Pole was returned unopposed as a Tory Member of Parliament (MP) for Newport on the Morice interest at the second general election of 1701. He supported,on 26 February 1702,the motion vindicating the Commons' proceedings in impeaching the Whig ministers. He was returned as MP for Camelford at a by-election on 17 January 1704 and became a very active member,frequently acting as a teller for the Tories. He voted for the Tack in 1704. At the 1705 English general election,he retained his seat at Camelford and voted against the Court candidate for the Speaker on 25 October 1705. At the 1708 British general election he was returned unopposed again for Newport on the Morice interest. He was less active in the parliament and became a founder-member of the High Tory ‘Board of Brothers’. He voted against the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell. At the 1710 general election he was returned as MP for Devon. He was appointed Master of the Household in 1712 but lost the resulting by-election in July 1712. He was returned unopposed for Bossiney at the 1713 election. On the accession of George I in 1714 he lost his post in the Household.[3]
Pole was elected MP for Honiton at a by-election on 17 March 1716 and was returned again in a contest at the 1722 general election when he was also returned for Newport. He was defeated at Honiton at the 1727 election but was seated on petition on 15 March 1731. He did not stand in 1734. He voted constitently against the administration.[4]
Pole married Elizabeth Warry,the daughter of Robert Warry of Shute,Devon,'many years' before he made his will in 1733 in which he recommended and requested that his son never stand for Parliament. He died from ‘gout in his stomach’on 31 December 1741. He was succeeded by his son,John,and also had a daughter.
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