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♂ J. Alexander Macphail
aliasJ. Alexander Macphail
Record
38485 · 5454

Church of Scotland   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 0 2
Birth 25 January 1870 → 154 years + 3 months ago
Lived 78 years + 11 months
First mandate 15 November 1911 → 112 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 9 months
Death 13 January 1949 → 75 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 8 months after 24 April 1915
Special notes
None
 
J. Alexander Macphail (1870–1949) 200x194
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — 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 3 5 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Frederick J. Nash  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 840 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
15 November 1911
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
 CONS  15 Nov 1911
ID: 25343(F) — 12 Jul 2023 17:55 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
ICON
 1/2 540 64.29% +240 Loser:
LIB
 300 35.71% Frederick J. Nash
After his election:
15 Nov 1911 41
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
16 Nov 1911 41
ICON
 →
CONS
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 1 month 18 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25371(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
24 Apr 1915 45
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 3 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,015 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25401(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
LIB
 535 52.71% George Forbes

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Macphail, Lieutenant-Colonel James Alexander "Sandy"		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
J. Alexander MacPhail		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander Macphail		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 23:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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