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♂ Lorne H. MacFarlane
aliasLorne H. MacFarlane
Record
37819 · 5594

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 0 2
Birth 28 April 1904 → 120 years ago
Lived 66 years + 8 months
First mandate 11 December 1947 → 76 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 7 months
Death 11 January 1971 → 53 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 7 months after 24 May 1955
Special notes
None
 
Lorne H. MacFarlane (1904–1971) 200x216
© 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 7 5 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Ernest H. Strong  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,577 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25672(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 1,429 55.45% +336 Loser:
PC
 1,093 42.41% Ernest H. Strong

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,456 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25707(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 1,299 52.89% +142 Loser:
PC
 1,157 47.11% Robert B. Dewar

Service: 4 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,574 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25739(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
LIB
 1,440 55.94% Morley M. Bell

Online biographical references (3)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 10:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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