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John Theophilus Jenkins (October 12, 1829 – January 17, 1919) was a physician and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He represented Charlottetown in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1876 and Queen's County in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1883 and from 1884 to 1887 as a Liberal-Conservative member. He was the first native-born physician on Prince Edward Island. Jenkins also raised horses and owned a ranch in Western Canada which his son Henry Herbert "Tammy" Jenkins ran, Tammy was a former NWMP vet. J.T. died in Charlottetown at the age of 89.