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♂ Walter R. Shaw
aliasWalter R. Shaw
Record
56315 · 5619

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 20 December 1887 → 136 years + 4 months ago
Lived 93 years + 5 months
First mandate 1 September 1959 → 64 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 71 years + 8 months
Death 29 May 1981 → 42 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 19 days after 10 May 1970
Special notes
None
 
Walter R. Shaw (1887–1981)
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
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 10 8 6 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 48–51
PC
 1 Party leader 69–80 17 Sep 1957 — 20 Sep 1968 11 0 3
2. PE 49–50
PC
 1 Premier 71–78 01 Sep 1959 — 29 May 1966 6 8 28
3. PE 51
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 78–82 30 May 1966 — 10 May 1970 3 11 10

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ W. Keir Clark  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,541 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25725(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
67
PC
 2/2 661 42.89% -219 Winner:
LIB
 880 57.11% W. Keir Clark
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,535 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25772(F) — 30 Sep 2021 20:09 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
71
PC
 1/2 1,281 50.53% +27 Loser:
LIB
 1,254 49.47% J. Crawford Sinclair

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,552 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25804(F) — 30 Sep 2021 20:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
74
PC
 1/2 1,350 52.90% +148 Loser:
LIB
 1,202 47.10% Allison Mayne

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,865 Votes: 2,615 Participation: 91.27% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25836(F) — 30 Sep 2021 20:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
78
PC
 1/2 1,292 51.66% +83 Loser:
LIB
 1,209 48.34% Lorne R. Moase

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,958 Votes: 2,748 Participation: 92.90% Candidacies: 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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
82		 Successor:
LIB
 1,391 52.83% Ralph W. Johnstone

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Shaw, O.C., M.B.E., LL.D., Walter Russell		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Walter Russell Shaw		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Walter Russell Shaw		 27 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Walter Russell Shaw		 27 Dec 2023

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