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♂ William A. Poole
aliasWilliam A. Poole
Record
50208 · 6359

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 1 2
Birth 1 September 1831 → 192 years + 8 months ago
Lived 71 years + 11 months
First mandate 9 April 1879 → 145 years + 24 days ago
↳ at age 47 years + 7 months
Death 28 August 1903 → 120 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 3 months after 7 May 1882
Special notes
None
 
William A. Poole (1831–1903) 200x230
© 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 3 0 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Malcolm McFadyen  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James E. Robertson  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Samuel Prowse  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,682 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Prince Edward Island
9 April 1879
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26476(F) — 6 Jan 2023 15:50 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
CONS
 2/4 420 49.94% +19 Loser:
LIB
 401 47.68% Malcolm McFadyen

Service: 3 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,202 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Prince Edward Island
8 May 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26491(F) — 6 Jan 2023 15:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
CONS
 4/4 451 40.96% -145 Winner:
LIB
 596 54.13% James E. Robertson

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Poole, William Aitken		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
William Aitken Poole		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
William A. Poole		 27 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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