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♂ Lemuel C. Owen
aliasLemuel C. Owen
Record
47530 · 6326

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 1 2
Birth 1 November 1822 → 201 years + 6 months ago
Lived 90 years
First mandate 2 April 1873 → 151 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 50 years + 5 months
Death 26 November 1912 → 111 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 36 years + 3 months after 16 August 1876
Special notes
None
 
Lemuel C. Owen (1822–1912)
© Photo c.1875 — 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 3 4 14 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 26–2
CONS
 1 Party leader 50–54 02 Sep 1873 — 02 Jan 1877 3 4 0
2. PE 26
CONS
 1 Premier 50–53 02 Sep 1873 — 16 Aug 1876 2 11 14

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Augustine C. Macdonald  m 
⊖ John G. Scrimgeour  m 
 		 ⊖ Benjamin Rogers  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,831 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Prince Edward Island
2 April 1873
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26433(F) — 22 Feb 2022 10:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CONS
 1/3 755 82.42% +427 Loser:
LIB
 328 35.81% John G. Scrimgeour

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,545 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Prince Edward Island
17 August 1876
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  FREE  Majority
ID: 26460(F) — 12 Jul 2023 12:03 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
DENO
 522 67.53% John G. Scrimgeour
Eligible: inc. Votes: 742 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26562(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
71
CONS
 2/2 273 36.79% -196 Winner:
LIB
 469 63.21% Benjamin Rogers

Online biographical references (4)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 10:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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