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♂ Thomas Whitfield Bentley
aliasWhitfield Bentley
Record
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United Church   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 1 2
Birth 5 July 1884 → 139 years + 9 months ago
Lived 67 years + 11 months
First mandate 24 July 1923 → 100 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 39 years
Death 12 June 1952 → 71 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 11 months after 24 June 1927
Special notes
None
 

Thomas Whitfield Bentley (1884–1952)
No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ George W.W. Bentley (1842–1909) Father  
 

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 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John H. Bell  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas M. Linkletter  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,848 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25463(F) — 11 Oct 2021 20:27 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
CONS
 1/3 1,459 51.23% +312 Loser:
LIB
 1,147 40.27% John H. Bell

Service: 3 years 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,022 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25499(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
LIB
 1,696 56.12% Horace Wright
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,509 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25632(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
59
PC
 2/3 601 39.83% -74 Winner:
LIB
 675 44.73% Thomas M. Linkletter

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Bentley, Thomas Whitfield		 02 May 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
T. Whitefield Bentley		 02 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Whitefield Bentley		 02 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 May 2024 21:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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