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♂ Wilfred Tanton
aliasWilfred Tanton
Record
60132 · 5516

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 2 3
Birth 21 February 1880 → 144 years + 2 months ago
Lived 71 years + 2 months
First mandate 24 July 1923 → 100 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 5 months
Death 21 April 1951 → 73 years ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 9 months after 24 June 1927
Special notes
None
 

Wilfred Tanton (1880–1951)
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 3 11 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thane A. Campbell  m 
⊖ J. Christopher Metherall  m 
 		 ⊖ R. Hudson Gordon  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,554 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25458(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
CONS
 1/3 650 41.83% +28 Loser:
LIB
 622 40.03% J. Christopher Metherall

Service: 3 years 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,533 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25494(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
CONS
 2/2 1,076 42.48% -381 Winner:
LIB
 1,457 57.52% R. Hudson Gordon
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,689 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25529(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
51
CONS
 2/2 1,170 43.51% -349 Winner:
LIB
 1,519 56.49% Thane A. Campbell

Online biographical references (2)

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

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