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♂ Albert C. Saunders
aliasAlbert C. Saunders
Record
55102 · 5484

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 5 0 5
Birth 12 October 1874 → 149 years + 6 months ago
Lived 69 years
First mandate 15 September 1915 → 108 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 11 months
Death 18 October 1943 → 80 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 4 months after 20 May 1930
Special notes
None
 
Albert C. Saunders (1874–1943) 200x298
© Photo c.1930 — 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 14 7 4 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 40
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 48–52 24 Jul 1923 — 24 Jun 1927 3 11 0
2. PE 40–41
LIB
 1 Party leader 48–55 26 Jul 1923 — 19 May 1930 6 9 23
3. PE 41
LIB
 1 Premier 52–55 25 Jun 1927 — 19 May 1930 2 10 24

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ G. Shelton Sharpe  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Horace Wright  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,236 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25386(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 746 60.36% +256 Loser:
CONS
 490 39.64% G. Shelton Sharpe

Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,015 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25420(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 650 64.04% +285 Loser:
CONS
 365 35.96% Hector C. Dobbie

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,129 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25459(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
48
LIB
 1/3 879 41.29% +105 Loser:
CONS
 774 36.36% G. Shelton Sharpe

Service: 3 years 11 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,224 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25495(F) — 13 Feb 2022 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 1,280 57.55% +336 Loser:
CONS
 944 42.45% G. Shelton Sharpe
After his election:
5 Aug 1927 52
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 month 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1927
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25514(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
20 May 1930 55
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 years 8 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,376 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
21 October 1930
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25517(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
CONS
 1,296 54.55% G. Shelton Sharpe

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Albert Charles Saunders		 26 Dec 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Saunders, Albert Charles		 26 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Saunders, K.C., Honourable Albert Charles		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Albert Charles Saunders		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Albert Charles Saunders		 26 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Albert Charles Saunders		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 09:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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