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♂ Cecil Allan Miller
aliasCecil Miller
Record
43429 · 5636

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 4 4
Prince Edward Island 3 2 5
Total 3 6 9
Birth 22 March 1896 → 128 years + 7 months ago
Lived 92 years + 6 months
1st mandate 30 May 1966 → 58 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 70 years + 2 months
Death 10 October 1988 → 36 years ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 5 months after 23 April 1978
Special notes
None
 
Cecil Allan Miller (1896–1988)
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Fair use
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 11 10 22 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 52–53
LIB
 1 Speaker 74–82 11 May 1970 — 23 Apr 1978 7 11 12

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 9  
7 documented challengers
⊕ Horace Carver  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Angus MacLean  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Andrew B. MacRae  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Chester McLure  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James Douglas  m 
⊖ Heath Macquarrie  m 
⊖ Neil Matheson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Queen's
Elig. 25,505 Votes: 41,627 Partic.: 81.61%
 !!! 
 Can.: 5
Federal
21		 Prince Edward Island
27 June 1949
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23537(F) — 25 Dec 2023 23:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
53
LIB
 4/5 9,742 46.81% -910 Winner:
LIB
 10,652 51.18% James L. Douglas
Queen's
Elig. 25,505 Votes: 18,627 Partic.: 73.03%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Federal
21		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1951
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23663(F) — 25 Dec 2023 23:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
55
LIB
 2/2 9,087 48.78% -453 Winner:
PC
 9,540 51.22% J. Angus MacLean
Queen's
Elig. 25,285 Votes: 40,508 Partic.: 80.10%
 !!! 
 Can.: 4
Federal
22		 Prince Edward Island
10 August 1953
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23839(F) — 25 Dec 2023 23:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
57
LIB
 3/4 9,991 49.49% -95 Winner:
PC
 10,086 49.96% J. Angus MacLean
Queen's
Elig. 24,834 Votes: 41,853 Partic.: 84.27%
 !!! 
 Can.: 5
Federal
23		 Prince Edward Island
10 June 1957
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24123(F) — 25 Dec 2023 23:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
61
LIB
 4/5 9,406 45.18% -1,245 Winner:
PC
 10,651 51.16% Heath N. Macquarrie
Queens 3rd - Assemblyman
Elig. inc. Votes: 3,691 Partic.: inc. Can.: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25807(F) — 25 Dec 2023 23:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
66
LIB
 2/2 1,841 49.88% -9 Winner:
PC
 1,850 50.12% Andrew B. MacRae
Queens 3rd - Assemblyman
Elig. 3,594 Votes: 3,323 Partic.: 92.46%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25839(F) — 25 Dec 2023 23:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
70
LIB
 1/2 1,561 50.70% +43 Loser:
PC
 1,518 49.30% Andrew B. MacRae

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Queens 3rd - Assemblyman
Elig. 4,315 Votes: 3,972 Partic.: 92.05%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25872(F) — 25 Dec 2023 23:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
74
LIB
 1/2 2,079 55.60% +419 Loser:
PC
 1,660 44.40% Ivan G. Kerry

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Queens 3rd - Assemblyman
Elig. 5,325 Votes: 4,658 Partic.: 87.47%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25908(F) — 25 Dec 2023 23:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
78
LIB
 1/3 2,095 46.60% +190 Loser:
PC
 1,905 42.37% Horace B. Carver

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Queens 3rd - Assemblyman
Elig. 6,432 Votes: 5,587 Partic.: 86.86%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4771(F) — 25 Dec 2023 23:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
82
LIB
 2/2 2,309 42.09% -868 Winner:
PC
 3,177 57.91% Horace B. Carver

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Cecil Allan Miller		 28 Sep 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Miller, Cecil Allan		 28 Sep 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Cecil Allen Miller		 28 Sep 2024
EN Wikipedia
Cecil A. Miller		 28 Sep 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Sep 2024 13:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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