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♂ Murdoch McKinnon
aliasMurdoch McKinnon
Record
41885 · 4767

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 6 2 8
Birth 15 March 1865 → 159 years + 1 month ago
Lived 79 years + 6 months
First mandate 21 July 1897 → 126 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 4 months
Death 12 October 1944 → 79 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 2 months after 23 July 1919
Special notes
None
 
Murdoch McKinnon (1865–1944) 200x219
© Photo 1915 Charlottetown Guardian — 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 20 7 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
4 documented challengers
⊖ George B. Aitken  m 
⊖ George S. Inman  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexander F. Bruce  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William G. Sutherland  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 657 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26570(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:17 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
CONS
 1/2 329 50.08% +1 Loser:
LIB
 328 49.92% George B. Aitken

Service: 3 years 4 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 668 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17392(F) — 10 Nov 2022 20:38 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
35
CONS
 2/2 333 49.85% -2 Winner:
LIB
 335 50.15% Alexander F. Bruce
Eligible: inc. Votes: 668 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
1 May 1902
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 39088(F) — 10 Nov 2022 22:28 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
37
CONS
 1/2 335 50.15% +2 Loser:
LIB
 333 49.85% Alexander F. Bruce

Service: 2 years 7 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 674 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17430(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
CONS
 1/2 364 54.01% +54 Loser:
LIB
 310 45.99% Thomas L. Cook

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 682 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: 25315(F) — 12 Jul 2023 17:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CONS
 1/2 369 54.11% +56 Loser:
LIB
 313 45.89% George H. Brehaut
After his election:
15 Nov 1911 46
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 1 month 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 587 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25351(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
CONS
 1/2 421 71.72% +255 Loser:
LIB
 166 28.28% George S. Inman

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 711 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25381(F) — 10 Nov 2022 20:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CONS
 1/2 363 51.05% +15 Loser:
LIB
 348 48.95% Alexander F. Bruce

Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 828 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25415(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:45 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
CONS
 2/2 378 45.65% -72 Winner:
LIB
 450 54.35% William G. Sutherland

Online biographical references (4)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 11:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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