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♂ George A. Godkin
aliasGeorge A. Godkin
Record
23459 · 4760

Methodist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 4 June 1860 → 163 years + 10 months ago
Lived ± 58 years
First mandate 13 December 1893 → 130 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 6 months
Death c. April 1919 → 105 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death ± 10 years + 4 months after 17 November 1908
Special notes
None
 
George A. Godkin (1860–c.1919) 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 11 6 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Gilbert DesRoches  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J. Edward (Ned) Wyatt  m 
 		 ⊖ Alfred A. Lefurgey  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 454 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26552(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LIB
 1/2 452 52.62% +45 Loser:
CONS
 407 47.38% Gilbert DesRoches

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 947 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26581(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
37
LIB
 2/2 437 46.15% -73 Winner:
CONS
 510 53.85% Alfred A. Lefurgey
Eligible: inc. Votes: 968 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17403(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 544 56.20% +120 Loser:
CONS
 424 43.80% Gilbert DesRoches

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 493 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17442(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 296 60.04% +99 Loser:
CONS
 197 39.96% J. Edward (Ned) Wyatt

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 502 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25327(F) — 12 Jul 2023 18:16 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
CONS
 262 52.19% J. Edward (Ned) Wyatt

Online biographical references (3)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 21:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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