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♂ Harvey O. Douglas
aliasHarvey O. Douglas
Record
16754 · 5586

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 25 November 1901 → 122 years + 5 months ago
Lived 73 years + 9 months
First mandate 4 December 1950 → 73 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 49 years
Death 13 September 1975 → 48 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 13 days after 31 August 1959
Special notes
None
 
Harvey O. Douglas (1901–1975) 200x229
© 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 8 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James W. Dingwell  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,820 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
4 December 1950
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25687(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 1,034 56.81% +248 Loser:
PC
 786 43.19% Milton Rogerson

Service: 4 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,724 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25690(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 1,078 62.53% +432 Loser:
PC
 646 37.47% Milton Rogerson

Service: 4 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,810 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25722(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 967 53.43% +124 Loser:
PC
 843 46.57% James W. Dingwell

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,803 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25753(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LIB
 2/2 816 45.26% -171 Winner:
PC
 987 54.74% James W. Dingwell

Online biographical references (2)

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

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