Anglican | Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased A Father of Confederation |
Performance None |
| Birth | 20 September 1810 → 213 years + 7 months ago |
| Lived | 64 years + 11 months |
| Death | 21 August 1875 → 148 years + 8 months ago |
| Conferences | Confederation conferences attended representing Prince Edward Island: ✓ Charlottetown (September 1864) ✓ Québec (October 1864) ✗ London (December 1866) |
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George Coles (1810–1875) © Photo  1865 William Notman — Public domain |
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| Well that's interesting! | |||||
| Coles was the first premier of Prince Edward Island. An initial supporter of Confederation as long as it would guarantee the liquidation of leasehold tenure, he turned against it after the 1864 Québec conference when the Canadians answered that the Islanders were already promised more than their fair share of financial subsidies. Coles is said to have been hit with early senility in his third term as premier and chose to resign in August 1868. Historians today are divided as to whether he had become senile, insane, or simply depressed. |
| Pre-Conf. | Prince Edward Island (1841–1868) |
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| Race | 0 | |
| Path point | 0 |
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| Bilingual references are counted as a single reference. | Retrieved on | |
| EN | Canadian Encyclopedia George Coles |
29 Feb 2024 |
| FR | Encyclopédie canadienne George Coles |
29 Feb 2024 |
| EN | Dictionary of Canadian Biography Coles, George |
29 Feb 2024 |
| FR | Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Coles, George |
29 Feb 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia George Coles (politician) |
29 Feb 2024 |