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♂ Russell C. Clark
aliasRussell C. Clark
Record
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United Church   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 78%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 7 2 9
Birth 22 December 1878 → 145 years + 4 months ago
Lived 85 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 June 1927 → 96 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 6 months
Death 15 July 1964 → 59 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 10 months after 31 August 1959
Special notes
None
 
Russell C. Clark (1878–1964) 200x216
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ W. Keir Clark (1910–2010) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 28 2 14 Z

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Peter Brodie  m 
⊖ Leonard J. Wood  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Andrew B. MacRae  m 
⊖ Matthew W. Wood  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,560 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25471(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 2/3 986 38.52% -77 Winner:
CONS
 1,063 41.52% Leonard J. Wood
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,747 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25507(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,536 55.92% +325 Loser:
CONS
 1,211 44.08% Leonard J. Wood

Service: 4 years 1 month 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,001 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25542(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LIB
 2/2 1,323 44.09% -355 Winner:
CONS
 1,678 55.91% Matthew W. Wood
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,254 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25577(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 1,812 55.69% +370 Loser:
CONS
 1,442 44.31% Matthew W. Wood

Service: 3 years 9 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,216 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25608(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 1,803 56.06% +390 Loser:
CONS
 1,413 43.94% Samuel Kennedy

Service: 4 years 3 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,936 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25641(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/2 1,754 59.74% +572 Loser:
PC
 1,182 40.26% W. Wylie Gibson

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,278 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25677(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/2 1,885 57.50% +492 Loser:
PC
 1,393 42.50% J.A. Gillies

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,030 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25712(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
72
LIB
 1/2 1,681 55.48% +332 Loser:
PC
 1,349 44.52% Malcolm Reeves

Service: 4 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,281 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25744(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
76
LIB
 1/2 1,779 54.22% +277 Loser:
PC
 1,502 45.78% Andrew B. MacRae

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,534 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25775(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
80		 Successor:
PC
 1,776 50.25% Andrew B. MacRae

Online biographical references (3)

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

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