Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Frederic A. Large
aliasFrederic A. Large
Record
34150 · 5595

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 67%
 
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 7 December 1913 → 110 years + 5 months ago
Lived 84 years + 3 months
First mandate 11 December 1947 → 76 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 34 years
Death 5 April 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 38 years + 7 months after 31 August 1959
Special notes
None
 
Frederic A. Large (1913–1998) 200x229
© 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 7 7 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
Walter G. MacKenzie  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Frank S. Myers  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,106 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46
Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25673(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
1/3 1,528 49.20% +132 Loser:
PC
1,396 44.95% Walter G. MacKenzie

Service:
3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,982 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47
Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25708(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
Defeated incumbent →
Age
37
LIB
2/2 1,489 49.93% -4 Winner:
PC
1,493 50.07% Frank S. Myers
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,591 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48
Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25741(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
41
LIB
1/2 1,394 53.80% +197 Loser:
PC
1,197 46.20% Walter G. MacKenzie

Service:
4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
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
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45
Successor:
PC
1,281 50.53% Walter R. Shaw

Online biographical references (2)

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


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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