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♂ Arthur Peters
aliasArthur Peters
Record
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Anglican   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 6 0 6
Birth 29 August 1854 → 169 years + 8 months ago
Lived 53 years + 5 months
First mandate 13 December 1893 → 130 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 3 months
Death 29 January 1908 → 116 years + 3 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Arthur Peters (1854–1908) 200x252
© Photo c. 1905 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Frederick Peters (1852–1919) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 13 11 18 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 34–35
LIB
 1 Party leader 47–53 29 Dec 1901 — 29 Jan 1908 6 1 0
2. PE 34–35
LIB
 1 Premier 47–53 29 Dec 1901 — 29 Jan 1908 6 1 0

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Harvey D. MacEwen  m 
⊖ Walter A.O. Morson  m 
 		 ⊖ James McIsaac  m 
⊖ John P. Sullivan  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,195 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26535(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 1/2 625 52.30% +55 Loser:
CONS
 570 47.70% John P. Sullivan

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 967 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26565(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 546 56.46% +125 Loser:
CONS
 421 43.54% Walter A.O. Morson

Service: 3 years 4 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 826 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17387(F) — 4 Jan 2023 14:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 511 61.86% +196 Loser:
CONS
 315 38.14% James McIsaac
After his election:
2 Jan 1901 46
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
30 January 1901
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17415(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 10 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,030 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17425(F) — 10 Oct 2023 19:46 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 515 50.00% 0 Loser:
CONS
 515 50.00% Harvey D. MacEwen
After his election:
1 Mar 1905 50
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 2 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
28 March 1905
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25304(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
29 Jan 1908 53
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 10 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 965 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25310(F) — 10 Oct 2023 19:46 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
53		 Successor:
LIB
 533 55.23% Robert N. Cox

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Peters, Arthur		 26 Dec 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Peters, Arthur		 26 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Peters, Q.C., Arthur		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Arthur Peters		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Peters (Canadian politician)		 26 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Arthur Peters		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 14:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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