James Warburton

WARBURTON, M.D., JAMES, physician and surgeon; b. 30 June 1855 in Conway, son of Honourable James Warburton and Martha C. Green; in. 13 July 1887 Louisa May Hobkirk, and they had three children, Helen Martha, Janies Arthur, and Eric; Anglican; d. 9 February 1928 in Montreal. Warburton, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election held 16 March 1904 for 5th Queens. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1904 and 1908. Warburton served as President of the provincial Liberal Association. Before entering provincial politics, Warburton was elected Mayor of Charlottetown in 1897. He was re-elected in 1900 by acclamation, and was re-elected by a large majority a third time in 1902. During his three successive terms, a system of concrete sidewalks and a sewage system w'ere established in the city. Warburton received his early education in local schools, before attending St. Dunstan's College in Charlottetown. He also attended Prince of Wales College and then Windsor College in Halifax. In 1880 he graduated from the medical department at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Warburton first practised medicine in Fifeshire, Scotland, for two-and-a-half years. In 1882 he returned to the Island and established a medical practice in Charlottetown. Warburton continued to practise medicine until two weeks prior to his death, which occurred while on a trip to Montreal for a medical consultation and an operation. James Warburton died 9 February 1928. Louisa Warburton, was the daughter of Dr. William H. Hobkirk of Charlottetown. She was born ca. 1855 and died in 1913.