Thomas William Lemuel Prowse (August 31, 1888 – November 2, 1973) was a businessman and was the 17th

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from 1950 to 1958. The son of Lemuel Ezra Prowse and Frances J. Stanley, he was born and educated in

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. He was proprietor and president of Prowse Brothers Ltd. in Charlottetown. Active in local politics, he was a councillor on

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for eight years and served as the 26th mayor from 1930 to 1932. A

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, he was elected to the

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representing the Charlottetown Common and Royalty District in Queens County, first in the 1935 general election and again in

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. In 1950 he was appointed lieutenant governor of the island and served for eight years.

References

Official biography
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