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♂ Lawrence A. MacAulay
aliasLawrence A. MacAulay
Record
37359 · 401

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Government
 Performance: 79%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 11 1 12
Prince Edward Island 0 2 2
Total 11 3 14
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 9 September 1946
Age 77 years + 7 months
First mandate 21 November 1988 → 35 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 2 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Lawrence A. MacAulay (1946– )
© Photo 2016 U.S. Department of Agriculture — 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
Canada 35 4 26

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 36–37
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 50–56 10 Jun 1997 — 21 Oct 2002 5 4 11
2. CA 36
LIB
 1 Minister 50–52 11 Jun 1997 — 22 Nov 1998 1 5 11
3. CA 36–37
LIB
 1 Minister 52–56 23 Nov 1998 — 21 Oct 2002 3 10 28
4. CA 42
LIB
 1 Minister 69–72 04 Nov 2015 — 28 Feb 2019 3 3 24
5. CA 42
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 69–72 04 Nov 2015 — 28 Feb 2019 3 3 24
6. CA 42
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 69–72 04 Nov 2015 — 28 Feb 2019 3 3 24
7. CA 42
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 69–72 04 Nov 2015 — 28 Feb 2019 3 3 24
8. CA 42
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 69–72 04 Nov 2015 — 28 Feb 2019 3 3 24
9. CA 42
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 69–72 04 Nov 2015 — 28 Feb 2019 3 3 24
10. CA 42–44
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 72–77 01 Mar 2019 — 5 1 27
11. CA 42–43
LIB
 1 Minister 72–77 01 Mar 2019 — 5 1 27
 1. Prince Edward Island [Without portfolio]
 2. Labour [Human Resources Development]
 3. Solicitor General
 4. Agriculture and Agro-Food
 5. Farm Products Council of Canada [Agriculture and Agro-Food]
 6. Farm Credit Canada [Agriculture and Agro-Food]
 7. Canadian Grain Commission [Agriculture and Agro-Food]
 8. Agricultural Review Tribunal [Agriculture and Agro-Food]
 9. Canadian Dairy Commission [Agriculture and Agro-Food]
10. Associate Minister [National Defence]
11. Veterans Affairs

Electoral history

Races * 14  
Path points 14  
7 documented challengers
⊕ Patrick G. Binns  m 
⊕ Larry M. Duchesne  m 
⊖ Wilbur B. MacDonald  m 
⊖ Leo F. Rossiter  m 
 		 ⊕ Michael F. Currie  m 
⊕ Kevin J. MacAdam  m 
⊖ Francis G. O'Brien  m 
 
Eligible: 1,943 Votes: 1,817 Participation: 93.52% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4762(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
31
LIB
 2/2 786 43.91% -218 Winner:
PC
 1,004 56.09% Leo F. Rossiter
Eligible: 2,097 Votes: 2,007 Participation: 95.71% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2480(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 2/3 869 43.78% -168 Winner:
PC
 1,037 52.24% Francis G. O'Brien
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,066 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
34		 Prince Edward Island
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3648(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 9,325 51.62% +1,389 Loser:
PC
 7,936 43.93% Patrick G. Binns

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 10,170 61.67% +4,782 Loser:
PC
 5,388 32.67% Wilbur B. MacDonald

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,887 Votes: 16,942 Participation: 77.41% Candidacies: 3
Federal
36		 Prince Edward Island
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3052(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 7,555 45.05% +99 Loser:
PC
 7,456 44.46% Dan Hughes

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,556 Votes: 17,864 Participation: 79.20% Candidacies: 4
Federal
37		 Prince Edward Island
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2751(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/4 8,545 48.06% +276 Loser:
PC
 8,269 46.51% Kevin J. MacAdam

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,656 Votes: 20,863 Participation: 75.44% Candidacies: 4
Federal
38		 Prince Edward Island
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1170(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/4 11,064 53.38% +4,175 Loser:
CPC
 6,889 33.24% Peter McQuaid

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,411 Votes: 20,649 Participation: 75.33% Candidacies: 4
Federal
39		 Prince Edward Island
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 676(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/4 11,542 56.21% +4,619 Loser:
CPC
 6,923 33.72% Don Gillis

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,374 Votes: 19,234 Participation: 70.26% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 Prince Edward Island
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5902(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/5 10,105 52.81% +4,444 Loser:
CPC
 5,661 29.59% Sid McMullin

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,581 Votes: 21,238 Participation: 77.00% Candidacies: 4
Federal
41		 Prince Edward Island
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6442(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/4 10,486 49.63% +2,379 Loser:
CPC
 8,107 38.37% Michael F. Currie

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 28,889 Votes: 22,581 Participation: 78.16% Candidacies: 5
Federal
42		 Prince Edward Island
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7527(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/5 14,621 65.03% +10,989 Loser:
CPC
 3,632 16.15% Julius Patkai

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,869 Votes: 22,399 Participation: 74.99% Candidacies: 5
Federal
43		 Prince Edward Island
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 27021(F) — 22 Sep 2021 07:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
73
LIB
 1/5 10,939 49.35% +4,500 Loser:
CPC
 6,439 29.05% Wayne Phelan

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,843 Votes: 22,293 Participation: 72.28% Candidacies: 6
Federal
44		 Prince Edward Island
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36372(F) — 20 Jan 2024 15:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
75
LIB
 1/6 11,175 50.58% +4,358 Loser:
CPC
 6,817 30.85% Wayne Phelan

Service: 2 years 7 months 8 days (Gov't)
Cardigan
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 Prince Edward Island
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39561(P) — 25 Apr 2024 12:24 ET
✗
 Incumbent will likely be defeated →
Age
79
LIB
 2/4   40.10%   Winner:
CPC

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Lawrence MacAulay, P.C., M.P.		 20 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Lawrence MacAulay, C.P., député		 20 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Lawrence MacAulay		 20 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Lawrence MacAulay		 20 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Mar 2024 19:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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