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♂ Ralph W. Johnstone
aliasRalph W. Johnstone
Record
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United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 5 May 1914 → 110 years + 5 months ago
Lived 96 years + 3 months
1st mandate 11 May 1970 → 54 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 56 years
Death 25 August 2010 → 14 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 4 months after 22 April 1979
Special notes
None
 
Ralph W. Johnstone (1914–2010) 200x255
© 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 8 11 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Leone Bagnall  f  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Queens 1st - Councillor
Elig. 2,958 Votes: 2,748 Partic.: 92.90%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25869(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 1,391 52.83% +149 Loser:
PC
 1,242 47.17% Knud Jorgensen

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Queens 1st - Councillor
Elig. 3,048 Votes: 2,744 Partic.: 90.03%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25905(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/2 1,406 54.54% +234 Loser:
PC
 1,172 45.46% Knud Jorgensen

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Queens 1st - Councillor
Elig. 3,175 Votes: 2,811 Partic.: 88.54%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4760(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/2 1,398 50.91% +50 Loser:
PC
 1,348 49.09% F.M. Leone Bagnall

Service: 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Queens 1st - Councillor
Elig. 3,342 Votes: 2,900 Partic.: 86.77%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4728(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
LIB
 2/2 1,262 44.41% -318 Winner:
PC
 1,580 55.59% F.M. Leone Bagnall

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Johnstone, Ralph Warren		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Ralph W. Johnstone		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Ralph Johnstone (politician)		 27 Dec 2023

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