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♂ Edward P. Foley
aliasEdward P. Foley
Record
20235 · 5556

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 4 2 6
Birth 10 March 1891 → 133 years + 2 months ago
Lived 89 years + 7 months
First mandate 23 July 1935 → 88 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 4 months
Death 17 October 1980 → 43 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 1 month after 31 August 1959
Special notes
None
 
Edward P. Foley (1891–1980) 200x208
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 16 5 25 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 48
LIB
 1 Speaker 67–68 15 Jan 1959 — 31 Aug 1959 0 7 16

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Daniel F. MacNeill  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Hubert B. MacNeill  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,933 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25571(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 1,701 58.00% +469 Loser:
CONS
 1,232 42.00% Daniel F. MacNeill

Service: 3 years 9 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,963 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25602(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,622 54.74% +281 Loser:
CONS
 1,341 45.26% Daniel F. MacNeill

Service: 4 years 3 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,968 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25635(F) — 14 Feb 2022 15:01 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LIB
 2/2 1,338 45.08% -292 Winner:
PC
 1,630 54.92% Daniel F. MacNeill
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,853 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25706(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 1,981 51.41% +109 Loser:
PC
 1,872 48.59% Andrew Perry

Service: 4 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,964 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25738(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/2 2,447 61.73% +930 Loser:
PC
 1,517 38.27% Andrew Perry

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,566 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25769(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
LIB
 2/2 2,066 45.25% -434 Winner:
PC
 2,500 54.75% Hubert B. MacNeill

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Foley, Edward P.		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Edward P. Foley		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Edward P. Foley		 26 Dec 2023

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