Lemuel Ezra Prowse

PROWSE, LEMUEL EZRA, merchant and business person; b. 2 February 1858 in Charlottetown Royalty, son of William and Helen Prowse; m. 23 July 1879 Frances Josephine Stanley of Nova Scotia, and they had four children, of whom three names are known, Herbert, Georgina M., and Thomas William Lemuel; Methodist; d. 11 December 1925 in Ottawa. Prowse, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1893 for Charlottetown Royalty. He was re-elected in the general election of 1897. In the federal election of 1908, Prowse was elected to the House of Commons for Queen's, and was defeated in 1911. Prowse was educated in local schools in Charlottetown. He was a merchant, and the president of Prowse Brothers Limited, one of the largest businesses on the Island. In 1915, his son, T. W. L. "Bill" Prowse, joined the firm in the role of secretary-treasurer, becoming president and general manager in 1930. Prowse Brothers Limited was one of the best-known mercantile enterprises of the Atlantic provinces. Lemuel Prowse died 11 December 1925. Frances Prowse was born in 1860 and died in 1938. T. W. L. "Bill" Prowse'' was a Member of the Legislative Assembly and later became Lieutenant-Governor.