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♂ Henry W. Wedge
aliasHenry W. Wedge
Record
64435 · 5614

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 27 December 1908 → 115 years + 4 months ago
Lived 63 years + 5 months
First mandate 1 September 1959 → 64 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 8 months
Death 15 June 1972 → 51 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 1 month after 10 May 1970
Special notes
None
 
Henry W. Wedge (1908–1972) 200x235
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
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 10 8 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William M. Gallant  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,243 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25765(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
PC
 1/2 1,255 55.95% +267 Loser:
LIB
 988 44.05% P.C. Martin

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,218 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25797(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/2 1,291 58.21% +364 Loser:
LIB
 927 41.79% J. Benoit DesRoches

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,809 Votes: 2,571 Participation: 91.53% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25829(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/2 1,433 59.34% +451 Loser:
LIB
 982 40.66% J. Leonce Arsenault

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,104 Votes: 2,837 Participation: 91.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25862(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
PC
 2/2 1,175 43.21% -369 Winner:
LIB
 1,544 56.79% William M. Gallant

Online biographical references (2)

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

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