Philip Primrose
Philip Carteret Hill Primrose (born October 23, 1864 in Halifax , Nova Scotia , † March 17, 1937 in Edmonton , Alberta ) was a Canadian politician and police officer. From 1936 until his death, he was Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Alberta.
biography
Primrose was a distant relative of Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1894-95 . After his father's death, Primrose moved to Pictou with his mother . There he attended the local academy after finishing school. He ultimately graduated from the Royal Military College , Kingston . In 1902 he married Lily Deane, the daughter of a superintendent. They had three children together. His son Neil later worked as a judge on the Alberta Supreme Court.
After Primrose left the Royal Military College, he joined the North-West Mounted Police as an inspector on August 1, 1885 . First he was stationed at Regina , later in Fort Saskatchewan . In 1899, he was promoted to superintendent and posted to the Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush . There he met William Legh Walsh , his predecessor as Lieutenant Governor, during his four-year tenure .
Primrose then served as a commandant at Fort Macleod until 1913 . After establishing the Criminal Investigation Department, he retired from active duty as a police officer and served as Edmonton Police Department until 1935 . During the First World War he served as an officer in the Edmonton Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Army. He was also a member of the commission that oversaw the creation of the Alberta Provincial Police (this agency was dissolved in 1932 for cost reasons).
On the recommendation of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King , Primrose was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Alberta on October 1, 1936 by Governor General John Buchan . On March 17, 1937, Primrose died after only six months in office. He was Alberta's first lieutenant governor to die in office. Primrose was buried in Edmonton Cemetery . A district of Edmonton is named after him.
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| SURNAME | Primrose, Philip |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Primrose, Philip Carteret Hill (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halifax (Nova Scotia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1937 |
| Place of death | Edmonton |