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♂ Alexander B. Campbell
aliasAlexander B. Campbell
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 5 0 5
Birth 1 December 1933
Age 90 years + 5 months
First mandate 9 February 1965 → 59 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 45 years + 7 months ago (18 September 1978)
Special notes
None
 
Alexander B. Campbell (1933– ) 200x305
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Thane A. Campbell (1895–1978) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 13 7 3 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 50–54
LIB
 1 Party leader 32–44 11 Dec 1965 — 18 Sep 1978 12 9 7
2. PE 50
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 32 11 Dec 1965 — 29 May 1966 0 5 18
3. PE 51–54
LIB
 1 Premier 32–44 30 May 1966 — 18 Sep 1978 12 3 19

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Peter M. Pope  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,957 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
9 February 1965
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25814(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
LIB
 1/2 1,515 51.23% +73 Loser:
PC
 1,442 48.77% Claude Ives

Service: 1 year 3 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,789 Votes: 4,598 Participation: 96.01% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25834(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
32
LIB
 1/2 2,167 53.49% +283 Loser:
PC
 1,884 46.51% Arnold E. MacLennan

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,533 Votes: 4,589 Participation: 82.94% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25867(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 2,989 67.95% +1,579 Loser:
PC
 1,410 32.05% Claude Ives

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,278 Votes: 4,313 Participation: 81.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25903(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
40
LIB
 1/3 2,582 62.20% +1,249 Loser:
PC
 1,333 32.11% Peter M. Pope

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,281 Votes: 4,269 Participation: 80.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4782(F) — 14 Feb 2022 22:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 2,376 56.64% +771 Loser:
PC
 1,605 38.26% Peter M. Pope
After his election:
18 Sep 1978 44
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 4 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,513 Votes: 4,145 Participation: 75.19% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4750(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
PC
 2,110 51.84% Peter M. Pope

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Alex Campbell		 01 Dec 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Campbell, Alexander Bradshaw		 01 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Campbell, P.C, Q.C., LL.D., Honourable Alexander Bradshaw		 01 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Alexander Bradshaw Campbell		 01 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alex Campbell (politician)		 01 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Alex Campbell		 01 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Dec 2023 07:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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