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♂ Wilbur B. MacDonald
aliasWilbur B. MacDonald
Record
37712 · 396

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 55%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 3 4
Prince Edward Island 5 2 7
Total 6 5 11
Birth 13 September 1933 → 90 years + 7 months ago
Lived 86 years + 8 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 8 months
Death 20 May 2020 → 3 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 11 months after 27 May 2007
Special notes
None
 
Wilbur B. MacDonald (1933–2020) 200x274
© Photo 1979 House of Commons (Canada) — 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 0 8 27
Prince Edward Island 17 2 3 Z
TOTAL 17 11 1

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 60
PC
 1 Speaker 63–66 18 Nov 1996 — 16 Apr 2000 3 4 29

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 12  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Alan G. Buchanan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Lawrence A. MacAulay  m 
⊕ Lynwood MacPherson  m 
 		 ⊖ W. Bennett Campbell  m 
⊖ Daniel J. MacDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 20,965 Votes: 17,083 Participation: 81.48% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Prince Edward Island
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4507(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
45
PC
 1/3 8,219 48.11% +247 Loser:
LIB
 7,972 46.67% Daniel J. MacDonald

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,965 Votes: 17,917 Participation: 85.46% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 Prince Edward Island
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4225(F) — 30 Jan 2022 12:08 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
PC
 2/4 8,006 44.90% -584 Winner:
LIB
 8,590 48.18% Daniel J. MacDonald
Eligible: 20,965 Votes: 16,653 Participation: 79.43% Candidacies: 3
Federal
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 April 1981
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10869(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
47
PC
 2/3 7,813 46.92% -353 Winner:
LIB
 8,166 49.04% W. Bennett Campbell
Eligible: 3,217 Votes: 2,665 Participation: 82.84% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2527(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
PC
 1/2 1,446 55.57% +290 Loser:
LIB
 1,156 44.43% Ronald Smith

Service: 3 years 6 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,060 Votes: 2,806 Participation: 91.70% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2495(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/2 1,416 52.08% +113 Loser:
LIB
 1,303 47.92% Ronald Smith

Service: 3 years 1 month 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,099 Votes: 2,688 Participation: 86.74% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2463(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
PC
 2/2 1,246 47.47% -133 Winner:
LIB
 1,379 52.53% Alan G. Buchanan
Eligible: 3,145 Votes: 2,658 Participation: 84.52% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
59		 Prince Edward Island
29 March 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2438(F) — 15 Feb 2022 20:36 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
59
PC
 2/2 1,245 48.11% -98 Winner:
LIB
 1,343 51.89% Alan G. Buchanan
Eligible: 21,815 Votes: 16,676 Participation: 76.44% Candidacies: 3
Federal
35		 Prince Edward Island
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3353(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
60
PC
 2/3 5,388 32.67% -4,782 Winner:
LIB
 10,170 61.67% Lawrence A. MacAulay
Eligible: 2,981 Votes: 2,631 Participation: 88.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2382(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
63
PC
 1/3 1,275 48.74% +33 Loser:
LIB
 1,242 47.48% Lynwood MacPherson

Service: 3 years 4 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,995 Votes: 2,749 Participation: 91.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Prince Edward Island
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2355(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
PC
 1/3 1,661 60.60% +724 Loser:
LIB
 937 34.18% Ernie Mutch

Service: 3 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,045 Votes: 2,630 Participation: 86.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2332(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
70
PC
 1/3 1,421 54.20% +330 Loser:
LIB
 1,091 41.61% Sarah Jane Bell

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,283 Votes: 2,773 Participation: 84.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2303(F) — 15 Feb 2022 21:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
PC
 1,527 55.15% Patrick G. Binns

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid [Eds.])
MacDonald, Wilbur Bernard		 26 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
MacDonald, Wilbur Bernard		 26 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Wilbur MacDonald, M.P.		 26 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Wilbur MacDonald, député		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Wilbur B. MacDonald		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Wilbur MacDonald		 26 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Wilbur MacDonald		 26 Dec 2023

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