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♂ Cyrus W. Crosby
aliasCyrus W. Crosby
Record
13531 · 5450

Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 3 6
Birth 13 January 1855 → 169 years + 3 months ago
Lived 81 years
First mandate 7 July 1909 → 114 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 5 months
Death 20 January 1936 → 88 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 5 months after 23 July 1923
Special notes
None
 

Cyrus W. Crosby (1855–1936)
No photo available
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 4 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Murdock Kennedy  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John H. Myers  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexander J. MacNevin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas Wigmore  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,689 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
7 July 1909
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
 CONS  15 Nov 1911
ID: 25338(F) — 12 Jul 2023 18:17 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 879 52.04% +69 Loser:
CONS
 810 47.96% John H. Myers
After his election:
15 Nov 1911 56
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 2 years 5 months 26 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
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
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 2/2 625 38.56% -371 Winner:
CONS
 996 61.44% Murdock Kennedy
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
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
60
LIB
 2/2 735 45.97% -129 Winner:
CONS
 864 54.03% Murdock Kennedy
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,380 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25429(F) — 13 Feb 2022 19:12 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
64
LIB
 1/2 734 53.19% +88 Loser:
CONS
 646 46.81% Alexander J. MacNevin
After his election:
2 Sep 1919 64
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 month 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,206 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
3 October 1919
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25441(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/2 782 64.84% +358 Loser:
CONS
 424 35.16% Thomas Wigmore

Service: 3 years 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,431 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25468(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
LIB
 2/2 668 46.68% -95 Winner:
CONS
 763 53.32% Alexander J. MacNevin

Online biographical references (4)

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

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