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♂ David P. Irving
aliasDavid P. Irving
Record
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Presbyterian   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 6 April 1841 → 183 years ago
Lived ± 80 years
First mandate 12 December 1900 → 123 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 59 years + 8 months
Death c. 1922 → 102 years ago
Exit → Death ± 9 years + 11 months after 2 January 1912
Special notes
None
 
David P. Irving (1841–c.1922)
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Edmund T. Higgs (1873–1957) Son-in-law
⊖ James C. Irving (1870–1939) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 11 0 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John S. Martin  m 
 		 ⊖ Angus A. McLean  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,461 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17411(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
59
LIB
 1/2 742 50.79% +23 Loser:
CONS
 719 49.21% Angus A. McLean

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,425 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17449(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/2 756 53.05% +87 Loser:
CONS
 669 46.95% Samuel A. Nicholson

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,375 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
 CONS  15 Nov 1911
ID: 25334(F) — 13 Jul 2023 01:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 1/2 788 57.31% +201 Loser:
CONS
 587 42.69% A.D. Ross
After his election:
15 Nov 1911 70
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 1 month 15 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,179 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25370(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
70
LIB
 2/2 462 39.19% -255 Winner:
CONS
 717 60.81% John S. Martin

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Irving, David Purdy		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
David Purdy Irving		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
David P. Irving		 26 Dec 2023

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