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♂ John Kickham
aliasJohn Kickham
Record
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Irish-Canadian    Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 4 2 6
Birth c. 1847 → 177 years ago
Lived ± 70 years
First mandate 21 July 1897 → 126 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age ± 50 years
Death 2 January 1917 → 107 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 3 months after 15 September 1915
Special notes
None
 
John Kickham (c.1847–1917) 200x235
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ James R. MacLean (1842–1903) Brother-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 15 0 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Lauchlin MacDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander D. Robertson  m 
 		 ⊖ James R. MacLean  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,276 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26533(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±46
CONS
 2/2 570 44.67% -136 Winner:
LIB
 706 55.33% James R. MacLean
Eligible: inc. Votes: 894 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26564(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±50
CONS
 1/2 469 52.46% +44 Loser:
LIB
 425 47.54% Alexander D. Robertson

Service: 3 years 4 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 850 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17386(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±53
CONS
 1/2 454 53.41% +58 Loser:
LIB
 396 46.59% Lauchlin MacDonald

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 824 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17424(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±57
CONS
 1/2 415 50.36% +6 Loser:
LIB
 409 49.64% Thomas Kickham

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 883 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25309(F) — 12 Jul 2023 17:34 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±61
CONS
 2/2 421 47.68% -41 Winner:
LIB
 462 52.32% Lauchlin MacDonald
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25344(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±65
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,209 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25374(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±68		 Successor:
CONS
 676 55.91% Augustine A. Macdonald

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Kickham, John		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
John Kickham		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Kickham		 27 Dec 2023

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