monarch death_date children nationality birth_date residence term_end alma_mater death_place profession order term_start spouse image name occupation relations predecessor birth_place party office lieutenant_governor successor religion article_title
george v 22 december 1939 helen harold leonard , and charles nevill tremain isabel , beatrice adele , philip errol , canadian 26 august 1851 charlottetown , prince edward island december 15 , 1911 2 , 1911 january 3 , 1912 november prince of wales college university of king 's college charlottetown , prince edward island politician 11th may 12 , 1900 16 , 1911 may 16 , 1911 december ada millicent patena 1880 herbert james palmer.jpg herbert james palmer lawyer and director edward palmer -lrb- father -rrb- francis haszard francis haszard frederick peters charlottetown , prince edward island liberal premier edward island liberal party mla -lrb- assemblyman -rrb- for 3rd of queens prince edward island leader of the prince benjamin rogers john a. mathieson john richards george f. dewar anglican herbert james palmer

herbert james palmer

h. james palmer -lrb- august 26 , 1851 -- december 22 , 1939 -rrb- was the 11th premier of prince edward island and the son of former colonial premier edward palmer .
born in charlottetown , palmer was educated at prince of wales college and then at king 's college in windsor , nova scotia .
he was called to the bar in 1876 and became a queen 's counsel in 1878 .
palmer entered the provincial legislature as a liberal upon winning a seat in the election of 1900 .
he served as attorney-general at various times except between 1904 and 1908 when he was out of office .
in may 1911 he became premier when francis longworth haszard was appointed to the supreme court of the province .
at the time , members of the legislature were required to resign their seats and run for re-election in a by-election .
palmer did so but was defeated in the december by-election .
he resigned as premier and returned to his law practice .
the loss of palmer 's seat also caused the liberal government to lose their majority in the legislature and the lieutenant governor asked the leader of the opposition , john a. mathieson , to form a new government .
