Liberal, was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1870 for 4th Kings. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1872, 1876, and 1882. He was defeated in the general election of 1879. Robertson served on Executive Council as a Minister without Portfolio from 1872 to 1873, from 6 September 1876 to August 1878, and from 12 September 1878 to 10 March 1879. He resigned his seat in 1882. Although Robertson was elected to the House of Commons in 1882 for King's County, he was declared not duly elected on the grounds that at the time of the election he was a Member of the House of Assembly. Alter resigning from the Assembly, Robertson was re-elected to the House of Commons on 26 April 1883 and in 1887, and he was defeated in 1891. Robertson was appointed to the Senate on 7 February 1902, where he served until 15 April 1915. James Robertson died on 30 October of that year.Robertson was educated at local schools and at Central Academy in Charlottetown. He attended medical school at McGill University in Montreal, following which he practised medicine in Montague. Elizabeth Robertson was born in 1844.