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♂ John S. Martin
aliasJohn S. Martin
Record
39731 · 5473

Church of Scotland   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 2 August 1855 → 168 years + 9 months ago
Lived 90 years + 10 months
First mandate 3 January 1912 → 112 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 5 months
Death 29 June 1946 → 77 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 11 months after 23 July 1919
Special notes
None
 
John S. Martin (1855–1946) 200x213
© 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 7 6 18 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 38
CONS
 1 Speaker 60–62 15 Sep 1915 — 31 Dec 1917 2 3 16

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ David P. Irving  m 
⊖ Frederick J. Nash  m 
 		 ⊖ James C. Irving  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,179 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25370(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
CONS
 1/2 717 60.81% +255 Loser:
LIB
 462 39.19% David P. Irving

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,310 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25400(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
CONS
 1/2 661 50.46% +12 Loser:
LIB
 649 49.54% Frederick J. Nash

Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,383 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25434(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
CONS
 2/2 545 39.41% -293 Winner:
LIB
 838 60.59% James C. Irving

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Martin, John S. [1855]		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
John S. Martin		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
John S. Martin (politician)		 27 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 09:49 (but data presented dynamically)

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