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♂ Augustus E.C. Holland
aliasAugustus E.C. Holland
Record
27933 · 6338

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 2 5
Birth 26 March 1824 → 200 years + 1 month ago
Lived ± 94 years
First mandate 2 April 1873 → 151 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 49 years
Death c. 1919 → 105 years ago
Exit → Death ± 32 years + 7 months after 29 May 1886
Special notes
None
 

Augustus E.C. Holland (1824–c.1919)
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 10 6 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
6 documented challengers
⊖ John H. Bell  m 
⊖ John R. Calhoun  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander Laird  m 
 		 ⊖ George W.W. Bentley  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Cornelius Howatt  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William C. Lea  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,088 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Prince Edward Island
2 April 1873
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26445(F) — 6 Jan 2023 16:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LC
 1/4 647 61.97% +219 Loser:
LIB
 428 41.00% John Beer

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,439 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Prince Edward Island
17 August 1876
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  FREE  Majority
ID: 26466(F) — 12 Jul 2023 11:39 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
DENO
 3/4 579 47.46% -53 Winner:
FREE
 632 51.80% William C. Lea
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,082 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Prince Edward Island
9 April 1879
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26481(F) — 6 Jan 2023 16:16 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
55
LC
 2/4 542 52.07% +47 Loser:
LIB
 495 47.55% John R. Calhoun

Service: 3 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,356 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Prince Edward Island
8 May 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26496(F) — 6 Jan 2023 15:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LC
 2/4 596 50.59% +44 Loser:
LIB
 552 46.86% William C. Lea

Service: 4 years 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,799 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26511(F) — 13 Feb 2022 16:40 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
CONS
 4/4 667 47.64% -48 Winner:
LIB
 715 51.07% John H. Bell

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Holland, Augustus Edward Crevier		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Augustus Edward Crevier Holland		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Augustus Holland		 26 Dec 2023

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