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♂ Leslie S. Hunter
aliasLeslie S. Hunter
Record
28823 · 5514

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 30%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 7 10
Birth 3 October 1889 → 134 years + 7 months ago
Lived ± 80 years
First mandate 24 July 1923 → 100 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 9 months
Death c. 1970 → 54 years ago
Exit → Death ± 22 years + 22 days after 10 December 1947
Special notes
None
 

Leslie S. Hunter (1889–c.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 12 1 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 10  
5 documented challengers
⊖ W. Keir Clark  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George J. Ferguson  m 
⊖ George E. Saville  m 
 		 ⊖ John A. Dewar  m 
⊖ John J. Mustard  m  (4 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,511 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25451(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
CONS
 1/3 857 56.72% +369 Loser:
LIB
 488 32.30% Samuel McLeod

Service: 3 years 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,628 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25487(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
37
CONS
 2/2 757 46.50% -114 Winner:
LIB
 871 53.50% John J. Mustard
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,786 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25522(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
41
CONS
 1/2 970 54.31% +154 Loser:
LIB
 816 45.69% John J. Mustard

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,937 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25557(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
CONS
 2/2 830 42.85% -277 Winner:
LIB
 1,107 57.15% John J. Mustard
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,830 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25588(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
49
CONS
 2/2 849 46.39% -132 Winner:
LIB
 981 53.61% John J. Mustard
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,582 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25621(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
53
PC
 1/2 835 52.78% +88 Loser:
LIB
 747 47.22% W. Watterworth

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,408 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25658(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
PC
 2/2 643 45.67% -122 Winner:
LIB
 765 54.33% W. Keir Clark
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,443 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25693(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
61
PC
 2/2 714 49.48% -15 Winner:
LIB
 729 50.52% W. Keir Clark
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,351 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25760(F) — 14 Feb 2022 21:25 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
69
PC
 2/2 675 49.96% -1 Winner:
LIB
 676 50.04% George E. Saville
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,391 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
17 July 1961
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25782(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
71
PC
 2/2 677 48.67% -37 Winner:
LIB
 714 51.33% George J. Ferguson

Online biographical references (2)

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

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