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♂ Thomas M. Linkletter
aliasThomas M. Linkletter
Record
36381 · 5554

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 4 2 6
Birth 14 April 1868 → 156 years ago
Lived 85 years + 10 months
First mandate 23 July 1935 → 88 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 67 years + 3 months
Death 15 February 1954 → 70 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 9 months after 25 April 1951
Special notes
None
 
Thomas M. Linkletter (1868–1954) 200x219
© 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 15 8 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ T. Whitfield Bentley  m 
⊖ Thomas MacNutt  m 
 		 ⊖ Creelman MacArthur  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 718 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25427(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
51
CONS
 2/2 342 47.63% -34 Winner:
LIB
 376 52.37% Creelman MacArthur
Eligible: inc. Votes: 874 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25466(F) — 13 Feb 2022 20:49 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
55
CONS
 2/2 434 49.66% -6 Winner:
LIB
 440 50.34% Creelman MacArthur
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,755 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25568(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
67
LIB
 1/2 979 55.78% +203 Loser:
CONS
 776 44.22% Thomas MacNutt

Service: 3 years 9 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,686 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25599(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
71
LIB
 1/2 896 53.14% +106 Loser:
CONS
 790 46.86% Frank Simpson

Service: 4 years 3 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,509 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25632(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
75
LIB
 1/3 675 44.73% +74 Loser:
PC
 601 39.83% T. Whitfield Bentley

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,871 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25668(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
79
LIB
 1/3 851 45.48% +88 Loser:
PC
 763 40.78% Edward F. Arnett

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,772 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25703(F) — 14 Feb 2022 15:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
83		 Successor:
LIB
 872 49.21% Frank L. MacNutt

Online biographical references (2)

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

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