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FERGUSON, Donald, Canadian legislator, born in East River, Prince Edward Island, 7 March 1839. His grandparents, who came from Perthshire, Scotland, settled near Charlottetown in 1807. He was political writer for the "island Argus" in 1869 and 1870, and was collector of revenue at Charlottetown for a short time. He was elected for King's County in the provincial parliament in June 1878, and on the resignation of the Davies ministry in March 1879, he became a member of the executive council and commissioner of public works. Since 1880 he has been provincial secretary and commissioner of public lands. He was elected by acclamation at the general election of 1879, and was appointed provincial secretary and commissioner of crown lands in March 1880. He was reelected in June 1882. He has published "Agricultural Education," a lecture (Charlottetown, 1884), and "Love o'f Country," a lecture (1885).
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