Philip Primrose, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
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Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
About Philip Primrose
- Philip Carteret Hill Primrose (October 23, 1864 – March 17, 1937) was a Canadian police officer and the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. Primrose was born in 1864 in Nova Scotia.
- He attended the Pictou Academy before graduating from the Royal Military College in 1885.
- Upon his graduation, he took up employment with the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) (later merged into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police).
- Over the 30 years he spent with the NWMP, he was stationed at many locations throughout the North-West Territories, serving as Superintendent on four separate occasions before his retirement from the force in 1915. Primrose then moved to Edmonton and accepted the position of city police magistrate, a position he would hold for 20 years.
- Amongst other positions, during World War I he commanded the Edmonton Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Army.
- Although he had never actively participated in politics, in 1936 Primrose was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, a position he held for only 167 days before he died after a long illness.
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