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♂ Benjamin Rogers
aliasBenjamin Rogers
Record
53517 · 4771

Presbyterian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 3 6
Birth 7 August 1837 → 186 years + 8 months ago
Lived 85 years + 9 months
First mandate 13 December 1893 → 130 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 4 months
Death 16 May 1923 → 100 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 5 months after 6 December 1904
Special notes
None
 
Benjamin Rogers (1837–1923) 200x212
© Photo 1915 Charlottetown Guardian — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ David Rogers (1829–1909) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 7 6 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ James E. Birch  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ George W. Howlan  m 
⊖ Stanislaus F. Perry  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles E. Dalton  m 
⊖ John A. Matheson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,939 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Prince Edward Island
2 April 1873
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26439(F) — 13 Feb 2022 12:11 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 3/4 369 38.04% -350 Winner:
CONS
 719 74.12% Stanislaus F. Perry
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,880 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26543(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 1/3 572 43.56% +99 Loser:
LIB
 473 36.02% John A. Matheson

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,309 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26574(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIB
 2/2 647 49.43% -15 Winner:
CONS
 662 50.57% James E. Birch
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,246 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17396(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:41 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
63
LIB
 1/2 709 56.90% +172 Loser:
CONS
 537 43.10% James E. Birch
After his election:
2 Jan 1901 63
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
30 January 1901
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17417(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 3 years 10 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,497 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25385(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
78
LIB
 2/2 730 48.76% -37 Winner:
CONS
 767 51.24% Charles E. Dalton

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Rogers, Honourable Benjamin		 25 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Benjamin Rogers		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Benjamin Rogers (politician, born 1837)		 25 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Benjamin Rogers		 25 Dec 2023

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