Alban Farmer

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| image =

| name = Alban Farmer

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|09|27}}

| birth_place = Kinkora, Prince Edward Island

| birth_name = Michael Alban Farmer

| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|12|27|1901|09|27}}

| residence =

| office1 = Councillor for 5th Queens

| term_start1 = 1959

| term_end1 = 1966

| predecessor1 = Alex MacIsaac

| successor1 = Elmer Blanchard

| office2 = Councillor for 6th Queens

| term_start2 = 1966

| term_end2 = 1970

| predecessor2 = first member

| successor2 = John H. Maloney

| party = Progressive Conservative

| religion =

| occupation = lawyer

}}

Michael Alban Farmer (September 27, 1901 – December 27, 1988) was a Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1959 to 1970.[http://www.peildo.ca/fedora/repository/leg:20924 "Michael Alban Farmer"]. Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. A member of the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party, he represented the electoral district of 5th Queens from 1959 to 1966, and 6th Queens from 1966 to 1970, and served on the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as provincial treasurer and attorney general in the government of Walter Shaw."Shaw Appoints P.E.I. Treasurer". The Globe and Mail, January 3, 1963.

Born and raised in Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Farmer was educated at Prince of Wales College, St. Dunstan's University and Dalhousie University. Prior to his election to the provincial legislature, he worked as a lawyer and as private secretary to provincial Lieutenant Governor George de Blois, served on Charlottetown City Council from 1946 to 1952 and mounted two unsuccessful campaigns for mayor of Charlottetown.