John Howard Myers

MYERS, JOHN HOWARD, farmer; b. 23 September 1880 in Hampton, son of Abraham Myers and Annie McNeill; m. 16 December 1905 Adelaide Dixon, and they had 15 children, Frank Sheldon*, Borden, Lewis, Keith, Howard, Ralph, Norman, William, Arthur, Lulu, Laura, Mabel, Doris, Mildred, and Elizabeth; United; d. 12 October 1956 in Hampton.Myers, a Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1912 for 1st Queens. He was elected in the general election of 1923 for 4th Prince. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Provincial Secretary from 5 September 1923 until 10 September 1926 when he resigned from provincial politics. He was elected in the federal election for Queen's in 1926, and was defeated in 1930 and 1935. Myers was educated at the local school and then at Prince of Wiles College in Charlottetown. A prominent farmer in the Hampton area and throughout the province, he was active in agricultural associations for many years, and promoted agricultural interests both provincially and federally. Myers served as director of the Phoenix Farming Company and provided leadership in the dairy industry. John Myers died 12 October 1956, while helping with the potato harvest on a son's farm in Hampton. Adelaide Myers was the daughter of John Dixon of DeSable. Frank Myers represented 1st Queens in the Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 1955 and again from 1959 to 1970.