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♂ Alfred McWilliams
aliasAlfred McWilliams
Record
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Methodist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 7 0 7
Birth 6 October 1840 → 183 years + 6 months ago
Lived ± 87 years
First mandate 9 April 1891 → 133 years + 24 days ago
↳ at age 50 years + 6 months
Death c. 1928 → 96 years ago
Exit → Death ± 12 years + 3 months after 15 September 1915
Special notes
None
 
Alfred McWilliams (1840–c.1928) 200x249
© 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 24 4 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James Yeo  m 
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
31		 Prince Edward Island
9 April 1891
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 LIB  9 Apr 1891
ID: 26625(F) — 12 Jul 2023 14:59 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
9 Apr 1891 50
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 2 years 8 months 3 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 667 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26545(F) — 10 Nov 2022 20:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 449 67.32% +231 Loser:
LIB
 218 32.68% James Yeo

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26576(F) — 10 Nov 2022 20:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 4 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 709 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17398(F) — 10 Nov 2022 20:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 512 72.21% +315 Loser:
CONS
 197 27.79% James Barclay

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 719 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17436(F) — 10 Nov 2022 20:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/2 510 70.93% +301 Loser:
CONS
 209 29.07% Peter J. Bulger

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 733 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: 25321(F) — 12 Jul 2023 18:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/2 574 78.31% +415 Loser:
CONS
 159 21.69% C.B. Campbell
After his election:
15 Nov 1911 71
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 1 month 15 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 760 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25357(F) — 10 Nov 2022 20:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
71
LIB
 1/2 427 56.18% +94 Loser:
CONS
 333 43.82% S.T. Dougherty

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 934 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25387(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
74		 Successor:
LIB
 596 63.81% William H. Dennis

Online biographical references (3)

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

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