A319 Captain reported refusing the aircraft due to multiple occurrences of ELAC failures.

Narrative

I was Captain on Date 3. On day 3; Date 4; we were assigned to fly Aircraft X; an Airbus 319; from ZZZ to ZZZ1. When we arrived at the aircraft; the Line Mechanic was going through the logbook and made a comment; paraphrasing; You might want to take a good look at the logbook." So that is what we did.Date; Logbook Deferral Sheet (List) XXXXXXXX. Eng 2 FADEC A Fault; FADEC B Fault. Action taken: Replaced #2; something I can't read; engine run. OPS Check good.Date 1; Logbook Deferral Sheet (List) YYYYYYY. F/CTL ELAC 2 Pitch; fault light extinguished. Action taken: Replaced ELAC #1 and ELAC #2. Performed Satisfactory Land CAT II Test.Date 1; Logbook Deferral Sheet (List) ZZZZZZZ. ENG 2 FADEC A Fault FADEC B Fault. Sound familiar [?] Action taken: Removed; cleaned and reinstalled ID plug. Fault cleared. Ran ENG OPS CK - good.Date 2; Logbook Deferral Sheet (List) AAAAAAA. FLT Control ELAC 2 Fault; procedure reset unsuccessful. Action taken: Performed reset; OPS Check good.Date 3; Logbook Deferral Sheet (List) BBBBBBB. FLT Control ELAC 2 Fault. Action taken: R & R THSA Position Actuator Functional Test THSA; Leak and OPS CK good.Date 4; Logbook Deferral Sheet (List) CCCCCCC. Reference Logbook Deferral Sheet (List) AAAAAAA; post-flight report showed STAB Trim Actuator 9CE Position Error of ELAC 2. Action taken: R & R THSA Position Actuator; Functional Test THSA Leak and OPS CK good. Request Maintenance Discrepancy 005-EEE be applied.Date 4; my write-up. Logbook Deferral Sheet (List) FFFFFFF. Refusing aircraft due to multiple write-ups for the same items - ELAC; stab trim. Should have included as Electronic Engine Control well.So YES; I declined the aircraft due to airworthy issues. I included the thoughts and views from the First Officer; Name; as well as the Line Mechanic. Soon thereafter I received a phone call from the Chief Pilot on duty. He asked what was going on and I informed him of my concerns and reiterated I was declining the aircraft. Not long after that I received a text from the Chief Pilot on duty which said the following: "CA (Captain) - I looked at your logbook online and there has certainly been some recent work on [the] flight controls. The Maintenance Manager here would be glad to speak with you to help inform your decision. Please let me know if you need anything else." I received another phone call offering to put the Maintenance Manager on the call; I declined that conversation as the FO (First Officer) and I were in complete concurrence. Comment: Just a bit of pilot pushing there I'd say.Eventually we got another aircraft and we left ZZZ for ZZZ1 about 4 ½ hours late. Being curious; I followed up on what happened with Aircraft X. The flight did depart with another crew to ZZZ2 on Date 4. The crew arrived in ZZZ at XA:46; the scheduled departure to ZZZ2 was XB:14; [and] they blocked OUT at XC:08. Still being curious; I looked in [the] electronic records and guess what I saw.Logbook Deferral Sheet (List) GGGGGGG. F/CTL ELAC 2 Pitch Fault. Aircraft X noted Out of Service.Suggestion - completing a flight check."