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Arthur Peters

Published Online February 18, 2008

Last Edited December 15, 2013

Arthur Peters, lawyer, premier of PEI (b at Charlottetown 29 Aug 1854; d there 29 Jan 1908), brother of Frederick Peters. Called to the Prince Edward Island Bar in 1878, Peters was first elected to the Assembly in 1890 as a Liberal.

Peters, Arthur

Arthur Peters, lawyer, premier of PEI (b at Charlottetown 29 Aug 1854; d there 29 Jan 1908), brother of Frederick Peters. Called to the Prince Edward Island Bar in 1878, Peters was first elected to the Assembly in 1890 as a Liberal. Appointed attorney general in 1900, he became premier 29 December 1901 and died holding office. He is remembered as a stout defender of fair terms for Prince Edward Island within Confederation.