Biography
SUTHERLAND, JAMES MILLER lawyer; b. 30 June 1853 in Park Corner, son of John S. Sutherland and Marion Miller; m. 14 January 1875 Isabella Henderson, and they had three children, Marion, Ella, and Sinclair Gordon; Presbyterian; d. 1921. Sutherland, a Liberal, was first elected to the House of Assembly in the general election of 1886 for 1" Queens. He was re-elected in the general election of 1890. He resigned in 1891. Sutherland attended Prince of Wales College. In March 1877, he was called to the Bar. His residence during his years in the House of Assembly was listed as Charlottetown, although he represented 1st Queens, the district where he lived during his childhood. James Sutherland died in 1921. Isabella Sutherland was born ca. 1847. Sutherland s parents were natives of Scotland and immigrated to the Island in 1844.
References
CPG 1889, 1891; Elections PEI; PARO: #81 Zion Presbyterian Church Records Book 1 p. 5; MNI-Census 1881. 1891; Sutherland Family File.