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♂ Hector D. Dobie
aliasHector D. Dobie
Record
16313 · 5461

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 7 September 1860 → 163 years + 7 months ago
Lived 93 years + 7 months
First mandate 18 November 1908 → 115 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 2 months
Death 21 April 1954 → 70 years ago
Exit → Death 38 years + 7 months after 15 September 1915
Special notes
None
 

Hector D. Dobie (1860–1954)
No image 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 9 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Peter MacNutt  m 
 		 ⊖ Alfred E. McLean  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 887 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
 CONS  15 Nov 1911
ID: 25323(F) — 12 Jul 2023 18:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
CONS
 1/2 470 52.99% +53 Loser:
LIB
 417 47.01% Peter MacNutt
After his election:
15 Nov 1911 51
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 1 month 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 919 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25359(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CONS
 1/2 536 58.32% +153 Loser:
LIB
 383 41.68% Alfred E. McLean

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 948 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25389(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
CONS
 2/2 450 47.47% -48 Winner:
LIB
 498 52.53% Alfred E. McLean

Online biographical references (4)

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

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