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♂ C. Gavan Duffy
aliasC. Gavan Duffy
Record
17376 · 5508

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 3 4
Birth 2 November 1874 → 149 years + 6 months ago
Lived 83 years + 4 months
First mandate 24 July 1919 → 104 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 8 months
Death 14 March 1958 → 66 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 7 months after 23 July 1923
Special notes
None
 

C. Gavan Duffy (1874–1958)
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 3 11 29 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 39
LIB
 1 Speaker 44–48 24 Jul 1919 — 23 Jul 1923 3 11 29

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Stephen R. Jenkins  m 
⊖ James Paton  m 
 		 ⊖ William J.P. MacMillan  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 844 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25403(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 2/2 402 47.63% -40 Winner:
CONS
 442 52.37% Stephen R. Jenkins
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,327 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25437(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 742 55.92% +157 Loser:
CONS
 585 44.08% James Paton

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,671 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25476(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LIB
 2/2 674 40.34% -323 Winner:
CONS
 997 59.66% William J.P. MacMillan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,491 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25512(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
52
LIB
 2/2 1,146 46.01% -199 Winner:
CONS
 1,345 53.99% William J.P. MacMillan

Online biographical references (3)

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

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