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♂ Augustine A. Macdonald
aliasAugustine A. Macdonald
Record
37454 · 5480

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Prince Edward Island 4 2 6
Total 4 4 8
Birth 7 February 1876 → 148 years + 2 months ago
Lived 93 years + 11 months
First mandate 15 September 1915 → 108 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 7 months
Death 14 January 1970 → 54 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 5 months after 22 July 1935
Special notes
None
 

Augustine A. Macdonald (1876–1970)
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 15 10 3 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 42
CONS
 1 Speaker 55–57 06 Aug 1931 — 14 Jan 1934 2 5 8

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas V. Grant  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Daniel C. MacDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Thomas J. Kickham  m 
⊖ Peter A. MacIsaac  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,209 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25374(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
CONS
 1/2 676 55.91% +143 Loser:
LIB
 533 44.09% J.W. Brennan

Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,205 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25408(F) — 11 Nov 2022 10:50 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
CONS
 2/2 582 48.30% -41 Winner:
LIB
 623 51.70% Daniel C. MacDonald
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,015 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25447(F) — 11 Nov 2022 10:50 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
47
CONS
 1/2 1,093 54.24% +171 Loser:
LIB
 922 45.76% Daniel C. MacDonald

Service: 3 years 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,810 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25483(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CONS
 1/2 968 53.48% +126 Loser:
LIB
 842 46.52% A.J. McAdam

Service: 4 years 1 month 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,086 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25518(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
CONS
 1/2 1,200 57.53% +314 Loser:
LIB
 886 42.47% Peter A. MacIsaac

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,334 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25553(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LIB
 1,311 56.17% Peter A. MacIsaac
Eligible: 11,536 Votes: 9,654 Participation: 83.69% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Prince Edward Island
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22738(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
59
LC
 2/3 3,510 36.36% -2,385 Winner:
LIB
 5,895 61.06% Thomas V. Grant
Eligible: 11,461 Votes: 9,078 Participation: 79.21% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Prince Edward Island
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23014(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
64
NATG
 2/2 4,081 44.95% -916 Winner:
LIB
 4,997 55.05% Thomas V. Grant
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,769 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25654(F) — 14 Feb 2022 15:07 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
71
PC
 2/2 855 48.33% -59 Winner:
LIB
 914 51.67% Thomas J. Kickham

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Macdonald, O.C., M.D., (CM.), LL.D., Augustine A.		 25 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Augustine Adolphus MacDonald		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Augustine A. MacDonald		 25 Dec 2023

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