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♂ Daniel Gordon
aliasDaniel Gordon
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 8 0 8
Birth 2 June 1821 → 202 years + 11 months ago
Lived 86 years + 3 months
First mandate 17 August 1876 → 147 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 2 months
Death 26 September 1907 → 116 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 9 months after 6 December 1904
Special notes
None
 
Daniel Gordon (1821–1907) 200x206
© 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 28 3 11 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 31–34
CONS
 1 Party leader 71–82 10 Mar 1893 — 30 Jun 1903 10 3 20
2. PE 32–34
CONS
 1 Opposition Leader 72–82 13 Dec 1893 — 30 Jun 1903 9 6 17

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Archibald J. MacDonald  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Lewis J. Westaway  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Malcolm McDonald  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 454 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Prince Edward Island
17 August 1876
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  FREE  Majority
 CONS  1 Mar 1878
ID: 26462(F) — 12 Jul 2023 12:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
FREE
 1/3 160 70.48% +16 Loser:
DENO
 144 63.44% Archibald J. MacDonald
After his election:
1 Mar 1878 56
FREE
 →
CONS
 Change of government (remained in government)
Service: 2 years 7 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 570 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Prince Edward Island
9 April 1879
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26477(F) — 6 Jan 2023 13:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LC
 1/4 206 72.28% +94 Loser:
LIB
 112 39.30% George Moar

Service: 3 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 490 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Prince Edward Island
8 May 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26492(F) — 27 Dec 2023 16:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LC
 2/3 171 69.80% +38 Loser:
LIB
 133 54.29% Malcolm McDonald

Service: 4 years 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 430 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26507(F) — 6 Jan 2023 13:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
CONS
 2/3 174 80.93% +96 Loser:
LIB
 78 36.28% James W. Lavers

Service: 3 years 7 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
31		 Prince Edward Island
30 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 LIB  9 Apr 1891
ID: 26522(F) — 12 Jul 2023 15:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LC
 2/2 By acclamation
After his election:
9 Apr 1891 69
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 10 months 12 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 612 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26542(F) — 5 Jan 2023 09:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
72
LC
 1/2 323 52.78% +34 Loser:
LIB
 289 47.22% Edwin McFarlane

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 552 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26572(F) — 30 Sep 2021 19:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
76
CONS
 1/2 368 66.67% +184 Loser:
LIB
 184 33.33% John Jamieson

Service: 3 years 4 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 565 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17394(F) — 30 Sep 2021 19:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
79
CONS
 1/2 313 55.40% +61 Loser:
LIB
 252 44.60% Wallace W. Jenkins

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 662 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17432(F) — 30 Sep 2021 19:52 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
83		 Successor:
CONS
 390 58.91% John A. Mathieson

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Gordon, Daniel		 26 Dec 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Gordon, Daniel		 26 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Gordon, Daniel		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Daniel Gordon		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Daniel Gordon (politician)		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 19:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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