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♂ N. Murdock McGowan
aliasN. Murdock McGowan
Record
41328 · 5578

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 4 5
Birth 5 May 1903 → 121 years ago
Lived 80 years + 3 months
First mandate 15 September 1943 → 80 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 4 months
Death 5 August 1983 → 40 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 35 years + 7 months after 10 December 1947
Special notes
None
 
N. Murdock McGowan (1903–1983) 200x223
© 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 4 2 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ T. Montague Annear  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Alexander W. Matheson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,466 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25560(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
CONS
 2/2 612 41.75% -242 Winner:
LIB
 854 58.25% T. Montague Annear
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,420 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25591(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
36
CONS
 2/2 672 47.32% -76 Winner:
LIB
 748 52.68% T. Montague Annear
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,394 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25624(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
PC
 1/2 699 50.14% +4 Loser:
LIB
 695 49.86% Crilly M. Lea

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,679 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25660(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
PC
 2/2 808 48.12% -63 Winner:
LIB
 871 51.88% Alexander W. Matheson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,779 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25758(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:17 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
56
PC
 2/2 757 42.55% -265 Winner:
LIB
 1,022 57.45% Alexander W. Matheson

Online biographical references (2)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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