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♂ Leonard J. Wood
aliasLeonard J. Wood
Record
66034 · 5398

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 3 6
Birth 27 July 1865 → 158 years + 9 months ago
Lived 91 years + 8 months
First mandate 7 December 1904 → 119 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 4 months
Death 13 April 1957 → 67 years ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 9 months after 24 June 1927
Special notes
None
 

Leonard J. Wood (1865–1957)
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 11 8 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Peter Brodie  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Herbert J. Palmer  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Russell C. Clark  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,646 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17447(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
CONS
 1/2 836 50.79% +26 Loser:
LIB
 810 49.21% Herbert J. Palmer

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,514 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25332(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
CONS
 2/2 704 46.50% -106 Winner:
LIB
 810 53.50% Herbert J. Palmer
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,466 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25398(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
50
CONS
 1/2 742 50.61% +18 Loser:
LIB
 724 49.39% Charles H. Chandler

Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,503 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25432(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
CONS
 2/2 734 48.84% -35 Winner:
LIB
 769 51.16% Peter Brodie
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,560 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25471(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
57
CONS
 1/3 1,063 41.52% +77 Loser:
LIB
 986 38.52% Russell C. Clark

Service: 3 years 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,747 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25507(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
CONS
 2/2 1,211 44.08% -325 Winner:
LIB
 1,536 55.92% Russell C. Clark

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Wood, Leonard J.		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Leonard J. Wood		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Leonard Wood (Prince Edward Island politician)		 27 Dec 2023

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