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Ebon Rinaldo Wigle

Canadian politician from Ontario

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ129094921 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ebon Rinaldo Wigle (c. 1879 – February 9, 1941) was a Canadian politician from the Conservative Party of Ontario. He represented Huron Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1926.

Wigle died in London, Ontario on February 9, 1941, at the age of 62.

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The public source identifies “Ebon Rinaldo Wigle” as canadian politician from Ontario. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ebon, Rinaldo and Wigle.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1879, 1941, 1923, 1926—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1879. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ebon, Rinaldo and Wigle providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q129094921. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1879, 1941, 1923 and 1926.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ebon Rinaldo Wigle” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.