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♂ Walter M. Lea
aliasWalter M. Lea
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 7 1 8
Birth 10 February 1874 → 150 years + 2 months ago
Lived 61 years + 11 months
First mandate 15 September 1915 → 108 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 7 months
Death 10 January 1936 → 88 years + 3 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Walter M. Lea (1874–1936)
© Photo c.1930 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William C. Lea (1833–1911) Father  
 
Well that's interesting!
When Lea became the Liberal premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time in 1935, he got to form a government with no opposition, as his party had won all 30 seats in the assembly — a first in the British Commonwealth at that time. Un­for­tu­nate­ly for him, he died less than six months later.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 16 2 23 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 41–43
LIB
 1 Party leader 56–61 20 May 1930 — 10 Jan 1936 5 7 21
2. PE 41
LIB
 1 Premier 56–57 20 May 1930 — 05 Aug 1931 1 2 16
3. PE 42
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 57–61 06 Aug 1931 — 22 Jul 1935 3 11 16
4. PE 43
LIB
 2 Premier 61 23 Jul 1935 — 10 Jan 1936 0 5 18

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Michael C. Delaney  m 
 		 ⊖ John H. Myers  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,046 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25391(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 595 56.88% +144 Loser:
CONS
 451 43.12% Michael C. Delaney

Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,232 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25425(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 683 55.44% +134 Loser:
CONS
 549 44.56% John H. Myers
After his election:
2 Sep 1919 45
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 month 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
3 October 1919
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25438(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,347 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25464(F) — 13 Feb 2022 20:48 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LIB
 2/2 622 46.18% -103 Winner:
CONS
 725 53.82% John H. Myers
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,172 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25500(F) — 13 Feb 2022 21:18 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 1,220 56.17% +268 Loser:
CONS
 952 43.83% Louis H. Howatt
After his election:
5 Aug 1927 53
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: 25515(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 11 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,509 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25535(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 1,259 50.18% +9 Loser:
CONS
 1,250 49.82% Hugh F. Morrison

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,605 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25570(F) — 14 Feb 2022 12:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 1,580 60.65% +555 Loser:
CONS
 1,025 39.35% Hugh F. Morrison
After his election:
10 Jan 1936 61
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 5 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,177 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
29 February 1936
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25583(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
61		 Successor:
LIB
 925 78.59% Horace Wright

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Walter Maxfield Lea		 19 Jan 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Lea, Walter Maxfield		 19 Jan 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Lea, Walter Maxfield		 19 Jan 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Lea, Walter Maxfield		 19 Jan 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Lea, Walter Maxwell		 19 Jan 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Walter Maxfield Lea		 19 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walter Lea		 19 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Walter Maxfield Lea		 19 Jan 2024

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