William Henry Pope
William Henry Pope (
1825-
1879) was a
Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge. 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 James Colledge Pope, he was appointed a county court judge.
