James Edwin Robertson was a Canadian

Canada

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 physician and politician.

Born in New Perth, Prince Edward Island, the son of Peter Robertson and Annie McFarlane, Robertson was educated at McGill University

McGill University

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 where he graduated with honors in 1865, after which he located in Montague, Prince Edward Island

Montague, Prince Edward Island

Montague is a Canadian town and the largest population centre in Kings County, Prince Edward Island.The town straddles the Montague River which is the dividing line between the townships of Lot 52 and Lot 59. The town functions as a regional service centre for a rural population of 20,000...

 where he has worked up a large practice.

In 1870, he was acclaimed to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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 for 4th Kings

4th Kings

4th Kings was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993.The district comprised the southernmost portion of Kings County....

. He was re-elected in 1876 but was defeated in 1879

Prince Edward Island general election, 1879

The 1879 Prince Edward Island election was held on 4 February 1879 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was won by the Conservative party....

. He was re-elected in 1882. He was a Minister Without Portfolio in the cabinet of Robert Poore Haythorne

Robert Poore Haythorne

Robert Poore Haythorne was a Prince Edward Island politician and premier. He was born in England to a prominent family, his father having been mayor of Bristol on several occasions....

 and Louis Henry Davies

Louis Henry Davies

Sir Louis Henry Davies, was a Prince Edward Island lawyer, businessman and politician, the third Premier...

.

He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 for King's County

King's County (electoral district)

King's County was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1873 to 1896.This riding was created in 1873 when Prince Edward Island joined the Canadian Confederation....

 in the 1882 election

Canadian federal election, 1882

The Canadian federal election of 1882 was held on June 20, 1882 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Canada.Prime Minister Sir John A...

. In 1883, he was declared not duly elected on the grounds that he was a member of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly at the time of the election. The seat was then adjudicated to Augustine Macdonald. A Liberal

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, he was re-elected in 1887

Canadian federal election, 1887

The Canadian federal election of 1887 was held on February 22, 1887 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Canada.The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A...

 and was defeated in 1891

Canadian federal election, 1891

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. In 1902, he was summoned to the Canadian Senate

Canadian Senate

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 on the advice of Wilfrid Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

 representing the senatorial division of Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island. He served until April 1915.