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♂ W. Wade Hughes
aliasW. Wade Hughes
Record
28681 · 5550

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 5 0 5
Birth 3 July 1888 → 135 years + 10 months ago
Lived 76 years + 4 months
First mandate 23 July 1935 → 88 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 47 years
Death 11 November 1964 → 59 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 5 months after 24 May 1955
Special notes
None
 
W. Wade Hughes (1888–1964) 200x222
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ James J. Hughes (1856–1941) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 19 9 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ J. Howard MacDonald  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,792 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25561(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 1,071 59.77% +350 Loser:
CONS
 721 40.23% J. Howard MacDonald

Service: 3 years 9 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,650 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25592(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 922 55.88% +194 Loser:
CONS
 728 44.12% Daniel M. McLean

Service: 4 years 3 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,542 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25625(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 790 51.23% +38 Loser:
PC
 752 48.77% Daniel M. McLean

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,658 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25661(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/2 934 56.33% +210 Loser:
PC
 724 43.67% Daniel M. McLean

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,538 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25696(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/2 902 58.65% +266 Loser:
PC
 636 41.35% Temple W. MacDonald

Service: 4 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,254 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25728(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 698 55.66% Stephen S. Hessian

Online biographical references (2)

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

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