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♂ Michael C. Delaney
aliasMichael C. Delaney
Record
15138 · 5449

Wesleyan   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 4 6
Birth 20 November 1849 → 174 years + 5 months ago
Lived 68 years + 2 months
First mandate 6 August 1909 → 114 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 59 years + 8 months
Death 20 January 1918 → 106 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 4 months after 15 September 1915
Special notes
None
 
Michael C. Delaney (1849–1918) 200x240
© Photo — 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
Prince Edward Island 6 1 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Walter M. Lea  m 
⊖ Samuel E. Reid  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Joseph Read  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,442 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17439(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:54 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
55
CONS
 2/2 667 46.26% -108 Winner:
LIB
 775 53.74% Samuel E. Reid
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,093 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
23 February 1905
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25305(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:11 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
55
CONS
 2/2 353 32.30% -387 Winner:
LIB
 740 67.70% Samuel E. Reid
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,007 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25325(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:18 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
58
CONS
 2/2 503 49.95% -1 Winner:
LIB
 504 50.05% Joseph Read
Eligible: inc. Votes: 971 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1909
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
 CONS  15 Nov 1911
ID: 25339(F) — 12 Jul 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
59
CONS
 1/2 487 50.15% +3 Loser:
LIB
 484 49.85% Joseph Read
After his election:
15 Nov 1911 61
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 2 years 4 months 27 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 987 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25361(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
CONS
 1/2 558 56.53% +129 Loser:
LIB
 429 43.47% Samuel E. Reid

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,046 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25391(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
65
CONS
 2/2 451 43.12% -144 Winner:
LIB
 595 56.88% Walter M. Lea

Online biographical references (4)

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

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