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♂ Walter A.O. Morson
aliasWalter A.O. Morson
Record
44880 · 4744

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 3 6
Birth 24 December 1851 → 172 years + 4 months ago
Lived 69 years + 8 months
First mandate 9 December 1902 → 121 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 11 months
Death 9 September 1921 → 102 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 2 months after 30 June 1910
Special notes
None
 
Walter A.O. Morson (1851–1921) 200x207
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — 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
Prince Edward Island 7 6 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Malcolm McDonald  m 
⊖ Alexander D. Robertson  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur Peters  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 871 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26534(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
41
CONS
 2/2 370 42.48% -131 Winner:
LIB
 501 57.52% Alexander D. Robertson
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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
CONS
 2/2 421 43.54% -125 Winner:
LIB
 546 56.46% Arthur Peters
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,022 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17389(F) — 27 Dec 2023 16:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
48
CONS
 2/2 509 49.80% -4 Winner:
LIB
 513 50.20% Malcolm McDonald
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
9 December 1902
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17419(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:30 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 1 year 11 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,038 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17427(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
CONS
 1/2 537 51.73% +36 Loser:
LIB
 501 48.27% Nathaniel McLaren

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 990 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25312(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
CONS
 1/2 563 56.87% +136 Loser:
LIB
 427 43.13% Charles Clay
After his election:
30 Jun 1910 58
CONS
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 7 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 832 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
10 August 1910
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25340(F) — 12 Jul 2023 17:45 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
CONS
 431 51.80% John A. Dewar

Online biographical references (3)

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

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