:''This article is about a Canadian politician. For another man of the same name, see
William Henry Pope (U.S. politician).''
'William Henry Pope' (
May 29,
1825 –
October 7,
1879) was a
Canadian lawyer, politician, judge and one of the
Fathers of Confederation. The editor of
Prince Edward Island's main
Tory newspaper, ''The Islander'', from
1859 to
1872, he entered politics in
1863. An enthusiastic supporter of
Canadian Confederation, he left the PEI cabinet in
1866 but continued to press for union. After this was accomplished in
1873 under the leadership of his brother, PEI Premier
James Colledge Pope, he was appointed a county court judge.
External links
★
Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
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