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♂ William H. Dennis
aliasWilliam H. Dennis
Record
15363 · 5485

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 8 1 9
Birth 20 January 1864 → 160 years + 3 months ago
Lived 82 years + 5 months
First mandate 15 September 1915 → 108 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 7 months
Death 15 July 1946 → 77 years + 9 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
William H. Dennis (1864–1946) 200x203
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
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 30 9 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James W. Richards  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 964 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26575(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
33
CONS
 2/2 289 29.98% -386 Winner:
LIB
 675 70.02% James W. Richards
Eligible: inc. Votes: 934 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25387(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 596 63.81% +258 Loser:
CONS
 338 36.19% George M. Matthews

Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 870 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25421(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 593 68.16% +316 Loser:
CONS
 277 31.84% Charles R. Read

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,025 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25460(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/3 422 41.17% +41 Loser:
CONS
 381 37.17% John A. Kennedy

Service: 3 years 11 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,804 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25496(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/2 1,043 57.82% +282 Loser:
CONS
 761 42.18% John D. Kennedy

Service: 4 years 1 month 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,937 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25531(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 1/2 977 50.44% +17 Loser:
CONS
 960 49.56% Austin A. Ramsay

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,036 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25566(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
71
LIB
 1/2 1,196 58.74% +356 Loser:
CONS
 840 41.26% Russell R. Rogers

Service: 3 years 9 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,066 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25597(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
75
LIB
 1/2 1,199 58.03% +332 Loser:
CONS
 867 41.97% Sanford Phillips

Service: 4 years 3 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,798 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25630(F) — 14 Feb 2022 14:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
79
LIB
 1/2 985 54.78% +172 Loser:
PC
 813 45.22% Allie McNeill
After his election:
15 Jul 1946 82
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,148 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
17 September 1946
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25651(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
82		 Successor:
LIB
 1,183 55.07% Forrest W. Phillips

Online biographical references (2)

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

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