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♂ Thane A. Campbell
aliasThane A. Campbell
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 7 July 1895 → 128 years + 9 months ago
Lived 83 years + 2 months
First mandate 6 August 1931 → 92 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 36 years
Death 28 September 1978 → 45 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 35 years + 4 months after 11 May 1943
Special notes
None
 
Thane A. Campbell (1895–1978) 200x274
© Photo c.1940 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Alexander B. Campbell (1933–) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 11 9 2 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 43–44
LIB
 1 Party leader 40–47 14 Jan 1936 — 10 May 1943 7 3 26
2. PE 43–44
LIB
 1 Premier 40–47 14 Jan 1936 — 10 May 1943 7 3 26

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ G. Shelton Sharpe  m 
 		 ⊖ Wilfred Tanton  m 
 
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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 2/2 1,080 45.45% -216 Winner:
CONS
 1,296 54.55% G. Shelton Sharpe
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,689 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25529(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 1,519 56.49% +349 Loser:
CONS
 1,170 43.51% Wilfred Tanton

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,746 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25564(F) — 14 Feb 2022 12:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 1,797 65.44% +848 Loser:
CONS
 949 34.56% George M. Matthews

Service: 3 years 9 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,893 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25595(F) — 14 Feb 2022 14:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 1,762 60.91% +631 Loser:
CONS
 1,131 39.09% George M. Matthews
After his election:
11 May 1943 47
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,640 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25628(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 1,508 57.12% Frederick C. Ramsay

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Campbell, C.C., K.C., LL.D., M.A., Honourable Thane Alexander		 01 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Thane Alexander Campbell		 01 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Thane Campbell		 01 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Thane Alexander Campbell		 01 Dec 2023

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