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♂ J. Howard MacDonald
aliasJ. Howard MacDonald
Record
37572 · 5515

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 2 4
Birth 13 July 1880 → 143 years + 9 months ago
Lived 84 years + 7 months
First mandate 24 July 1923 → 100 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 43 years
Death 19 February 1965 → 59 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 6 months after 22 July 1935
Special notes
None
 
J. Howard MacDonald (1880–1965) 200x242
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — 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 7 10 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Stephen S. Hessian  m 
⊖ Paul A. Scully  m 
 		 ⊖ W. Wade Hughes  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,466 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25455(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
CONS
 1/2 855 58.32% +244 Loser:
LIB
 611 41.68% Stephen S. Hessian

Service: 3 years 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,529 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25491(F) — 13 Feb 2022 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
CONS
 2/2 730 47.74% -69 Winner:
LIB
 799 52.26% Paul A. Scully
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,671 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25526(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
51
CONS
 1/2 946 56.61% +221 Loser:
LIB
 725 43.39% James J. Condon

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,792 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25561(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
CONS
 2/2 721 40.23% -350 Winner:
LIB
 1,071 59.77% W. Wade Hughes

Online biographical references (2)

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

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