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♂ James Edward Wyatt
aliasNed Wyatt
Record
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☆   Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Prince Edward Island 2 3 5
Total 2 4 6
Birth 24 September 1860 → 163 years + 7 months ago
Lived 71 years + 7 months
First mandate 18 November 1908 → 115 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 1 month
Death 4 May 1932 → 91 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 7 months after 15 September 1915
Special notes
None
 
James Edward (Ned) Wyatt (1860–1932)
© Photo 1915 Charlottetown Guardian — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
While in the Prince Edward Island legislature at the beginning of the 20th century, Wyatt supported a bill to allow women to study law. His daughter Wanda was the first female law student in the province, and he sponsored her application to law school.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 6 9 25 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 37
CONS
 1 Speaker 51–54 03 Jan 1912 — 15 Sep 1915 3 8 12

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ John M. Clarke  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ W. Hubert Howatt  m 
⊖ Alfred E. McLean  m 
 		 ⊖ George A. Godkin  m 
⊖ John F. MacNeill  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 493 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17442(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
44
CONS
 2/2 197 39.96% -99 Winner:
LIB
 296 60.04% George A. Godkin
Eligible: inc. Votes: 502 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: 25327(F) — 12 Jul 2023 18:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
CONS
 1/2 262 52.19% +22 Loser:
LIB
 240 47.81% John M. Clarke
After his election:
15 Nov 1911 51
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 1 month 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 500 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25363(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CONS
 1/2 294 58.80% +88 Loser:
LIB
 206 41.20% John M. Clarke

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 583 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25393(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:41 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
CONS
 2/2 251 43.05% -81 Winner:
LIB
 332 56.95% W. Hubert Howatt
Eligible: inc. Votes: 819 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
30 August 1922
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25446(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
61
CONS
 2/2 395 48.23% -29 Winner:
LIB
 424 51.77% John F. MacNeill
Eligible: 15,838 Votes: 13,003 Participation: 82.10% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Prince Edward Island
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22193(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
65
LC
 2/2 5,641 43.38% -1,721 Winner:
LIB
 7,362 56.62% Alfred E. McLean

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Wyatt, Janes Edward "Ned"		 24 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
J. Edward Wyatt		 24 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
J. Edward Wyatt		 24 Apr 2024

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