Career
Foreign the Scottish physician see James Warburton Begbie
He represented 5th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1904 to 1912 as a Liberal member. He was born in Woodbrook, Lot 10, Prince Edward Island, the son of James Warburton and Martha C. Green, and was educated at Saint Dunstan"s College, Prince of Wales College and Windsor College. Warburton went on to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh and practiced in Fife for some time.
In 1882, he returned to practice in Charlottetown.
Warburton was elected mayor of Charlottetown in 1893, in 1900 and in 1902. He was elected to the provincial assembly in an 1904 by-election held after John Whear resigned his seat.