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♂ Donald A. MacKinnon
aliasDonald A. MacKinnon
Record
38144 · 5409

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Total 5 1 6
Birth 21 February 1863 → 161 years + 2 months ago
Lived 65 years + 1 month
First mandate 13 December 1893 → 130 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 9 months
Death 20 April 1928 → 96 years ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 5 months after 28 October 1925
Special notes
None
 
Donald A. MacKinnon (1863–1928) 200x299
© Photo 1910 MacLean-Hunter — 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
Canada 7 9 10
Prince Edward Island 5 11 1 Z
TOTAL 13 8 11

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 8  
6 documented challengers
⊖ James Clow  m 
⊖ Alexander Martin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Albert P. Prowse  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John W. Jones  m 
⊖ John H. Myers  m 
⊖ John E. Sinclair  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 867 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26539(F) — 27 Dec 2023 16:48 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 494 56.98% +121 Loser:
CONS
 373 43.02% James Clow

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 954 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26569(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/2 512 53.67% +70 Loser:
CONS
 442 46.33% Albert P. Prowse
After his election:
15 Nov 1899 36
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 years 3 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1899
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26641(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:10 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
36
LIB
 2/2 1 33.33% -1 Winner:
CONS
 2 66.67% Albert P. Prowse
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,507 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Prince Edward Island
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20415(F) — 23 Jan 2022 10:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 2,257 50.08% +7 Loser:
CONS
 2,250 49.92% Alexander Martin
After his election:
11 Feb 1901 37
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 3 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,472 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Prince Edward Island
20 March 1901
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20485(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 2,433 54.41% +394 Loser:
CONS
 2,039 45.59% Alexander Martin

Service: 3 years 7 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,269 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
10		 Prince Edward Island
3 November 1904
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20664(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
41		 Successor:
CONS
 4,367 50.57% Alexander Martin
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,436 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
14		 Prince Edward Island
6 December 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21671(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
58
LIB
 2/6 6,824 44.84% +807 Loser:
NLCP
 6,017 39.54% John H. Myers

Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,475 Votes: 30,391 Participation: 78.03% Candidacies: 4
Federal
15		 Prince Edward Island
29 October 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21942(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:57 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LC
 7,432 48.91% John A. Messervy

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
MacKinnon, Donald Alexander		 25 Dec 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
MacKinnon, Donald Alexander		 25 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
MacKinnon, Q.C., Honourable Donald Alexander		 25 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Donald Alexander Mackinnon, M.P.		 25 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Donald Alexander Mackinnon, député		 25 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Donald Alexander MacKinnon		 25 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Donald Alexander McKinnon		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald Alexander MacKinnon		 25 Dec 2023

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