Frederic Alfred Large

LARGE, K.C., HONOURABLE FREDERIC ALFRED, lawyer and judge; b. 7 December 1913 in Breadalbane, son of Ernest Alfred Large and Georgie Leard; m. 7 November 1939 Mildred Grace Cox, and they had three children, David, Susan, and Donald; United; d. 5 April 1998 in Charlottetown. Large, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1947 for 1st Queens. He was re-elected in the general election of 1955. He was defeated in the general election of 1951 by a margin of four votes. In 1948 Large was appointed Attorney-General and Advocate General. He was appointed Minister of Education in 1949. Large was president of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Association and also president of the 20th Century Liberal Club in Charlottetown. Large attended Summerside High School and Mount Allison Academy, and later studied at Prince of Wales College where he enrolled in a two-year arts course. He articled with various lawyers and in 1937 was admitted to the Bar. For the two years prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, Large practised as a lawyer and served as Crown prosecutor. From 1937 to 1939, he held the rank of Lieutenant with the Royal Canadian Navy volunteers, and, from 1939 to 1944, he was Lieutenant-Commander of HMCS Niagara. Large's tour of duty included service in Canada, England, and at sea. He retired from the Navy in May 1944 in order to return to the Island, at the request of Premier J. Walter Jones*. Large became Attorney-General in the Jones Administration and continued to practise law while on Executive Council. In 1945 he was designated King's Counsel. He was a partner with Donald P. Large in the firm of Large and Large from 1973 to 1975. In 1975 he was appointed Justice of the Kings County Court, and later became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island. Large retired from the Supreme Court in 1985 to become Supernumary Judge. He served as president of the Prince Edward Island Law Society and as provincial vice-president of the Canadian Bar Association. Large was president of the Prince Edward Island Hospice Association, and was a member of the Rotary Club, the Little Theatre Guild, the Royal Commonwealth Society, the Charlottetown Yacht Club, and the Port La Joye French Club. He was also a Friend of the Confederation Centre. Frederic Large died 5 April 1998 at his home. Mildred Large was the daughter of Chester M. Cox of Charlottetown.