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♂ David L. Mathieson
aliasDavid L. Mathieson
Record
40079 · 5596

Presbyterian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 2 3
Birth 5 March 1903 → 121 years + 1 month ago
Lived 89 years + 11 months
First mandate 11 December 1947 → 76 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 9 months
Death 15 February 1993 → 31 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 41 years + 9 months after 25 April 1951
Special notes
None
 
David L. Mathieson (1903–1993) 200x241
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ John A. Mathieson (1863–1947) Father  
 

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 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ B. Earle MacDonald  m 
⊖ George E. Saville  m 
 		 ⊖ T. William L. Prowse  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,186 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25593(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
36
CONS
 2/2 515 43.42% -156 Winner:
LIB
 671 56.58% George E. Saville
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,151 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25681(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
PC
 1/3 4,888 53.41% +880 Loser:
LIB
 4,008 43.80% T. William L. Prowse

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,009 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25716(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
PC
 2/3 4,276 47.46% -176 Winner:
LIB
 4,452 49.42% B. Earle MacDonald

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Mathieson, David Laird		 21 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
David Laird Mathieson		 21 Dec 2023

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