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♂ Melbourne A. Gass
aliasMelbourne A. Gass
Record
22147 · 398

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Prince Edward Island 0 1 1
Total 3 1 4
Birth 21 December 1938 → 85 years + 4 months ago
Lived 80 years + 1 month
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 5 months
Death 29 January 2019 → 5 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 2 months after 20 November 1988
Special notes
None
 
Melbourne A. Gass (1938–2019) 200x272
© Photo 1984 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 9 5 28

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 57–58
PC
 1 Party leader 49–51 11 Jun 1988 — 14 Jan 1990 1 7 3

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Gordon MacInnis  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald P. Wood  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
PC
 1/3 8,729 52.70% +2,022 Loser:
LIB
 6,707 40.50% Donald P. Wood

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,389 Votes: 17,004 Participation: 79.50% Candidacies: 3
Federal
32		 Prince Edward Island
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4228(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/3 8,486 50.14% +1,265 Loser:
LIB
 7,221 42.67% David S. Peppin

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,444 Votes: 18,850 Participation: 83.99% Candidacies: 3
Federal
33		 Prince Edward Island
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3946(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/3 10,577 56.35% +4,391 Loser:
LIB
 6,186 32.96% Paul H. Schurman

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,075 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
34		 Prince Edward Island
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3651(F) — 30 Jan 2022 16:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
LIB
 9,381 51.90% Catherine S. Callbeck
Eligible: 8,260 Votes: 6,942 Participation: 84.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2451(F) — 30 Sep 2021 20:17 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
50
PC
 2/2 2,776 41.25% -1,177 Winner:
LIB
 3,953 58.75% Gordon MacInnis

Online biographical references (2)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Dec 2023 14:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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