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♂ John Agnew
aliasJohn Agnew
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 22 August 1853 → 170 years + 8 months ago
Lived 72 years + 2 months
First mandate 7 December 1904 → 119 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 3 months
Death 26 October 1925 → 98 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 9 months after 2 January 1912
Special notes
None
 

John Agnew (1853–1925)
No photo available
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 7 0 24 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 36
LIB
 1 Speaker 55–58 04 Mar 1909 — 14 Nov 1911 2 8 10

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles E. Dalton  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,255 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17434(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 731 58.25% +207 Loser:
CONS
 524 41.75% Henry W. Turner

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,379 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
 CONS  15 Nov 1911
ID: 25319(F) — 12 Jul 2023 18:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 714 51.78% +49 Loser:
CONS
 665 48.22% Charles E. Dalton
After his election:
15 Nov 1911 58
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 1 month 15 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,419 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25355(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LIB
 2/2 549 38.69% -321 Winner:
CONS
 870 61.31% Charles E. Dalton

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Agnew		 28 Apr 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Agnew, John		 28 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
John Agnew		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Agnew (Prince Edward Island politician)		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 10:30 (but data presented dynamically)

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