James Colledge Pope
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| Premier of Prince Edward Island | |
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In office 1865–1867 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor | George Dundas |
| Preceded by | John Hamilton Gray |
| Succeeded by | George Coles |
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In office 1870–1872 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor | Sir Robert Hodgson |
| Preceded by | Robert Haythorne |
| Succeeded by | Robert Haythorne |
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In office 1873–1873 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor | Sir Robert Hodgson |
| Preceded by | Robert Haythorne |
| Succeeded by | Lemuel Owen |
| Leader of the Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island | |
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In office 1865–1873 |
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| Preceded by | John Hamilton Gray |
| Succeeded by | Lemuel Owen |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Prince County |
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In office 1873–1874 Serving with James Yeo |
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| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Stanislaus Francis Perry |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Queen's County |
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In office 1876–1882 Serving with Peter Sinclair (1876–1878) Frederick de St Croix Brecken (1878–1882) |
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| Preceded by | David Laird |
| Succeeded by | Louis Henry Davies & John Theophilus Jenkins |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 11, 1826 Bedeque, Prince Edward Island |
| Died | May 18, 1885 (aged 58) Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Prince Edward Island Conservative |
| Other political affiliations |
Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Eliza Pethick (m. 1852) |
| Relations | Joseph Pope (father), William Henry Pope (brother) |
| Children | 8 |
| Occupation | entrepreneur, landed proprietor, shipowner, and land agent |
| Profession | Politician |
| Cabinet | Minister of Marine and Fisheries (1878–1882) |
| Religion | Anglican |
James Colledge Pope, PC (June 11, 1826 – May 8, 1885) was a land proprietor and politician on Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada. He served as premier of the colony from 1865 to 1867, and from 1870 to 1872. He was premier of PEI in 1873 when the island joined Canadian confederation.
He was born in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, the son of Joseph Pope and Lucy Colledge. Pope was a successful businessman who was at one point the island's third largest shipowner. He entered PEI politics in 1857 when the island was still a colony of the United Kingdom. He was a member of the Conservative Party, and defended the rights of landowners against growing demands by tenant farmers for land reform.
Pope was named to the Executive Council in 1859, joining the Conservative government of Edward Palmer. In 1865, he became Premier after a dispute over Canadian confederation resulted in Palmer and John Hamilton Gray resigning from the Executive Council. While not hostile to confederation, Pope did not agree with the terms set by the Quebec Conference. A particular problem was the unresolved land question, which pitted the demands of tenant farmers for land reform against demands by landlords for compensation. The question had led to violence, and, in 1865, Pope used soldiers to put down disturbances led by the Tenant League. The next year, his government negotiated the purchase of the large Cunard estate, which composed 15% of the island's land mass, in order to redistribute the land to over 1,000 tenants. The colony lacked the funds to purchase all the island's proprietary estates.
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