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♂ J. Callum Bruce
aliasJ. Callum Bruce
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 0 2
Birth 25 November 1885 → 138 years + 5 months ago
Lived 47 years + 6 months
First mandate 16 August 1928 → 95 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 8 months
Death 26 May 1933 → 90 years + 11 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

J. Callum Bruce (1885–1933)
No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Less than two years into his second term, the body of Bruce, a Prince Edward Island Liberal, was found floating by the dock at the foot of Queen Street in Char­lotte­town. A coroner's jury deemed his death an accidental drowning.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 4 9 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,812 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
16 August 1928
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25516(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 901 49.72% +84 Loser:
CONS
 817 45.09% George A. McLean

Service: 2 years 11 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,004 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25545(F) — 13 Feb 2022 21:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 1,092 54.49% +180 Loser:
CONS
 912 45.51% John R.S. McMillan
After his election:
26 May 1933 47
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,981 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25580(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
47		 Successor:
LIB
 1,131 57.09% John W. Jones

Online biographical references (2)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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