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♂ Thomas R. Cullen
aliasThomas R. Cullen
Record
13747 · 5577

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 2 4
Birth 19 January 1904 → 120 years + 3 months ago
Lived 80 years + 10 months
First mandate 15 September 1943 → 80 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 7 months
Death 9 December 1984 → 39 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 6 months after 24 May 1955
Special notes
None
 
Thomas R. Cullen (1904–1984) 200x217
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Eugene P. Cullen (1905–1995) Brother
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 8 3 22 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 45
LIB
 1 Speaker 39–43 15 Sep 1943 — 10 Dec 1947 4 2 25

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ R. Louis Burge  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Leo F. Rossiter  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,291 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25620(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 1/2 660 51.12% +29 Loser:
PC
 631 48.88% R. Louis Burge

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,445 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25656(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LIB
 2/2 701 48.51% -43 Winner:
PC
 744 51.49% R. Louis Burge
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,376 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25691(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 809 58.79% +242 Loser:
PC
 567 41.21% R. Louis Burge

Service: 4 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,514 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25754(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 2/2 649 42.87% -216 Winner:
PC
 865 57.13% Leo F. Rossiter

Online biographical references (3)

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

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