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♂ Carrol W. Delaney
aliasCarrol W. Delaney
Record
15131 · 5593

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 1 2
Birth 20 May 1909 → 114 years + 11 months ago
Lived 62 years + 1 month
First mandate 11 December 1947 → 76 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 6 months
Death 25 June 1971 → 52 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 2 months after 25 April 1951
Special notes
None
 
Carrol W. Delaney (1909–1971) 200x225
© 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 3 4 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Francis J. (Peg) MacNeill  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,427 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
26 November 1946
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25652(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 2/2 1,691 49.34% -45 Winner:
PC
 1,736 50.66% Francis J. (Peg) MacNeill
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,918 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25671(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/3 2,148 54.82% +478 Loser:
PC
 1,670 42.62% Francis J. (Peg) MacNeill

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,853 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25706(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
41		 Successor:
LIB
 1,981 51.41% Edward P. Foley

Online biographical references (3)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 19:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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