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♂ James A. MacDonald
aliasJames A. MacDonald
Record
37568 · 5518

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 4 April 1888 → 136 years ago
Lived 76 years + 10 months
First mandate 24 July 1923 → 100 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 3 months
Death 10 February 1965 → 59 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 6 months after 22 July 1935
Special notes
None
 

James A. MacDonald (1888–1965)
No image 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 10 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ D. David MacDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Mark R. MacGuigan  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,248 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25472(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
CONS
 1/2 662 53.04% +76 Loser:
LIB
 586 46.96% D. David MacDonald

Service: 3 years 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,111 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25508(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
CONS
 2/2 990 46.90% -131 Winner:
LIB
 1,121 53.10% D. David MacDonald
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,206 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25543(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
43
CONS
 1/2 1,136 51.50% +66 Loser:
LIB
 1,070 48.50% Mark R. MacGuigan

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,302 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25578(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
LIB
 1,322 57.43% Mark R. MacGuigan

Online biographical references (2)

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

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