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♂ Horace Wright
aliasHorace Wright
Record
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United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 63%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Prince Edward Island 5 2 7
Total 5 3 8
Birth 7 January 1879 → 145 years + 3 months ago
Lived 72 years
First mandate 25 June 1927 → 96 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 5 months
Death 21 January 1951 → 73 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 8 months after 15 May 1949
Special notes
None
 

Horace Wright (1879–1951)
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 17 3 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
5 documented challengers
⊖ James A. MacNeill  m 
⊖ Albert C. Saunders  m 
⊖ Heath E. Strong  m 
 		 ⊖ Alfred E. McLean  m 
⊖ G. Shelton Sharpe  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,294 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Prince Edward Island
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21670(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
42
PROG
 3/3 2,693 20.26% -3,237 Winner:
LIB
 5,930 44.61% Alfred E. McLean
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,129 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25459(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:09 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
44
PROG
 3/3 476 22.36% -403 Winner:
LIB
 879 41.29% Albert C. Saunders
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,696 56.12% +370 Loser:
CONS
 1,326 43.88% Norman W. Lowther

Service: 4 years 1 month 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,598 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25534(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LIB
 2/2 1,714 47.64% -170 Winner:
CONS
 1,884 52.36% Heath E. Strong
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,177 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
29 February 1936
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25583(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 925 78.59% +673 Loser:
CONS
 252 21.41% Douglas Bell

Service: 3 years 2 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,485 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25601(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 1,284 51.67% +83 Loser:
CONS
 1,201 48.33% Hugh F. Morrison

Service: 4 years 3 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,442 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25634(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/3 1,169 47.87% +19 Loser:
PC
 1,150 47.09% Hugh F. Morrison

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,905 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25670(F) — 14 Feb 2022 15:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/4 1,324 45.58% +123 Loser:
PC
 1,201 41.34% John C. Pillman
After his election:
15 May 1949 70
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 5 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
4 July 1949
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26648(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. J. George MacKay

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Wright, Horace		 25 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Horace Wright		 25 Dec 2023

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