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♂ George Forbes Dewar
aliasGeorge Dewar
Record
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Church of Christ   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 0 2
Birth 12 December 1865 → 158 years + 4 months ago
Lived 95 years + 11 months
First mandate 15 November 1911 → 112 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 11 months
Death 25 November 1961 → 62 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 46 years + 2 months after 15 September 1915
Special notes
None
 

George Forbes Dewar (1865–1961)
No image available
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ John A. Dewar (1863–1945) Brother  
⊖ L. George Dewar (1915–2003) Nephew  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 3 9 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Herbert J. Palmer  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,293 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
15 November 1911
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
 CONS  15 Nov 1911
ID: 25342(F) — 26 Aug 2023 09:59 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
CONS
 1/2 811 62.72% +329 Loser:
LIB
 482 37.28% Herbert J. Palmer
After his election:
15 Nov 1911 45
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 month 18 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,414 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25368(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
CONS
 1/2 903 63.86% +392 Loser:
LIB
 511 36.14% Charles H. Chandler

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Gov't)
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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
CONS
 742 50.61% Leonard J. Wood

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Dewar, M.D., C.M., George Forbes		 14 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
George Forbes Dewar		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
George F. Dewar		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 10:41 (but data presented dynamically)

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