George D. Pope

POPE, GEORGE DALRYMPLE. officeholder; b. 1867, in Charlottetown Royalty, son of James Colledge Pope" and Eliza Dalrymple Pethick; m. Ethelwyn Calhoun, and they had three children, Arthur D., George Reginald, and Mrs. Louis Romcke; Anglican; d. 28 October 1927 in Ottawa. Pope, a Conservative, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election held 14 January 1926 for 5th Prince. He was defeated in the general election of 1927. Pope's father, James Colledge Pope*, was premier from 1865 to 1867, 1870 to 1872, and from April 1873 to September 1873. George Reginald Pope's son, Peter Pope", was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Pope was educated at the Ottawa Model School in Ontario and at Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. He was the Comptroller of Revenue in the Department of the Interior. George Pope died 28 October 1927. Ethelwyn Pope was born in 1868 and died in 1951.