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♂ Donald P. Wood
aliasDonald P. Wood
Record
65998 · 345

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 22 March 1933 → 91 years + 1 month ago
Lived 82 years + 3 months
First mandate 24 May 1977 → 46 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 2 months
Death 7 July 2015 → 8 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 36 years + 1 month after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 
Donald P. Wood (1933–2015) 200x274
© Photo Dayle Craig (daughter) via Parlinfo — Fair trade
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
Canada 1 11 27

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Melbourne A. Gass  m 
 		 ⊖ J. Angus MacLean  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,099 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10055(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
35
LIB
 2/3 4,839 47.92% -210 Winner:
PC
 5,049 50.00% J. Angus MacLean
Eligible: 13,062 Votes: 9,628 Participation: 73.71% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Prince Edward Island
24 May 1977
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10885(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
44
LIB
 1/4 4,657 48.37% +125 Loser:
PC
 4,532 47.07% Ian MacQuarrie

Service: 1 year 11 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,389 Votes: 16,562 Participation: 77.43% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Prince Edward Island
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4510(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LIB
 2/3 6,707 40.50% -2,022 Winner:
PC
 8,729 52.70% Melbourne A. Gass

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Donald Paul Wood		 25 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Donald Paul Wood		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald Wood		 25 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Dec 2023 14:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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