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♂ Donald N. MacKay
aliasDonald N. MacKay
Record
37966 · 5557

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 1 July 1868 → 155 years + 10 months ago
Lived 75 years + 5 months
First mandate 23 July 1935 → 88 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 67 years
Death 19 December 1943 → 80 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 3 months + 5 days after 14 September 1943
Special notes
None
 
Donald N. MacKay (1868–1943) 200x252
© 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 8 1 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Walter G. MacKenzie  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Thomas Wigmore  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,251 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25573(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
67
LIB
 1/2 1,889 58.11% +527 Loser:
CONS
 1,362 41.89% Thomas Wigmore

Service: 3 years 9 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,306 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25604(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
70
LIB
 1/2 1,718 51.97% +130 Loser:
CONS
 1,588 48.03% Walter G. MacKenzie

Service: 4 years 3 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,902 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25637(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
75
LIB
 2/2 1,446 49.83% -10 Winner:
PC
 1,456 50.17% Walter G. MacKenzie

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
MacKay, Donald Newton		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Donald Newton MacKay		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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