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♂ Alexander J. MacNevin
aliasAlexander J. MacNevin
Record
38466 · 5487

Church of Scotland   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 20 September 1885 → 138 years + 7 months ago
Lived 51 years + 11 months
First mandate 15 September 1915 → 108 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 11 months
Death 25 August 1937 → 86 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 2 months after 24 June 1927
Special notes
None
 

Alexander J. MacNevin (1885–1937)
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 7 9 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Cyrus W. Crosby  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,194 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25395(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
CONS
 1/2 602 50.42% +10 Loser:
LIB
 592 49.58% John S. Cousins

Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,380 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25429(F) — 13 Feb 2022 19:12 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
33
CONS
 2/2 646 46.81% -88 Winner:
LIB
 734 53.19% Cyrus W. Crosby
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,431 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25468(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
37
CONS
 1/2 763 53.32% +95 Loser:
LIB
 668 46.68% Cyrus W. Crosby

Service: 3 years 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,269 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25504(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
41		 Successor:
LIB
 1,150 50.68% W. F.-Alan Stewart

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
MacNevin, Alexander J.		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Alexander J. MacNevin		 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander MacNevin		 26 Dec 2023

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