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♂ Cornelius Howatt
aliasCornelius Howatt
Record
28398 · 6339

Presbyterian   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Prince Edward Island 1 1 2
Total 1 2 3
Birth 4 February 1810 → 214 years + 2 months ago
Lived 85 years + 3 months
First mandate 2 April 1873 → 151 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 63 years + 1 month
Death 7 May 1895 → 128 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 8 months after 16 August 1876
Special notes
None
 

Cornelius Howatt (1810–1895)
No photo available
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ John H. Bell (1846–1929) Son-in-law
⊖ W. Hubert Howatt (1867–1919) Grandson  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 3 4 14 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 26
CONS
 1 Speaker 63–66 23 Jan 1874 — 16 Aug 1876 2 6 24

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
6 documented challengers
⊖ John R. Calhoun  m 
⊖ Augustus E.C. Holland  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Stanislaus F. Perry  m 
 		 ⊖ Edward Hackett  m 
⊖ William C. Lea  m 
⊖ James Yeo  m 
 
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
CONS
 2/4 610 58.43% +182 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
66
DENO
 4/4 536 43.93% -96 Winner:
FREE
 632 51.80% William C. Lea
Eligible: 5,434 Votes: 6,528 Participation: 60.07% Candidacies: 4
Federal
4		 Prince Edward Island
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19117(F) — 21 Jan 2022 20:07 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
68
CONS
 3/4 1,605 49.17% -50 Winner:
LC
 1,655 50.70% Edward Hackett

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Howatt, Cornelius		 25 Dec 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Howatt, Cornelius		 25 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Howatt, Cornelius		 25 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Cornelius Howatt		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Cornelius Howatt		 25 Dec 2023

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