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♂ David F. Bethune
aliasDavid F. Bethune
Record
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Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 2 3
Birth 6 November 1886 → 137 years + 5 months ago
Lived ± 73 years
First mandate 6 August 1931 → 92 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 9 months
Death c. 1960 → 64 years ago
Exit → Death ± 24 years + 5 months after 22 July 1935
Special notes
None
 
David F. Bethune (1886–c.1960)
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
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 3 11 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Angus McPhee  m  (3 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,118 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25540(F) — 24 Sep 2023 08:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
CONS
 1/2 1,567 50.26% +16 Loser:
LIB
 1,551 49.74% Angus McPhee

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,487 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25575(F) — 24 Sep 2023 08:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
CONS
 2/2 1,573 45.11% -341 Winner:
LIB
 1,914 54.89% Angus McPhee
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,442 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25606(F) — 24 Sep 2023 08:27 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
52
CONS
 2/2 1,646 47.82% -150 Winner:
LIB
 1,796 52.18% Angus McPhee

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
David F. Bethune		 16 Apr 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Bethune, David F.		 16 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
David F. Bethune		 16 Apr 2024

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