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♂ W. Keir Clark
aliasW. Keir Clark
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 4 1 5
Birth 30 May 1910 → 113 years + 11 months ago
Lived 100 years + 5 months
First mandate 11 December 1947 → 76 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 6 months
Death 28 November 2010 → 13 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 6 months after 10 May 1970
Special notes
None
 
W. Keir Clark (1910–2010) 200x228
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Russell C. Clark (1878–1964) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 15 7 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Leslie S. Hunter  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Walter R. Shaw  m 
 		 ⊖ Douglas McGowan  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,408 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25658(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 765 54.33% +122 Loser:
PC
 643 45.67% Leslie S. Hunter

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,443 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25693(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 729 50.52% +15 Loser:
PC
 714 49.48% Leslie S. Hunter

Service: 4 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,541 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25725(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 880 57.11% +219 Loser:
PC
 661 42.89% Walter R. Shaw

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,488 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25756(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LIB
 2/2 715 48.05% -58 Winner:
PC
 773 51.95% Douglas McGowan
Eligible: 2,261 Votes: 1,991 Participation: 88.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25822(F) — 13 Jul 2023 01:20 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 1,093 57.23% +276 Loser:
PC
 817 42.77% Willard MacLean
After his election:
3 Mar 1970 59
LIB
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,574 Votes: 2,397 Participation: 93.12% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25855(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LIB
 1,324 58.35% Gilbert R. Clements

Online biographical references (3)

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

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