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♂ Prowse Gorrill Chappell
aliasProwse Gorrill Chappell
Record
10375 · 5445

Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Prince Edward Island 4 0 4
Total 4 1 5
Birth 30 September 1928 → 95 years + 7 months ago
Lived 80 years + 4 months
First mandate 24 April 1978 → 46 years + 9 days ago
↳ at age 49 years + 6 months
Death 13 February 2009 → 15 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 4 months after 1 October 1988
Special notes
None
 
Prowse Gorrill Chappell (1928–2009)
© Photo InMemoriam.com — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
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Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 10 5 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Stavert Huestis  m 
⊖ Doreen M. Sark  f 
 		 ⊕ Joseph B. McGuire  m 
 
Eligible: 8,291 Votes: 6,732 Participation: 81.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4776(F) — 27 Sep 2023 21:59 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
PC
 1/3 3,268 49.81% +211 Loser:
LIB
 3,057 46.59% Stavert Huestis

Service: 11 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,617 Votes: 6,808 Participation: 79.01% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4744(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/2 4,100 62.19% +1,607 Loser:
LIB
 2,493 37.81% Gerald A. McCarville

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,711 Votes: 6,893 Participation: 70.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2526(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/2 3,943 59.04% +1,208 Loser:
LIB
 2,735 40.96% Brian Waugh

Service: 3 years 6 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,807 Votes: 7,872 Participation: 80.27% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2494(F) — 14 Feb 2022 22:46 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/3 3,876 49.88% +802 Loser:
LIB
 3,074 39.56% Allan Savidant
After his election:
1 Oct 1988 60
PC
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 2 years 5 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,134 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
34		 Prince Edward Island
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3649(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
60
PC
 2/3 7,538 39.40% -2,620 Winner:
LIB
 10,158 53.09% Joseph B. McGuire
Eligible: 10,273 Votes: 7,485 Participation: 72.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2462(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 4,158 56.46% Elizabeth M. (Libbe) Hubley

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
InMemoriam.ca, Prowse Gorrill Chappell		 17 Mar 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Chappell, Prowse Gorrill		 17 Mar 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Prowse Gorrill Chappell		 17 Mar 2024

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