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♂ Leo F. Rossiter
aliasLeo F. Rossiter
Record
53914 · 5443

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 8 0 8
Birth 15 January 1923 → 101 years + 3 months ago
Lived 73 years + 9 months
First mandate 25 May 1955 → 68 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 4 months
Death 25 October 1996 → 27 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 29 days after 26 September 1982
Special notes
None
 
Leo F. Rossiter (1923–1996) 200x255
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Fair trade
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 27 3 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas R. Cullen  m 
 		 ⊕ Lawrence A. MacAulay  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,454 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25723(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
PC
 1/2 876 60.25% +298 Loser:
LIB
 578 39.75% Leo P. McIsaac

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,514 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25754(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
PC
 1/2 865 57.13% +216 Loser:
LIB
 649 42.87% Thomas R. Cullen

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,545 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25786(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/2 953 61.68% +361 Loser:
LIB
 592 38.32% J. William Trainor

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,700 Votes: 1,643 Participation: 96.65% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25818(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/2 889 57.73% +238 Loser:
LIB
 651 42.27% Frank Sigsworth

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,882 Votes: 1,794 Participation: 95.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25851(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/2 871 51.60% +54 Loser:
LIB
 817 48.40% Brian E. McGuire

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,845 Votes: 1,772 Participation: 96.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25887(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/2 911 53.94% +133 Loser:
LIB
 778 46.06% Brian E. McGuire

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,943 Votes: 1,817 Participation: 93.52% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4762(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/2 1,004 56.09% +218 Loser:
LIB
 786 43.91% Lawrence A. MacAulay

Service: 11 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,032 Votes: 1,864 Participation: 91.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4730(F) — 14 Feb 2022 22:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/2 1,038 56.47% +238 Loser:
LIB
 800 43.53% Brian E. McGuire

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,080 Votes: 1,952 Participation: 93.85% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2512(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
PC
 1,076 57.54% Francis G. O'Brien

Online biographical references (3)

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

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