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♂ George C. Kitson
aliasGeorge C. Kitson
Record
32070 · 5565

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 3 6
Birth 29 July 1893 → 130 years + 9 months ago
Lived 90 years + 6 months
First mandate 7 November 1940 → 83 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 3 months
Death 23 February 1984 → 40 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 5 months after 31 August 1959
Special notes
None
 
George C. Kitson (1893–1984) 200x240
© 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 11 2 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ R. Lloyd G. MacPhail  m 
 		 ⊖ J. Philip Matheson  m  (5 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,076 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
7 November 1940
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25615(F) — 24 Sep 2023 08:28 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 1,637 53.22% +198 Loser:
CONS
 1,439 46.78% J. Philip Matheson

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,167 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25639(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LIB
 2/3 1,515 47.84% -52 Winner:
PC
 1,567 49.48% J. Philip Matheson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,296 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25710(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 1,680 50.97% +64 Loser:
PC
 1,616 49.03% J. Philip Matheson

Service: 4 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,259 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25742(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 1,690 51.86% +121 Loser:
PC
 1,569 48.14% J. Philip Matheson

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,372 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25773(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
LIB
 2/2 1,679 49.79% -14 Winner:
PC
 1,693 50.21% J. Philip Matheson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,792 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
17 July 1961
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25781(F) — 12 Nov 2022 23:33 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
67
LIB
 2/2 1,376 49.28% -40 Winner:
PC
 1,416 50.72% R. Lloyd G. MacPhail

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Kitson, George Clark		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
George Clark Kitson		 26 Dec 2023

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