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♂ George Whitefield Wheelock Bentley
aliasGeorge Bentley
Record
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Methodist   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 5 1 6
Birth 1 December 1842 → 181 years + 5 months ago
Lived 66 years + 4 months
First mandate 9 April 1879 → 145 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 36 years + 4 months
Death 8 April 1909 → 115 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 3 months after 12 December 1893
Special notes
None
 

George Whitefield Wheelock Bentley (1842–1909)
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Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ T. Whitfield Bentley (1884–1952) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 14 7 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ John Bell  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Augustus E.C. Holland  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William C. Lea  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John R. Calhoun  m 
⊖ Alexander Laird  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,082 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Prince Edward Island
9 April 1879
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26481(F) — 6 Jan 2023 16:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LC
 1/4 554 53.22% +59 Loser:
LIB
 495 47.55% John R. Calhoun

Service: 3 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,356 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Prince Edward Island
8 May 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26496(F) — 6 Jan 2023 15:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
CONS
 1/4 689 58.49% +137 Loser:
LIB
 552 46.86% William C. Lea

Service: 4 years 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,799 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26511(F) — 13 Feb 2022 16:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CONS
 1/4 720 51.43% +23 Loser:
LIB
 697 49.79% Jesse S. Burns
After his election:
15 Jan 1887 44
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
30		 Prince Edward Island
4 February 1887
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26619(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 2 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,991 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Prince Edward Island
30 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 LIB  9 Apr 1891
ID: 26526(F) — 12 Jul 2023 16:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CONS
 1/4 765 51.14% +23 Loser:
LIB
 742 49.60% Jesse S. Burns
After his election:
9 Apr 1891 48
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 10 months 12 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 927 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26550(F) — 5 Jan 2023 17:42 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
CONS
 2/2 633 45.54% -124 Winner:
LIB
 757 54.46% John H. Bell

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Bentley, George Whitefield Wheelock		  2 May 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
George Whitefield Wheelock Bentley		  2 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Bentley (politician)		  2 May 2024

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