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♂ Herbert J. Palmer
aliasHerbert J. Palmer
Record
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☆   Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 2 4
Birth 26 August 1851 → 172 years + 8 months ago
Lived 88 years + 3 months
First mandate 12 December 1900 → 123 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 3 months
Death 22 December 1939 → 84 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 2 months after 16 October 1911
Special notes
None
 
Herbert J. Palmer (1851–1939)
© Photo c.1910 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Up until the 1930s, members of a legislature who became premier or entered cabinet were required to resign their seats and run in a ministerial by-election. Palmer became the Liberal premier of Prince Edward Island on May 16, 1911, but lost his ministerial by-election, triggering a change of government and hushering the Con­ser­va­tive John Mathieson as premier.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 6 10 21 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 36
LIB
 1 Party leader 59–60 16 May 1911 — 03 Jan 1912 0 7 18
2. PE 36
LIB
 1 Premier 59–60 16 May 1911 — 01 Dec 1911 0 6 15
3. PE 36
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 60 15 Nov 1911 — 02 Jan 1912 0 1 18

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ George Dewar  m 
 		 ⊖ Leonard J. Wood  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,629 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17409(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 841 51.63% +53 Loser:
CONS
 788 48.37% Thomas A. McLean

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,646 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17447(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LIB
 2/2 810 49.21% -26 Winner:
CONS
 836 50.79% Leonard J. Wood
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,514 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25332(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:21 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 810 53.50% +106 Loser:
CONS
 704 46.50% Leonard J. Wood
After his election:
16 Oct 1911 60
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 years 10 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,293 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
15 November 1911
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25342(F) — 26 Aug 2023 09:59 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
60
LIB
 2/2 482 37.28% -329 Winner:
CONS
 811 62.72% George F. Dewar

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Palmer, Herbert James		  8 Mar 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Herbert James Palmer		  8 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Herbert James Palmer		  8 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Herbert James Palmer		  8 Mar 2024

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Rev.:  8 Mar 2024 23:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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