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 policeman. From 1936 until his death he was vice- governor of the province of Alberta.

Biography

Primrose was a distant relative of Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1894/95 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. After the death of his father Primrose moved with his mother to Pictou. There he attended the local Academy after completion of schooling. He graduated ultimately at the Royal Military College in Kingston. In 1902 he married Lily Deane, the daughter of a superintendent. They had three children. His son Neil later worked as a judge of the Supreme Court of Alberta.

After Primrose had left the Royal Military College, he joined on 1 August 1885 as inspector in the North - West Mounted Police a. He was initially stationed Regina, later in Fort Saskatchewan. 1899 was promoted to Superintendent and sent during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon Territory. There he learned during his four -year term William Legh Walsh know, his predecessor as lieutenant governor.

Then Primrose worked as commander in Fort Macleod until 1913. After he had built the criminal investigation department, he ended his active service as a police officer and served until 1935 as a police magistrate of Edmonton. During the First World War, he served as an officer in Edmonton Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Army. He was a member of the Commission and which the creation of the Alberta Provincial Police monitored ( this authority in 1932 was dissolved for reasons of cost again).

On the recommendation of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King Primrose was appointed by Governor General John Buchan Vice Governor of the Province of Alberta on October 1, 1936. On March 17, 1937 Primrose died after only six months in office. He was the first Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, who died in office. Primrose was buried in Edmonton Cemetery. According to him, a suburb of Edmonton is named.