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♂ George Shelton Sharpe
aliasGeorge Shelton Sharpe
Record
56215 · 5523

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Prince Edward Island 3 5 8
Total 3 6 9
Birth 28 September 1876 → 147 years + 7 months ago
Lived 65 years + 5 months
First mandate 21 October 1930 → 93 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 54 years
Death 13 March 1942 → 82 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 7 months after 22 July 1935
Special notes
None
 
George Shelton Sharpe (1876–1942)
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Fair trade
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 4 8 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 9  
5 documented challengers
⊖ George H. Barbour  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alfred E. McLean  m 
⊖ Horace Wright  m 
 		 ⊖ Thane A. Campbell  m 
⊖ Albert C. Saunders  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,236 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25386(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
CONS
 2/2 490 39.64% -256 Winner:
LIB
 746 60.36% Albert C. Saunders
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,129 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25459(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:09 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
46
CONS
 2/3 774 36.36% -105 Winner:
LIB
 879 41.29% Albert C. Saunders
Eligible: 15,838 Votes: 11,859 Participation: 74.88% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Prince Edward Island
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21941(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:55 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
49
LC
 2/2 5,167 43.57% -1,525 Winner:
LIB
 6,692 56.43% Alfred E. McLean
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,224 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25495(F) — 13 Feb 2022 21:14 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
50
CONS
 2/2 944 42.45% -336 Winner:
LIB
 1,280 57.55% Albert C. Saunders
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,376 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
21 October 1930
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25517(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
CONS
 1/2 1,296 54.55% +216 Loser:
LIB
 1,080 45.45% Thane A. Campbell

Service: 9 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,467 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25530(F) — 13 Feb 2022 21:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
CONS
 1/2 1,243 50.39% +19 Loser:
LIB
 1,224 49.61% Charles J. Lidstone
After his election:
19 Aug 1931 54
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
16 September 1931
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25550(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 10 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,706 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25565(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
CONS
 2/2 1,232 45.53% -242 Winner:
LIB
 1,474 54.47% George H. Barbour
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,738 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25596(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
62
CONS
 2/2 1,202 43.90% -334 Winner:
LIB
 1,536 56.10% George H. Barbour

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Sharpe, George Shelton		 17 Mar 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
George Shelton Sharpe		 17 Mar 2024

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