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♂ Murdock Kennedy
aliasMurdock Kennedy
Record
31405 · 5400

Presbyterian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 6 1 7
Birth 25 March 1873 → 151 years + 1 month ago
Lived ± 76 years
First mandate 19 December 1906 → 117 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 8 months
Death c. 1950 → 74 years ago
Exit → Death ± 22 years + 6 months after 24 June 1927
Special notes
None
 

Murdock Kennedy (1873–c.1950)
No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ James Kennedy (1869–1915) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 20 6 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Cyrus W. Crosby  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Peter Sinclair  m 
 		 ⊖ John E. Sinclair  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,076 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
19 December 1906
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25307(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
CONS
 1/2 556 51.67% +36 Loser:
LIB
 520 48.33% John S. Cousins

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,204 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: 25329(F) — 12 Jul 2023 18:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
CONS
 1/2 633 52.57% +62 Loser:
LIB
 571 47.43% John E. Sinclair
After his election:
15 Nov 1911 38
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 1 month 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,621 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25364(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
CONS
 1/2 996 61.44% +371 Loser:
LIB
 625 38.56% Cyrus W. Crosby

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,599 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25394(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
CONS
 1/2 864 54.03% +129 Loser:
LIB
 735 45.97% Cyrus W. Crosby

Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,869 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25428(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
CONS
 1/2 976 52.22% +83 Loser:
LIB
 893 47.78% John S. Cousins

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,962 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25467(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CONS
 1/2 1,554 52.46% +146 Loser:
LIB
 1,408 47.54% John S. Cousins

Service: 3 years 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,932 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25503(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
CONS
 2/2 1,400 47.75% -132 Winner:
LIB
 1,532 52.25% Peter Sinclair

Online biographical references (3)

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

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