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♂ Edmund T. Higgs
aliasEdmund T. Higgs
Record
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Methodist   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 4 5
Birth 24 November 1873 → 150 years + 5 months ago
Lived 84 years
First mandate 24 July 1919 → 104 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 8 months
Death 9 December 1957 → 66 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 4 months after 23 July 1923
Special notes
None
 

Edmund T. Higgs (1873–1957)
No photo available
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ David P. Irving (1841–1922) Father-in-law
⊖ James C. Irving (1870–1939) Brother-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 3 11 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ W. Chester S. McLure  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William A. Stewart  m 
 		 ⊖ James Paton  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,142 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25402(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 2/2 1,012 47.25% -118 Winner:
CONS
 1,130 52.75% James Paton
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,370 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25436(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 1,365 57.59% +360 Loser:
CONS
 1,005 42.41% Picton S. Brown

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,902 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25475(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LIB
 2/2 2,093 42.70% -716 Winner:
CONS
 2,809 57.30% W. Chester S. McLure
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,386 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25511(F) — 13 Feb 2022 21:19 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 2/2 2,431 45.14% -524 Winner:
CONS
 2,955 54.86% W. Chester S. McLure
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,765 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25546(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 2/2 2,408 41.77% -949 Winner:
CONS
 3,357 58.23% William A. Stewart

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Higgs, Edmund Tucker		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Edmund Tucker Higgs		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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